diff --git a/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml b/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml
index 540f6745073..c9466f59deb 100644
--- a/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml
@@ -1646,6 +1646,14 @@
 			[b]Note:[/b] "ICU / HarfBuzz / Graphite" text server data includes dictionaries for Burmese, Chinese, Japanese, Khmer, Lao and Thai as well as Unicode Standard Annex #29 and Unicode Standard Annex #14 word and line breaking rules. Data is about 4 MB large.
 			[b]Note:[/b] [TextServerFallback] does not use additional data.
 		</member>
+		<member name="internationalization/locale/line_breaking_strictness" type="int" setter="" getter="" default="0">
+			Default strictness of line-breaking rules. Can be overridden by adding [code]@lb={auto,loose,normal,strict}[/code] to the language code.
+			- [b]Auto[/b] ([code]0[/code]) - strictness is based on the length of the line.
+			- [b]Loose[/b] ([code]1[/code]) - the least restrictive set of line-breaking rules. Typically used for short lines.
+			- [b]Normal[/b] ([code]2[/code]) - the most common set of line-breaking rules.
+			- [b]Strict[/b] ([code]3[/code]) - the most stringent set of line-breaking rules.
+			See [url=https://www.w3.org/TR/css-text-3/#line-break-property]Line Breaking Strictness: the line-break property[/url] for more info.
+		</member>
 		<member name="internationalization/locale/test" type="String" setter="" getter="" default="&quot;&quot;">
 			If non-empty, this locale will be used instead of the automatically detected system locale.
 			[b]Note:[/b] This setting also applies to the exported project. To only affect testing within the editor, override this setting with an [code]editor[/code] [url=$DOCS_URL/tutorials/export/feature_tags.html]feature tag[/url] for localization testing purposes.
diff --git a/main/main.cpp b/main/main.cpp
index 30d6ba11bc7..e7a35bf0e25 100644
--- a/main/main.cpp
+++ b/main/main.cpp
@@ -2638,6 +2638,7 @@ Error Main::setup(const char *execpath, int argc, char *argv[], bool p_second_ph
 	}
 
 	GLOBAL_DEF_BASIC("internationalization/locale/include_text_server_data", false);
+	GLOBAL_DEF_BASIC(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "internationalization/locale/line_breaking_strictness", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "Auto,Loose,Normal,Strict"), 0);
 
 	OS::get_singleton()->_allow_hidpi = GLOBAL_DEF("display/window/dpi/allow_hidpi", true);
 	OS::get_singleton()->_allow_layered = GLOBAL_DEF_RST("display/window/per_pixel_transparency/allowed", false);
diff --git a/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.cpp b/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.cpp
index 632749f9a60..75200e2dbb5 100644
--- a/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.cpp
+++ b/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.cpp
@@ -6513,7 +6513,17 @@ UBreakIterator *TextServerAdvanced::_create_line_break_iterator_for_locale(const
 	// Creating UBreakIterator (ubrk_open) is surprisingly costly.
 	// However, cloning (ubrk_clone) is cheaper, so we keep around blueprints to accelerate creating new ones.
 
-	const String language = p_language.is_empty() ? TranslationServer::get_singleton()->get_tool_locale() : p_language;
+	String language = p_language.is_empty() ? TranslationServer::get_singleton()->get_tool_locale() : p_language;
+	if (!language.contains("@")) {
+		if (lb_strictness == LB_LOOSE) {
+			language += "@lb=loose";
+		} else if (lb_strictness == LB_NORMAL) {
+			language += "@lb=normal";
+		} else if (lb_strictness == LB_STRICT) {
+			language += "@lb=strict";
+		}
+	}
+
 	_THREAD_SAFE_METHOD_
 	const HashMap<String, UBreakIterator *>::Iterator key_value = line_break_iterators_per_language.find(language);
 	if (key_value) {
@@ -8066,12 +8076,14 @@ bool TextServerAdvanced::_is_valid_letter(uint64_t p_unicode) const {
 
 void TextServerAdvanced::_update_settings() {
 	lcd_subpixel_layout.set((TextServer::FontLCDSubpixelLayout)(int)GLOBAL_GET("gui/theme/lcd_subpixel_layout"));
+	lb_strictness = (LineBreakStrictness)(int)GLOBAL_GET("internationalization/locale/line_breaking_strictness");
 }
 
 TextServerAdvanced::TextServerAdvanced() {
 	_insert_num_systems_lang();
 	_insert_feature_sets();
 	_bmp_create_font_funcs();
+	_update_settings();
 	ProjectSettings::get_singleton()->connect("settings_changed", callable_mp(this, &TextServerAdvanced::_update_settings));
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.h b/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.h
index bf8f8c75072..a6b67afa930 100644
--- a/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.h
+++ b/modules/text_server_adv/text_server_adv.h
@@ -152,7 +152,15 @@ class TextServerAdvanced : public TextServerExtension {
 	HashMap<StringName, int32_t> feature_sets;
 	HashMap<int32_t, FeatureInfo> feature_sets_inv;
 
+	enum LineBreakStrictness {
+		LB_AUTO,
+		LB_LOOSE,
+		LB_NORMAL,
+		LB_STRICT,
+	};
+
 	SafeNumeric<TextServer::FontLCDSubpixelLayout> lcd_subpixel_layout{ TextServer::FontLCDSubpixelLayout::FONT_LCD_SUBPIXEL_LAYOUT_NONE };
+	LineBreakStrictness lb_strictness = LB_AUTO;
 	void _update_settings();
 
 	void _insert_num_systems_lang();