diff --git a/doc/api/util.md b/doc/api/util.md
index 5839f74a6b9c29..63c32a07c36efc 100644
--- a/doc/api/util.md
+++ b/doc/api/util.md
@@ -1800,7 +1800,8 @@ console.log(util.stripVTControlCharacters('\u001B[4mvalue\u001B[0m'));
 added: v21.7.0
 -->
 
-* `format` {string} A text format defined in `util.inspect.colors`.
+* `format` {string | Array} A text format or an Array
+  of text formats defined in `util.inspect.colors`.
 * `text` {string} The text to to be formatted.
 
 This function returns a formatted text considering the `format` passed.
@@ -1822,7 +1823,7 @@ console.log(errorMessage);
 
 ```cjs
 console.log(
-  util.styleText('underline', util.styleText('italic', 'My italic underlined message')),
+  util.styleText(['underline', 'italic'], 'My italic underlined message'),
 );
 ```
 
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index e958f27cd5a1f6..15136c2c6d3ab1 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -205,6 +205,22 @@ function pad(n) {
  */
 function styleText(format, text) {
   validateString(text, 'text');
+
+  if (ArrayIsArray(format) && format.length > 0) {
+    let formatCodes = '';
+    let append = '';
+    for (const f of format) {
+      const formatCode = inspect.colors[f];
+      if (formatCode == null) {
+        validateOneOf(f, 'format', ObjectKeys(inspect.colors));
+      }
+      formatCodes += `\u001b[${formatCode[0]}m`;
+      append += `\u001b[${formatCode[1]}m`;
+    }
+
+    return `${formatCodes}${text}${append}`;
+  }
+
   const formatCodes = inspect.colors[format];
   if (formatCodes == null) {
     validateOneOf(format, 'format', ObjectKeys(inspect.colors));
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-styletext.js b/test/parallel/test-util-styletext.js
index 9436133916c58c..261459f1736e95 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-styletext.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-styletext.js
@@ -33,3 +33,11 @@ assert.throws(() => {
 });
 
 assert.strictEqual(util.styleText('red', 'test'), '\u001b[31mtest\u001b[39m');
+
+assert.strictEqual(util.styleText(['red', 'bold'], 'test'), '\u001b[31m\u001b[1mtest\u001b[39m\u001b[22m');
+
+assert.throws(() => {
+  util.styleText(['invalid'], 'text');
+}, {
+  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE',
+});