diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
index 6b31f4916..04f7c8b80 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/pages/pages.py
@@ -3709,6 +3709,7 @@ class UserText(CachedTemplate):
                  post_form = 'editusertext',
                  cloneable = False,
                  extra_css = '',
+                 textarea_class = '',
                  name = "text",
                  expunged=False,
                  include_errors=True):
@@ -3734,6 +3735,7 @@ class UserText(CachedTemplate):
                                 post_form = post_form,
                                 cloneable = cloneable,
                                 css_class = css_class,
+                                textarea_class = textarea_class,
                                 name = name,
                                 expunged=expunged,
                                 include_errors=include_errors)
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/usertext.html b/r2/r2/templates/usertext.html
index bf9195f1e..827aa4237 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/usertext.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/usertext.html
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
       <div>
         <textarea rows="1" cols="1"
                   name="${thing.name}"
+                  class="${thing.textarea_class}"
                   >${keep_space(thing.text)}</textarea>
       </div>