diff --git a/stdlib/TOML/src/print.jl b/stdlib/TOML/src/print.jl
index 1fa9f97405504..af792b72d2dcc 100644
--- a/stdlib/TOML/src/print.jl
+++ b/stdlib/TOML/src/print.jl
@@ -97,9 +97,10 @@ function printvalue(f::MbyFunc, io::IO, value::TOMLValue)
     value isa AbstractFloat  ? Base.print(io, isnan(value) ? "nan" :
                                               isinf(value) ? string(value > 0 ? "+" : "-", "inf") :
                                               Float64(value)) :  # TOML specifies IEEE 754 binary64 for float
-    value isa AbstractString ? (Base.print(io, "\"");
+    value isa AbstractString ? (qmark = Base.contains(value, "\n") ? "\"\"\"" : "\"";
+                                Base.print(io, qmark);
                                 print_toml_escaped(io, value);
-                                Base.print(io, "\"")) :
+                                Base.print(io, qmark)) :
     value isa AbstractDict ? print_inline_table(f, io, value) :
     error("internal error in TOML printing, unhandled value")
 end
diff --git a/stdlib/TOML/test/print.jl b/stdlib/TOML/test/print.jl
index 765b6feb491a5..d5b325ff9b3b6 100644
--- a/stdlib/TOML/test/print.jl
+++ b/stdlib/TOML/test/print.jl
@@ -140,3 +140,13 @@ d = "hello"
 a = 2
 b = 9.9
 """
+
+# multiline strings (#55083)
+s = """
+a = \"\"\"lorem ipsum
+
+
+
+alpha\"\"\"
+"""
+@test roundtrip(s)