diff --git a/src/Forms/TextareaField.php b/src/Forms/TextareaField.php
index 0a0f69c98..0ffbc23a1 100644
--- a/src/Forms/TextareaField.php
+++ b/src/Forms/TextareaField.php
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ class TextareaField extends FormField
         return $attributes;
     }
 
-
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
@@ -167,6 +166,41 @@ class TextareaField extends FormField
         return $parent;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Validate this field
+     *
+     * @param Validator $validator
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function validate($validator)
+    {
+        if (!is_null($this->maxLength) && mb_strlen($this->value ?? '') > $this->maxLength) {
+            $name = strip_tags($this->Title() ? $this->Title() : $this->getName());
+            $validator->validationError(
+                $this->name,
+                _t(
+                    'SilverStripe\\Forms\\TextField.VALIDATEMAXLENGTH',
+                    'The value for {name} must not exceed {maxLength} characters in length',
+                    ['name' => $name, 'maxLength' => $this->maxLength]
+                ),
+                "validation"
+            );
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public function getSchemaValidation()
+    {
+        $rules = parent::getSchemaValidation();
+        if ($this->getMaxLength()) {
+            $rules['max'] = [
+                'length' => $this->getMaxLength(),
+            ];
+        }
+        return $rules;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return value with all values encoded in html entities
      *
diff --git a/tests/php/Forms/TextareaFieldTest.php b/tests/php/Forms/TextareaFieldTest.php
index accd6a587..f75bd4589 100644
--- a/tests/php/Forms/TextareaFieldTest.php
+++ b/tests/php/Forms/TextareaFieldTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace SilverStripe\Forms\Tests;
 
 use SilverStripe\Dev\SapphireTest;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\TextareaField;
+use SilverStripe\Forms\RequiredFields;
 
 class TextareaFieldTest extends SapphireTest
 {
@@ -50,6 +51,30 @@ class TextareaFieldTest extends SapphireTest
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Tests the TextareaField Max Length Validation Failure
+     */
+    public function testMaxLengthValidationFail()
+    {
+        $field = new TextareaField("Test", "Test");
+        $field->setMaxLength(5);
+        $field->setValue("John Doe"); // 8 characters, so should fail
+        $result = $field->validate(new RequiredFields());
+        $this->assertFalse($result);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the TextareaField Max Length Validation Success
+     */
+    public function testMaxLengthValidationSuccess()
+    {
+        $field = new TextareaField("Test", "Test");
+        $field->setMaxLength(5);
+        $field->setValue("John"); // 4 characters, so should pass
+        $result = $field->validate(new RequiredFields());
+        $this->assertTrue($result);
+    }
+
     public function testValueEntities()
     {
         $inputText = "These <b>are</b> some unicodes: äöü";