diff --git a/examples/Resources/Private/Singles/Variables.html b/examples/Resources/Private/Singles/Variables.html
index 3c443c6f5..8e849ea88 100644
--- a/examples/Resources/Private/Singles/Variables.html
+++ b/examples/Resources/Private/Singles/Variables.html
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
 		xyz: '{
 			foobar: \'Escaped sub-string\'
 		}'
-	}
+	},
+	unsafeHTML: unsafeHTML
 }"/>
 
 </f:section>
@@ -51,4 +52,7 @@
 Received $array.baz with value {array.baz}
 Received $array.xyz.foobar with value {array.xyz.foobar}
 Received $myVariable with value {myVariable}
+Received $unsafeHTML with unescaped value {unsafeHTML}
+Received $unsafeHTML with format.raw {unsafeHTML -> f:format.raw()}
+Received $unsafeHTML with format.htmlspecialchars {unsafeHTML -> f:format.htmlspecialchars()}
 </f:section>
diff --git a/examples/example_variables.php b/examples/example_variables.php
index 21df591b4..e1cefa5ec 100644
--- a/examples/example_variables.php
+++ b/examples/example_variables.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  * how dynamic variable access works.
  */
 
+use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\Parser\UnsafeHTMLString;
 use TYPO3Fluid\FluidExamples\Helper\ExampleHelper;
 
 require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@
     '123numericprefix' => 'Numeric prefixed variable',
     // A variable whose value refers to another variable name
     'dynamicVariableName' => 'foobar',
+    // An UnsafeHTML variable that will not be escaped when rendered
+    'unsafeHTML' => new UnsafeHTMLString('<strong>Safe HTML String</strong>'),
 ]);
 
 // Assigning the template path and filename to be rendered. Doing this overrides
diff --git a/src/Core/Parser/SyntaxTree/BooleanNode.php b/src/Core/Parser/SyntaxTree/BooleanNode.php
index ef7630ee0..f46e993f2 100644
--- a/src/Core/Parser/SyntaxTree/BooleanNode.php
+++ b/src/Core/Parser/SyntaxTree/BooleanNode.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\Compiler\TemplateCompiler;
 use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\Parser\BooleanParser;
+use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\Parser\UnsafeHTML;
 use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\Rendering\RenderingContextInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -128,6 +129,10 @@ public static function convertToBoolean(mixed $value, RenderingContextInterface
         if (is_numeric($value)) {
             return (bool)((float)$value);
         }
+        if ($value instanceof UnsafeHTML) {
+            // unpack UnsafeHTML to string, as it may be empty
+            $value = (string)$value;
+        }
         if (is_string($value)) {
             if (strlen($value) === 0) {
                 return false;
diff --git a/src/Core/Parser/SyntaxTree/EscapingNode.php b/src/Core/Parser/SyntaxTree/EscapingNode.php
index 2fb00ab7b..0f75ebb4a 100644
--- a/src/Core/Parser/SyntaxTree/EscapingNode.php
+++ b/src/Core/Parser/SyntaxTree/EscapingNode.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 namespace TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\Parser\SyntaxTree;
 
 use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\Compiler\TemplateCompiler;
+use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\Parser\UnsafeHTML;
 use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\Rendering\RenderingContextInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -39,6 +40,9 @@ public function __construct(NodeInterface $node)
     public function evaluate(RenderingContextInterface $renderingContext): mixed
     {
         $evaluated = $this->node->evaluate($renderingContext);
+        if ($evaluated instanceof UnsafeHTML) {
+            return (string)$evaluated;
+        }
         if (is_string($evaluated) || (is_object($evaluated) && method_exists($evaluated, '__toString'))) {
             return htmlspecialchars((string)$evaluated, ENT_QUOTES);
         }
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ public function convert(TemplateCompiler $templateCompiler): array
         if ($configuration['execution'] !== '\'\'') {
             $configuration['execution'] = sprintf(
                 'call_user_func_array( function ($var) { '
+                . 'if ($var instanceof ' . UnsafeHTML::class . ') { return (string)$var; }'
                 . 'return (is_string($var) || (is_object($var) && method_exists($var, \'__toString\')) '
                 . '? htmlspecialchars((string) $var, ENT_QUOTES) : $var); }, [%s])',
                 $configuration['execution'],
diff --git a/src/Core/Parser/UnsafeHTML.php b/src/Core/Parser/UnsafeHTML.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40694b90f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Core/Parser/UnsafeHTML.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * This file belongs to the package "TYPO3 Fluid".
+ * See LICENSE.txt that was shipped with this package.
+ */
+
+namespace TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\Parser;
+
+use Stringable;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for values that are considered safe HTML
+ * and will not be escaped by the Fluid rendering engine.
+ *
+ * Use with caution and ensure the HTML has already been sanitized, as it will not be escaped by the Fluid rendering engine.
+ *
+ * @method string __toString() returns HTML that has already been sanitized and will not be escaped by the Fluid rendering engine.
+ * @internal
+ */
+interface UnsafeHTML extends Stringable {}
diff --git a/src/Core/Parser/UnsafeHTMLString.php b/src/Core/Parser/UnsafeHTMLString.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07115cabe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Core/Parser/UnsafeHTMLString.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * This file belongs to the package "TYPO3 Fluid".
+ * See LICENSE.txt that was shipped with this package.
+ */
+
+namespace TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\Parser;
+
+use Stringable;
+
+/**
+ * value object for values that are considered safe HTML
+ * and will not be escaped by the Fluid rendering engine.
+ *
+ * Use with caution and ensure the HTML has already been sanitized, as it will not be escaped by the Fluid rendering engine.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ */
+final readonly class UnsafeHTMLString implements UnsafeHTML
+{
+    /**
+     * @param string|Stringable $html HTML that has already been sanitized and will not be escaped by the Fluid rendering engine.
+     */
+    public function __construct(private string|Stringable $html) {}
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    public function __toString(): string
+    {
+        return (string)$this->html;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Functional/Core/ViewHelper/ConditionViewHelperTest.php b/tests/Functional/Core/ViewHelper/ConditionViewHelperTest.php
index f1f685d7f..38538ed16 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Core/ViewHelper/ConditionViewHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Core/ViewHelper/ConditionViewHelperTest.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
+use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\Parser\UnsafeHTMLString;
 use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Tests\Functional\AbstractFunctionalTestCase;
 use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Tests\Functional\Fixtures\Various\UserWithToString;
 use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\View\TemplateView;
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ public static function variableConditionDataProvider(): array
             'foo' => 'bar',
         ];
         $emptyCountable = new \SplObjectStorage();
+        $htmlString = new UnsafeHTMLString('baz');
 
         return [
             // simple assignments
@@ -94,6 +96,12 @@ public static function variableConditionDataProvider(): array
             ['{test1} === {test2}', false, ['test1' => 1, 'test2' => true]],
             ['{test1} == {test2}', true, ['test1' => 1, 'test2' => true]],
 
+            // conditions with UnsafeHTMLString
+            ['{test}', true, ['test' => $htmlString]],
+            ['{test} == \'baz\'', true, ['test' => $htmlString]],
+            ['{test1} === {test2}', false, ['test1' => 'baz', 'test2' => $htmlString]],
+            ['{test1} == {test2}', true, ['test1' => 'baz', 'test2' => $htmlString]],
+
             // conditions with objects
             ['{user1} == {user1}', true, ['user1' => $user1]],
             ['{user1} === {user1}', true, ['user1' => $user1]],
diff --git a/tests/Functional/ExamplesTest.php b/tests/Functional/ExamplesTest.php
index b472ef6d1..b39bd289c 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/ExamplesTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/ExamplesTest.php
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ public static function exampleScriptValuesDataProvider(): array
                     'Received $array.baz with value 42',
                     'Received $array.xyz.foobar with value Escaped sub-string',
                     'Received $myVariable with value Nice string',
+                    'Received $unsafeHTML with unescaped value <strong>Safe HTML String</strong>',
+                    'Received $unsafeHTML with format.raw <strong>Safe HTML String</strong>',
+                    'Received $unsafeHTML with format.htmlspecialchars &lt;strong&gt;Safe HTML String&lt;/strong&gt;',
                 ],
             ],
             'example_variableprovider.php' => [
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Core/Parser/BooleanParserTest.php b/tests/Unit/Core/Parser/BooleanParserTest.php
index 9b497bfc3..d4c2fc15c 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Core/Parser/BooleanParserTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Core/Parser/BooleanParserTest.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\Parser\BooleanParser;
 use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\Parser\Exception;
 use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\Parser\SyntaxTree\BooleanNode;
+use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\Parser\UnsafeHTMLString;
 use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\Rendering\RenderingContext;
 
 final class BooleanParserTest extends TestCase
@@ -105,6 +106,15 @@ public static function getSomeEvaluationTestValues(): array
             ['{foo} == FALSE', true, ['foo' => false]],
             ['!{foo}', true, ['foo' => false]],
 
+            ['{foo}', false, ['foo' => new UnsafeHTMLString('')]],
+            ["{foo} == ''", true, ['foo' => new UnsafeHTMLString('')]],
+            ['{foo}', true, ['foo' => new UnsafeHTMLString('test')]],
+            ['{foo} == FALSE', false, ['foo' => new UnsafeHTMLString('test')]],
+            ['{foo} == TRUE', true, ['foo' => new UnsafeHTMLString('test')]],
+            ["{foo} == 'test'", true, ['foo' => new UnsafeHTMLString('test')]],
+            ['{foo} === TRUE', false, ['foo' => new UnsafeHTMLString('0')]],
+            ['{foo} === \'0\'', false, ['foo' => new UnsafeHTMLString('0')]],
+
             /*
              * @todo This should work but doesn't at the moment. This is probably related to the boolean
              *       parser not converting variable nodes correctly. There is a related todo in the IfThenElseViewHelperTest.