diff --git a/providers/desec/convert.go b/providers/desec/convert.go
index 34674af33..654bdc7bf 100644
--- a/providers/desec/convert.go
+++ b/providers/desec/convert.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package desec
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/v3/models"
 	"github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol/v3/pkg/printer"
@@ -24,7 +25,10 @@ func nativeToRecords(n resourceRecord, origin string) (rcs []*models.RecordConfi
 		}
 		rc.SetLabel(n.Subname, origin)
 		switch rtype := n.Type; rtype {
-		default: //  "A", "AAAA", "CAA", "NS", "CNAME", "MX", "PTR", "SRV", "TXT"
+		case "TXT":
+			rc.SetTargetTXT(value)
+			rc.TxtNormalize("multistring")
+		default: //  "A", "AAAA", "CAA", "NS", "CNAME", "MX", "PTR", "SRV"
 			if err := rc.PopulateFromString(rtype, value, origin); err != nil {
 				panic(fmt.Errorf("unparsable record received from deSEC: %w", err))
 			}
@@ -58,6 +62,9 @@ func recordsToNative(rcs []*models.RecordConfig, origin string) []resourceRecord
 				Subname: label,
 				Records: []string{r.GetTargetCombined()},
 			}
+			if r.Type == "TXT" {
+				zr.Records = []string{strings.Join(r.TxtStrings, "")}
+			}
 			zrs = append(zrs, zr)
 			//keys[key] = &zr   // This didn't work.
 			keys[key] = &zrs[len(zrs)-1] // This does work. I don't know why.
diff --git a/providers/desec/desecProvider.go b/providers/desec/desecProvider.go
index cafa2a89d..1aeff83fd 100644
--- a/providers/desec/desecProvider.go
+++ b/providers/desec/desecProvider.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ var features = providers.DocumentationNotes{
 	providers.CanUsePTR:              providers.Can(),
 	providers.CanGetZones:            providers.Can(),
 	providers.CanAutoDNSSEC:          providers.Cannot(),
+	providers.CanUseTXTMulti:         providers.Can(),
 }
 
 var defaultNameServerNames = []string{