diff --git a/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/FieldStatus.ts b/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/FieldStatus.ts
index b7c844ea9ad..7dafccea3a7 100644
--- a/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/FieldStatus.ts
+++ b/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/FieldStatus.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export class FieldStatus extends Widget implements FieldStatusModel {
   position: FormFieldStatusPosition;
   menus: Menu[];
   tooltip: Tooltip;
+  tooltipHtmlEnabled: boolean;
   contextMenu: ContextMenuPopup;
   updating: boolean;
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ export class FieldStatus extends Widget implements FieldStatusModel {
   constructor() {
     super();
     this.tooltip = null;
+    this.tooltipHtmlEnabled = false;
     this.contextMenu = null;
     this.status = null;
     this.updating = false;
@@ -178,6 +180,10 @@ export class FieldStatus extends Widget implements FieldStatusModel {
     this.invalidateLayoutTree();
   }
 
+  setTooltipHtmlEnabled(tooltipHtmlEnabled: boolean) {
+    this.setProperty('tooltipHtmlEnabled', tooltipHtmlEnabled);
+  }
+
   protected override _renderVisible() {
     super._renderVisible();
     if (!this.visible) {
@@ -278,6 +284,7 @@ export class FieldStatus extends Widget implements FieldStatusModel {
     if (this.tooltip) {
       // update existing tooltip
       this.tooltip.setText(this.status.message);
+      this.tooltip.setHtmlEnabled(this.tooltipHtmlEnabled);
       this.tooltip.setSeverity(this.status.severity);
       this.tooltip.setMenus(this.menus);
     } else {
@@ -285,6 +292,7 @@ export class FieldStatus extends Widget implements FieldStatusModel {
         parent: this,
         $anchor: this.$container,
         text: this.status.message,
+        htmlEnabled: this.tooltipHtmlEnabled,
         severity: this.status.severity,
         autoRemove: this.autoRemove,
         menus: this.menus
diff --git a/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/FormField.ts b/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/FormField.ts
index 1fbd10929e8..0b71ceaec8a 100644
--- a/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/FormField.ts
+++ b/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/FormField.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export class FormField extends Widget implements FormFieldModel {
   /** If set to true, {@link saveNeeded} will return true as well, even if the value has not been changed. */
   touched: boolean;
   tooltipText: string;
+  tooltipHtmlEnabled: boolean;
   font: string;
   foregroundColor: string;
   backgroundColor: string;
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ export class FormField extends Widget implements FormFieldModel {
     this.suppressStatus = null;
     this.touched = false;
     this.tooltipText = null;
+    this.tooltipHtmlEnabled = false;
     this.tooltipAnchor = FormField.TooltipAnchor.DEFAULT;
     this.onFieldTooltipOptionsCreator = null;
     this.validationResultProvider = this._createValidationResultProvider();
@@ -228,7 +230,8 @@ export class FormField extends Widget implements FormFieldModel {
   protected _createFieldStatus(): FieldStatus {
     return scout.create(FieldStatus, {
       parent: this,
-      position: this.statusPosition
+      position: this.statusPosition,
+      tooltipHtmlEnabled: this.tooltipHtmlEnabled
     });
   }
 
@@ -495,6 +498,15 @@ export class FormField extends Widget implements FormFieldModel {
     this._updateTooltip();
   }
 
+  /** @see FormFieldModel.tooltipHtmlEnabled */
+  setTooltipHtmlEnabled(tooltipHtmlEnabled: boolean) {
+    this.setProperty('tooltipHtmlEnabled', tooltipHtmlEnabled);
+  }
+
+  protected _renderTooltipHtmlEnabled() {
+    this._updateTooltip();
+  }
+
   /** @see FormFieldModel.tooltipAnchor */
   setTooltipAnchor(tooltipAnchor: FormFieldTooltipAnchor) {
     this.setProperty('tooltipAnchor', tooltipAnchor);
@@ -692,6 +704,7 @@ export class FormField extends Widget implements FormFieldModel {
     let statusVisible = this._computeStatusVisible();
     this.fieldStatus.setPosition(this.statusPosition);
     this.fieldStatus.setVisible(statusVisible);
+    this.fieldStatus.setTooltipHtmlEnabled(this.tooltipHtmlEnabled);
     if (!statusVisible) {
       this.fieldStatus.setMenus(null);
       this.fieldStatus.setStatus(null);
diff --git a/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/FormFieldModel.ts b/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/FormFieldModel.ts
index 552346f07d0..a7d7ef3dc37 100644
--- a/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/FormFieldModel.ts
+++ b/eclipse-scout-core/src/form/fields/FormFieldModel.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010, 2025 BSI Business Systems Integration AG
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2026 BSI Business Systems Integration AG
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made
  * available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ export interface FormFieldModel extends WidgetModel {
    * The text to be used in the {@link Tooltip} that is either displayed in the status area or when hovering over the field, depending on {@link tooltipAnchor}.
    */
   tooltipText?: string;
+  /**
+   * Defines whether HTML code in the {@link tooltipText} property should be interpreted. If set to false, the HTML will be encoded.
+   *
+   * Default is false.
+   */
+  tooltipHtmlEnabled?: boolean;
   /**
    * Defines where and how the tooltip configured by {@link tooltipText} should appear.
    *
diff --git a/eclipse-scout-core/test/form/fields/FormFieldSpec.ts b/eclipse-scout-core/test/form/fields/FormFieldSpec.ts
index 37781d3cc3c..0ad45a2048a 100644
--- a/eclipse-scout-core/test/form/fields/FormFieldSpec.ts
+++ b/eclipse-scout-core/test/form/fields/FormFieldSpec.ts
@@ -256,6 +256,72 @@ describe('FormField', () => {
 
   });
 
+  describe('property tooltipHtmlEnabled', () => {
+
+    it('if false, encodes html in tooltip', () => {
+      let field = scout.create(StringField, {
+        parent: session.desktop,
+        tooltipText: '<b>text</b>'
+      });
+      field.render();
+      field.fieldStatus.doAction();
+      expect(field.fieldStatus.tooltip.htmlEnabled).toBe(false);
+      expect(field.fieldStatus.tooltip.$content.html()).toBe('&lt;b&gt;text&lt;/b&gt;');
+    });
+
+    it('if true, does not encode html in tooltip', () => {
+      let field = scout.create(StringField, {
+        parent: session.desktop,
+        tooltipText: '<b>text</b>',
+        tooltipHtmlEnabled: true
+      });
+      field.render();
+      field.fieldStatus.doAction();
+      expect(field.fieldStatus.tooltip.htmlEnabled).toBe(true);
+      expect(field.fieldStatus.tooltip.$content.html()).toBe('<b>text</b>');
+    });
+
+    it('can be changed dynamically', () => {
+      let field = scout.create(StringField, {
+        parent: session.desktop,
+        tooltipText: '<b>text</b>'
+      });
+      field.render();
+      field.setTooltipHtmlEnabled(true);
+      field.fieldStatus.doAction();
+      expect(field.fieldStatus.tooltip.htmlEnabled).toBe(true);
+      expect(field.fieldStatus.tooltip.$content.html()).toBe('<b>text</b>');
+
+      field.setTooltipHtmlEnabled(false); // closes tooltip
+      field.fieldStatus.doAction();
+      expect(field.fieldStatus.tooltip.htmlEnabled).toBe(false);
+      expect(field.fieldStatus.tooltip.$content.html()).toBe('&lt;b&gt;text&lt;/b&gt;');
+    });
+
+    it('also affects error status tooltip', () => {
+      let field = scout.create(StringField, {
+        parent: session.desktop,
+        errorStatus: {
+          message: '<b>error</b>',
+          severity: Status.Severity.ERROR
+        },
+        tooltipHtmlEnabled: true
+      });
+      field.render();
+      // Tooltip is already open because tooltip.autoRemove is false on severity error
+      expect(field.fieldStatus.tooltip.htmlEnabled).toBe(true);
+      expect(field.fieldStatus.tooltip.$content.html()).toBe('<b>error</b>');
+
+      field.setTooltipHtmlEnabled(false);
+      expect(field.fieldStatus.tooltip.htmlEnabled).toBe(false);
+      expect(field.fieldStatus.tooltip.$content.html()).toBe('&lt;b&gt;error&lt;/b&gt;');
+
+      field.setTooltipHtmlEnabled(true);
+      expect(field.fieldStatus.tooltip.htmlEnabled).toBe(true);
+      expect(field.fieldStatus.tooltip.$content.html()).toBe('<b>error</b>');
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('property menus', () => {
     let formField, model;
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.scout.rt.client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/scout/rt/client/ui/form/fields/AbstractFormField.java b/org.eclipse.scout.rt.client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/scout/rt/client/ui/form/fields/AbstractFormField.java
index eef24b50e81..5c6f43af96b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.scout.rt.client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/scout/rt/client/ui/form/fields/AbstractFormField.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.scout.rt.client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/scout/rt/client/ui/form/fields/AbstractFormField.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010, 2024 BSI Business Systems Integration AG
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2026 BSI Business Systems Integration AG
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made
  * available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -322,6 +322,12 @@ protected String getConfiguredTooltipText() {
     return null;
   }
 
+  @ConfigProperty(ConfigProperty.BOOLEAN)
+  @Order(52)
+  protected boolean getConfiguredTooltipHtmlEnabled() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   /**
    * @return One of the <code>TOOLTIP_ANCHOR_*</code> constants. Default is {@link #TOOLTIP_ANCHOR_DEFAULT}.
    */
@@ -857,6 +863,7 @@ protected void initConfig() {
     setMandatory(getConfiguredMandatory());
     setOrder(calculateViewOrder());
     setTooltipText(getConfiguredTooltipText());
+    setTooltipHtmlEnabled(getConfiguredTooltipHtmlEnabled());
     setTooltipAnchor(getConfiguredTooltipAnchor());
     setInitialLabel(getConfiguredLabel());
     setLabel(getConfiguredLabel());
@@ -1833,6 +1840,16 @@ public String getTooltipText() {
     return propertySupport.getPropertyString(PROP_TOOLTIP_TEXT);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void setTooltipHtmlEnabled(boolean tooltipHtmlEnabled) {
+    propertySupport.setPropertyBool(PROP_TOOLTIP_HTML_ENABLED, tooltipHtmlEnabled);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean isTooltipHtmlEnabled() {
+    return propertySupport.getPropertyBool(PROP_TOOLTIP_HTML_ENABLED);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void setTooltipAnchor(String tooltipAnchor) {
     propertySupport.setPropertyString(PROP_TOOLTIP_ANCHOR, tooltipAnchor);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.scout.rt.client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/scout/rt/client/ui/form/fields/IFormField.java b/org.eclipse.scout.rt.client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/scout/rt/client/ui/form/fields/IFormField.java
index 1d73753c726..65f779ba64c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.scout.rt.client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/scout/rt/client/ui/form/fields/IFormField.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.scout.rt.client/src/main/java/org/eclipse/scout/rt/client/ui/form/fields/IFormField.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010, 2025 BSI Business Systems Integration AG
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2026 BSI Business Systems Integration AG
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made
  * available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public interface IFormField extends IWidget, IOrdered, IStyleable, IVisibleDimen
   String PROP_ORDER = "order";
   String PROP_ERROR_STATUS = "errorStatus";
   String PROP_TOOLTIP_TEXT = "tooltipText";
+  String PROP_TOOLTIP_HTML_ENABLED = "tooltipHtmlEnabled";
   String PROP_TOOLTIP_ANCHOR = "tooltipAnchor";
   String PROP_FOREGROUND_COLOR = "foregroundColor";
   String PROP_BACKGROUND_COLOR = "backgroundColor";
@@ -465,6 +466,10 @@ public interface IFormField extends IWidget, IOrdered, IStyleable, IVisibleDimen
 
   void setTooltipText(String text);
 
+  boolean isTooltipHtmlEnabled();
+
+  void setTooltipHtmlEnabled(boolean tooltipHtmlEnabled);
+
   void setTooltipAnchor(String tooltipAnchor);
 
   String getTooltipAnchor();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.scout.rt.ui.html/src/main/java/org/eclipse/scout/rt/ui/html/json/form/fields/JsonFormField.java b/org.eclipse.scout.rt.ui.html/src/main/java/org/eclipse/scout/rt/ui/html/json/form/fields/JsonFormField.java
index 9c44098a772..7db799a979e 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.scout.rt.ui.html/src/main/java/org/eclipse/scout/rt/ui/html/json/form/fields/JsonFormField.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.scout.rt.ui.html/src/main/java/org/eclipse/scout/rt/ui/html/json/form/fields/JsonFormField.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010, 2023 BSI Business Systems Integration AG
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2026 BSI Business Systems Integration AG
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made
  * available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ protected String modelValue() {
         return getModel().getTooltipText();
       }
     });
+    putJsonProperty(new JsonProperty<FORM_FIELD>(IFormField.PROP_TOOLTIP_HTML_ENABLED, model) {
+      @Override
+      protected Boolean modelValue() {
+        return getModel().isTooltipHtmlEnabled();
+      }
+    });
     putJsonProperty(new JsonProperty<FORM_FIELD>(IFormField.PROP_TOOLTIP_ANCHOR, model) {
       @Override
       protected String modelValue() {