diff --git a/config/schema/search_api.views.schema.yml b/config/schema/search_api.views.schema.yml
index b4e21ef2..6cfe0f00 100644
--- a/config/schema/search_api.views.schema.yml
+++ b/config/schema/search_api.views.schema.yml
@@ -179,6 +179,14 @@ views.field.search_api_numeric:
         type: string
         label: 'Singular/Plural string'
 
+views.field.search_api_text:
+  type: views.field.search_api
+  label: 'Search API text'
+  mapping:
+    filter_type:
+      type: string
+      label: 'Output filter/sanitization to apply'
+
 views.filter.search_api_boolean:
   type: views.filter.boolean
   label: 'Search API boolean'
diff --git a/search_api.views.inc b/search_api.views.inc
index a3ac7221..187555a4 100644
--- a/search_api.views.inc
+++ b/search_api.views.inc
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ function _search_api_views_get_field_handler_mapping() {
     ];
 
     $text_mapping = [
-      'id' => 'search_api',
+      'id' => 'search_api_text',
       'filter_type' => 'xss',
     ];
     $plain_mapping['field_item:text_long'] = $text_mapping;
diff --git a/src/Plugin/views/field/SearchApiText.php b/src/Plugin/views/field/SearchApiText.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e7a1505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Plugin/views/field/SearchApiText.php
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\search_api\Plugin\views\field;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Handles the display of text fields in Search API Views.
+ *
+ * @ingroup views_field_handlers
+ *
+ * @ViewsField("search_api_text")
+ */
+class SearchApiText extends SearchApiStandard {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function defineOptions() {
+    $options = parent::defineOptions();
+
+    $options['filter_type'] = [
+      'default' => !empty($this->definition['filter_type']) ? $this->definition['filter_type'] : 'plain',
+    ];
+
+    return $options;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
+    parent::buildOptionsForm($form, $form_state);
+
+    $args = [
+      '@strip' => $this->t('Strip HTML tags'),
+      '@rewrite' => $this->t('Rewrite results'),
+    ];
+    $form['filter_type'] = [
+      '#title' => $this->t('Enable HTML in this field'),
+      '#type' => 'radios',
+      '#options' => [
+        'xss' => $this->t('Field value can contain HTML'),
+        'xss_admin' => $this->t('Field value can contain HTML (even potentially unsafe tags)'),
+        'plain' => $this->t('Do not allow HTML in this field'),
+      ],
+      '#default_value' => $this->options['filter_type'],
+      'xss' => [
+        '#description' => $this->t('This will allow the most common HTML tags, except unsafe ones.'),
+      ],
+      'xss_admin' => [
+        '#description' => $this->t('This will allow almost all tags (except scripts and styles). Use with caution.'),
+      ],
+      'plain' => [
+        '#description' => $this->t('This will display any HTML tags in the field value as plain text. For instead removing those tags, use the "@strip" option under "@rewrite".', $args),
+      ],
+    ];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function render_item($count, $item) {
+    return $this->sanitizeValue($item['value'], $this->options['filter_type']);
+  }
+
+}