diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/AbstractGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/AbstractGenerator.java
index 1d0b1a8380..ca611d83b5 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/AbstractGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/AbstractGenerator.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.jooq.meta.Database;
 import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.GeneratedAnnotationType;
 import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.GeneratedSerialVersionUID;
+import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.GeneratedTextBlocks;
 import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.VisibilityModifier;
 import org.jooq.tools.JooqLogger;
 
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ abstract class AbstractGenerator implements Generator {
     String                             generateNewline                                  = "\n";
     String                             generateIndentation;
     int                                generatePrintMarginForBlockComment               = 80;
+    GeneratedTextBlocks                generateTextBlocks                               = GeneratedTextBlocks.DETECT_FROM_JDK;
 
     protected GeneratorStrategyWrapper strategy;
     protected String                   targetEncoding                                   = "UTF-8";
@@ -1337,6 +1339,16 @@ abstract class AbstractGenerator implements Generator {
         this.generatePrintMarginForBlockComment = printMarginForBlockComment;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public GeneratedTextBlocks generateTextBlocks() {
+        return generateTextBlocks;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setGenerateTextBlocks(GeneratedTextBlocks textBlocks) {
+        this.generateTextBlocks = textBlocks;
+    }
+
     // ----
 
     @Override
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/GenerationTool.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/GenerationTool.java
index e49a60decb..756c17fa39 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/GenerationTool.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/GenerationTool.java
@@ -914,6 +914,8 @@ public class GenerationTool {
                 generator.setGenerateIndentation(g.getGenerate().getIndentation());
             if (g.getGenerate().getPrintMarginForBlockComment() != null)
                 generator.setGeneratePrintMarginForBlockComment(g.getGenerate().getPrintMarginForBlockComment());
+            if (g.getGenerate().getTextBlocks() != null)
+                generator.setGenerateTextBlocks(g.getGenerate().getTextBlocks());
 
 
             if (!isBlank(d.getSchemaVersionProvider()))
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/Generator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/Generator.java
index b4eda1a9b5..6dcbeff481 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/Generator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/Generator.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import org.jooq.meta.ForeignKeyDefinition;
 import org.jooq.meta.TableDefinition;
 import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.GeneratedAnnotationType;
 import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.GeneratedSerialVersionUID;
+import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.GeneratedTextBlocks;
 import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.VisibilityModifier;
 import org.jooq.types.Interval;
 
@@ -1254,6 +1255,16 @@ public interface Generator {
      */
     void setGeneratePrintMarginForBlockComment(int printMarginForBlockComment);
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to generate String in text block format.
+     */
+    GeneratedTextBlocks generateTextBlocks();
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to generate String in text block format.
+     */
+    void setGenerateTextBlocks(GeneratedTextBlocks textBlocks);
+
     /**
      * The target directory
      */
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/Generate.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/Generate.java
index 22e7d9cafc..40a0a8af46 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/Generate.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/Generate.java
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ public class Generate implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
     protected String indentation;
     @XmlElement(defaultValue = "80")
     protected Integer printMarginForBlockComment = 80;
+    @XmlElement(defaultValue = "DETECT_FROM_JDK")
+    @XmlSchemaType(name = "string")
+    protected GeneratedTextBlocks textBlocks = GeneratedTextBlocks.DETECT_FROM_JDK;
 
     /**
      * Generate index information.
@@ -2634,6 +2637,22 @@ public class Generate implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
         this.printMarginForBlockComment = value;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to generate String in text block format.
+     * 
+     */
+    public GeneratedTextBlocks getTextBlocks() {
+        return textBlocks;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Whether to generate String in text block format.
+     * 
+     */
+    public void setTextBlocks(GeneratedTextBlocks value) {
+        this.textBlocks = value;
+    }
+
     public Generate withIndexes(Boolean value) {
         setIndexes(value);
         return this;
@@ -3188,6 +3207,15 @@ public class Generate implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to generate String in text block format.
+     * 
+     */
+    public Generate withTextBlocks(GeneratedTextBlocks value) {
+        setTextBlocks(value);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public final void appendTo(XMLBuilder builder) {
         builder.append("indexes", indexes);
@@ -3291,6 +3319,7 @@ public class Generate implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
         builder.append("newline", newline);
         builder.append("indentation", indentation);
         builder.append("printMarginForBlockComment", printMarginForBlockComment);
+        builder.append("textBlocks", textBlocks);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -4221,6 +4250,15 @@ public class Generate implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
                 return false;
             }
         }
+        if (textBlocks == null) {
+            if (other.textBlocks!= null) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (!textBlocks.equals(other.textBlocks)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -4329,6 +4367,7 @@ public class Generate implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
         result = ((prime*result)+((newline == null)? 0 :newline.hashCode()));
         result = ((prime*result)+((indentation == null)? 0 :indentation.hashCode()));
         result = ((prime*result)+((printMarginForBlockComment == null)? 0 :printMarginForBlockComment.hashCode()));
+        result = ((prime*result)+((textBlocks == null)? 0 :textBlocks.hashCode()));
         return result;
     }
 
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/GeneratedTextBlocks.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/GeneratedTextBlocks.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..661ba02825
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/GeneratedTextBlocks.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+
+package org.jooq.meta.jaxb;
+
+import jakarta.xml.bind.annotation.XmlEnum;
+import jakarta.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
+
+
+/**
+ * <p>Java class for GeneratedTextBlocks.
+ * 
+ * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
+ * <pre>
+ * &lt;simpleType name="GeneratedTextBlocks"&gt;
+ *   &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"&gt;
+ *     &lt;enumeration value="DETECT_FROM_JDK"/&gt;
+ *     &lt;enumeration value="ON"/&gt;
+ *     &lt;enumeration value="OFF"/&gt;
+ *   &lt;/restriction&gt;
+ * &lt;/simpleType&gt;
+ * </pre>
+ * 
+ */
+@XmlType(name = "GeneratedTextBlocks")
+@XmlEnum
+public enum GeneratedTextBlocks {
+
+    DETECT_FROM_JDK,
+    ON,
+    OFF;
+
+    public String value() {
+        return name();
+    }
+
+    public static GeneratedTextBlocks fromValue(String v) {
+        return valueOf(v);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/org/jooq/meta/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.17.0.xsd b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/org/jooq/meta/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.17.0.xsd
index efab7439db..8230509290 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/org/jooq/meta/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.17.0.xsd
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/org/jooq/meta/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.17.0.xsd
@@ -2278,6 +2278,10 @@ This flag is ignored in the commercial Java 6 distribution of jOOQ 3.9+ ]]></jxb
       <element name="printMarginForBlockComment" type="int" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" default="80">
         <annotation><appinfo><jxb:property><jxb:javadoc><![CDATA[The print margin to apply to generated Javadoc and other block comments, for automatic line wrapping. The feature is turned off if the print margin is <code>0</code>.]]></jxb:javadoc></jxb:property></appinfo></annotation>
       </element>
+      
+      <element name="textBlocks" type="tns:GeneratedTextBlocks" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" default="DETECT_FROM_JDK">
+        <annotation><appinfo><jxb:property><jxb:javadoc><![CDATA[Whether to generate String in text block format.]]></jxb:javadoc></jxb:property></appinfo></annotation>
+      </element>
     </all>
   </complexType>
 
@@ -2362,6 +2366,14 @@ e.g. org.jooq.generated.schema1, org.jooq.generated.schema2]]></jxb:javadoc></jx
     </restriction>
   </simpleType>
   
+  <simpleType name="GeneratedTextBlocks">
+    <restriction base="string">
+      <enumeration value="DETECT_FROM_JDK"/>
+      <enumeration value="ON"/>
+      <enumeration value="OFF"/>
+    </restriction>
+  </simpleType>
+  
   <simpleType name="GeneratedSerialVersionUID">
   	<restriction base="string">
   	  <enumeration value="HASH"/>