diff --git a/packages/database/src/Enums/DatabaseTextLength.php b/packages/database/src/Enums/DatabaseTextLength.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e132b19323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/database/src/Enums/DatabaseTextLength.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Tempest\Database\Enums;
+
+enum DatabaseTextLength: int
+{
+    case TINY = 255;
+    case DEFAULT = 65535;
+    case MEDIUM = 16777215;
+    case LONG = 4294967295;
+
+    public static function fromLength(int $length): self
+    {
+        return match (true) {
+            $length <= DatabaseTextLength::TINY => DatabaseTextLength::TINY,
+            $length <= DatabaseTextLength::DEFAULT => DatabaseTextLength::DEFAULT,
+            $length <= DatabaseTextLength::MEDIUM => DatabaseTextLength::MEDIUM,
+            $length <= DatabaseTextLength::LONG => DatabaseTextLength::LONG,
+            default => DatabaseTextLength::DEFAULT,
+        };
+    }
+
+    public function toString(): string
+    {
+        return match ($this) {
+            DatabaseTextLength::TINY => 'TINYTEXT',
+            DatabaseTextLength::DEFAULT => 'TEXT',
+            DatabaseTextLength::MEDIUM => 'MEDIUMTEXT',
+            DatabaseTextLength::LONG => 'LONGTEXT',
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/database/src/QueryStatements/CreateTableStatement.php b/packages/database/src/QueryStatements/CreateTableStatement.php
index ab3bba8d73..ebd681fc7c 100644
--- a/packages/database/src/QueryStatements/CreateTableStatement.php
+++ b/packages/database/src/QueryStatements/CreateTableStatement.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use BackedEnum;
 use Tempest\Database\Builder\TableDefinition;
 use Tempest\Database\Config\DatabaseDialect;
+use Tempest\Database\Enums\DatabaseTextLength;
 use Tempest\Database\HasTrailingStatements;
 use Tempest\Database\QueryStatement;
 use Tempest\Support\Json;
@@ -143,12 +144,13 @@ public function foreignKey(string $local, string $foreign, OnDelete $onDelete =
     /**
      * Adds a `TEXT` column to the table.
      */
-    public function text(string $name, bool $nullable = false, ?string $default = null): self
+    public function text(string $name, bool $nullable = false, int|DatabaseTextLength $length = DatabaseTextLength::DEFAULT, ?string $default = null): self
     {
         $this->statements[] = new TextStatement(
             name: $name,
             nullable: $nullable,
             default: $default,
+            length: $length,
         );
 
         return $this;
diff --git a/packages/database/src/QueryStatements/TextStatement.php b/packages/database/src/QueryStatements/TextStatement.php
index 0d65cbccba..88c5441584 100644
--- a/packages/database/src/QueryStatements/TextStatement.php
+++ b/packages/database/src/QueryStatements/TextStatement.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 namespace Tempest\Database\QueryStatements;
 
 use Tempest\Database\Config\DatabaseDialect;
+use Tempest\Database\Enums\DatabaseTextLength;
 use Tempest\Database\QueryStatement;
 
 final readonly class TextStatement implements QueryStatement
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
     public function __construct(
         private string $name,
         private bool $nullable = false,
+        private int|DatabaseTextLength $length = DatabaseTextLength::DEFAULT,
         private ?string $default = null,
     ) {}
 
@@ -19,8 +21,9 @@ public function compile(DatabaseDialect $dialect): string
     {
         return match ($dialect) {
             DatabaseDialect::MYSQL => sprintf(
-                '`%s` TEXT %s',
+                '`%s` %s %s',
                 $this->name,
+                $this->getSQLTypeDeclaration($this->length),
                 $this->nullable ? '' : 'NOT NULL',
             ),
             default => sprintf(
@@ -31,4 +34,13 @@ public function compile(DatabaseDialect $dialect): string
             ),
         };
     }
+
+    private function getSQLTypeDeclaration(int|DatabaseTextLength $length): string
+    {
+        if ($length instanceof DatabaseTextLength) {
+            return $length->toString();
+        }
+
+        return DatabaseTextLength::fromLength($length)->toString();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Database/QueryStatements/CreateTableStatementTest.php b/tests/Integration/Database/QueryStatements/CreateTableStatementTest.php
index cefccf14af..797df39c21 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/Database/QueryStatements/CreateTableStatementTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/Database/QueryStatements/CreateTableStatementTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use Tempest\Database\Config\DatabaseDialect;
 use Tempest\Database\Database;
 use Tempest\Database\DialectWasNotSupported;
+use Tempest\Database\Enums\DatabaseTextLength;
 use Tempest\Database\Exceptions\DefaultValueWasInvalid;
 use Tempest\Database\Exceptions\ValueWasInvalid;
 use Tempest\Database\MigratesUp;
@@ -235,6 +236,35 @@ public function test_string_method_with_custom_parameters(): void
         $this->assertSame($varcharStatement, $stringStatement);
     }
 
+    public function test_text_with_length_limit(): void
+    {
+        $tinyText = new CreateTableStatement('test-table')
+            ->text('content', false, DatabaseTextLength::TINY, null)
+            ->compile(dialect: DatabaseDialect::MYSQL);
+        $mediumText = new CreateTableStatement('test-table')
+            ->text('content', false, DatabaseTextLength::DEFAULT)
+            ->compile(dialect: DatabaseDialect::MYSQL);
+        $text = new CreateTableStatement('test-table')
+            ->text('content', false, DatabaseTextLength::MEDIUM)
+            ->compile(dialect: DatabaseDialect::MYSQL);
+        $longText = new CreateTableStatement('test-table')
+            ->text('content', false, DatabaseTextLength::LONG)
+            ->compile(dialect: DatabaseDialect::MYSQL);
+        $default = new CreateTableStatement('test-table')
+            ->text('content', false)
+            ->compile(dialect: DatabaseDialect::MYSQL);
+        $value = new CreateTableStatement('test-table')
+            ->text('content', false, 180)
+            ->compile(dialect: DatabaseDialect::MYSQL);
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('TINYTEXT', $tinyText);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('MEDIUMTEXT', $mediumText);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('TEXT', $text);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('LONGTEXT', $longText);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('TEXT', $default);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('TINYTEXT', $value);
+    }
+
     public function test_object_field(): void
     {
         $migration = new class() implements MigratesUp {