diff --git a/components/renderers/controls/string/string-renderer.spec.ts b/components/renderers/controls/string/string-renderer.spec.ts
index 8871d3070..918faafa3 100644
--- a/components/renderers/controls/string/string-renderer.spec.ts
+++ b/components/renderers/controls/string/string-renderer.spec.ts
@@ -25,4 +25,28 @@ describe('String renderer', () => {
         let input = angular.element(el[0].getElementsByClassName('jsf-control-string'));
         expect(input.attr("readonly")).toBeDefined();
     }));
+
+    it("should support text-areas if multi option is set", inject(($rootScope, $compile) => {
+        let scope = $rootScope.$new();
+        scope.schema = {
+            "properties": {
+                "name": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                },
+            }
+        };
+        scope.uiSchema = {
+            "type": "Control",
+            "readOnly": true,
+            "scope": { "$ref": "#/properties/name" },
+            "options": {
+                "multi": true
+            }
+        };
+        scope.data = { "vegetarian": true };
+        let el = $compile('<jsonforms schema="schema" ui-schema="uiSchema" data="data"/>')(scope);
+        scope.$digest();
+        let input = angular.element(el[0].getElementsByClassName('jsf-control-string'));
+        expect(input.prop('tagName')).toBe("TEXTAREA");
+    }));
 });
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diff --git a/components/renderers/controls/string/string-renderer.ts b/components/renderers/controls/string/string-renderer.ts
index 67e489c15..b2a147abb 100644
--- a/components/renderers/controls/string/string-renderer.ts
+++ b/components/renderers/controls/string/string-renderer.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,18 @@ class StringRenderer implements JSONForms.IRenderer {
     static inject = ['RenderDescriptionFactory'];
 
     render(element: IControlObject, subSchema: SchemaElement, schemaPath: string, services: JSONForms.Services): JSONForms.IRenderDescription {
-        var control = JSONForms.RenderDescriptionFactory.createControlDescription(schemaPath, services, element);
-        control['template'] = `<jsonforms-control>
-          <input type="text" id="${schemaPath}" class="form-control jsf-control-string" ${element.readOnly ? 'readonly' : ''} data-jsonforms-model data-jsonforms-validation/>
-        </jsonforms-control>`;
+        let control = JSONForms.RenderDescriptionFactory.createControlDescription(schemaPath, services, element);
+
+        if (element['options'] != null && element['options']['multi']) {
+            control.template = `<jsonforms-control>
+               <textarea id="${schemaPath}" class="form-control jsf-control-string" ${element.readOnly ? 'readonly' : ''} data-jsonforms-model data-jsonforms-validation/>
+            </jsonforms-control>`
+        } else {
+            control.template = `<jsonforms-control>
+               <input type="text" id="${schemaPath}" class="form-control jsf-control-string" ${element.readOnly ? 'readonly' : ''} data-jsonforms-model data-jsonforms-validation/>
+            </jsonforms-control>`;
+        }
+
         return control;
     }