diff --git a/YamlDotNet.Test/Serialization/ForcedPlainStyleTests.cs b/YamlDotNet.Test/Serialization/ForcedPlainStyleTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e591567d
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+++ b/YamlDotNet.Test/Serialization/ForcedPlainStyleTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+// This file is part of YamlDotNet - A .NET library for YAML.
+// Copyright (c) Antoine Aubry and contributors
+// 
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+// this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+// the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+// use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
+// of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
+// so, subject to the following conditions:
+// 
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+// copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+// 
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+// SOFTWARE.
+
+using Xunit;
+using YamlDotNet.Core;
+using YamlDotNet.Serialization;
+
+namespace YamlDotNet.Test.Serialization;
+
+public class ForcedPlainStyleTests
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This class tests the regular 'Plain' scalar style
+    /// </summary>
+    private class PlainStyleModel
+    {
+        public string MightBeQuotedText { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This class tests the new 'ForcePlain' scalar style
+    /// </summary>
+    private class ForcedPlainStyleModel
+    {
+        [YamlMember(ScalarStyle = ScalarStyle.ForcePlain)]
+        public string AlwaysUnquotedText { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    // Test the regular 'Plain' scalar type
+    [Fact]
+    public void Plain_Values_With_Control_Flow_Chars_Should_Be_Quoted()
+    {
+        var sut = new SerializerBuilder()
+            .ConfigureDefaultValuesHandling(DefaultValuesHandling.OmitNull)
+            .Build();
+
+        var yaml = sut.Serialize(new PlainStyleModel { MightBeQuotedText = "{{ a.b.c }}" });
+        Assert.StartsWith("MightBeQuotedText: '{{ a.b.c }}'", yaml);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Values_With_No_Control_Flow_Chars_Should_Not_Be_Quoted()
+    {
+        var sut = new SerializerBuilder()
+            .ConfigureDefaultValuesHandling(DefaultValuesHandling.OmitNull)
+            .Build();
+
+        var yaml = sut.Serialize(new PlainStyleModel { MightBeQuotedText = "Some regular text" });
+        Assert.StartsWith("MightBeQuotedText: Some regular text", yaml);
+    }
+
+    // Test the new regular 'ForcedPlain' scalar type
+    [Fact]
+    public void Forced_Plain_Values_With_Control_Flow_Chars_Should_Not_Be_Quoted()
+    {
+        var sut = new SerializerBuilder()
+            .ConfigureDefaultValuesHandling(DefaultValuesHandling.OmitNull)
+            .Build();
+
+        var yaml = sut.Serialize(new ForcedPlainStyleModel { AlwaysUnquotedText = "{{ a.b.c }}" });
+        Assert.StartsWith("AlwaysUnquotedText: {{ a.b.c }}", yaml);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("'", yaml);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Forced_Plain_Values_With_No_Control_Flow_Chars_Should_Not_Be_Quoted()
+    {
+        var sut = new SerializerBuilder()
+            .ConfigureDefaultValuesHandling(DefaultValuesHandling.OmitNull)
+            .Build();
+
+        var yaml = sut.Serialize(new ForcedPlainStyleModel { AlwaysUnquotedText = "Regular text" });
+        Assert.StartsWith("AlwaysUnquotedText: Regular text", yaml);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("'", yaml);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/YamlDotNet/Core/Emitter.cs b/YamlDotNet/Core/Emitter.cs
index 58a692fd..f3cf2f15 100644
--- a/YamlDotNet/Core/Emitter.cs
+++ b/YamlDotNet/Core/Emitter.cs
@@ -957,6 +957,11 @@ private void SelectScalarStyle(ParsingEvent evt)
                 }
             }
 
+            if (style == ScalarStyle.ForcePlain)
+            {
+                style = ScalarStyle.Plain;
+            }
+
             scalarData.Style = style;
         }
 
diff --git a/YamlDotNet/Core/ScalarStyle.cs b/YamlDotNet/Core/ScalarStyle.cs
index 6cef4142..41d820f9 100644
--- a/YamlDotNet/Core/ScalarStyle.cs
+++ b/YamlDotNet/Core/ScalarStyle.cs
@@ -55,5 +55,9 @@ public enum ScalarStyle
         /// The folded scalar style.
         /// </summary>
         Folded,
+        /// <summary>
+        ///  Forced plain scalar, regardless.
+        /// </summary>
+        ForcePlain
     }
 }