diff --git a/include/SDL3/SDL_dialog.h b/include/SDL3/SDL_dialog.h
index 41ef1f9b81394..00f17823774a0 100644
--- a/include/SDL3/SDL_dialog.h
+++ b/include/SDL3/SDL_dialog.h
@@ -334,6 +334,52 @@ extern SDL_DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_ShowFileDialogWithProperties(SDL_FileDialog
 #define SDL_PROP_FILE_DIALOG_ACCEPT_STRING       "SDL.filedialog.accept"
 #define SDL_PROP_FILE_DIALOG_CANCEL_STRING       "SDL.filedialog.cancel"
 
+/**
+ * Callback used by input dialog functions.
+ *
+ * If `value` is NULL, an error occured. Details can be obtained with
+ * SDL_GetError().
+ *
+ * If the user cancels the dialog, the callback will be invoked with an empty
+ * string. It is not possible to differentiate cancelling and inputting an empty
+ * string.
+ *
+ * The value argument should not be freed; it will automatically be freed
+ * when the callback returns. If you need to keep the string after the callback
+ * returns, you must duplicate it with SDL_strdup() or some other means.
+ *
+ * \param userdata an app-provided pointer, for the callback's use.
+ * \param value the value provided by the user, or NULL if an error occured.
+ *
+ * \since This datatype is available since SDL 3.4.0.
+ *
+ * \sa SDL_ShowSimpleInputDialog
+ */
+typedef void (SDLCALL *SDL_DialogInputCallback)(void *userdata, const char *value);
+
+/**
+ * Show a simple dialog prompting the user to input a string.
+ *
+ * \param callback a function pointer to be invoked when the user inputs a
+ *                 string and confirms, or cancels the dialog, or an error
+ *                 occurs.
+ * \param userdata an optional pointer to pass extra data to the callback when
+ *                 it will be invoked.
+ * \param title the title of the dialog. May be NULL.
+ * \param message the message of the dialog. May be NULL.
+ * \param value the default value of the dialog. May be NULL.
+ * \param window the window the dialog should be modal for. May be NULL.
+ *
+ * \threadsafety This function should be called only from the main thread. The
+ *               callback may be invoked from the same thread or from a
+ *               different one, depending on the OS's constraints.
+ *
+ * \since This function is available since SDL 3.4.0.
+ *
+ * \sa SDL_DialogInputCallback
+ */
+extern SDL_DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_ShowSimpleInputDialog(SDL_DialogInputCallback callback, void *userdata, const char *title, const char *message, const char *value, SDL_Window *window);
+
 /* Ends C function definitions when using C++ */
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/src/dialog/unix/SDL_portaldialog.c b/src/dialog/unix/SDL_portaldialog.c
index a7f96a3381994..58f7a6bd3a9d9 100644
--- a/src/dialog/unix/SDL_portaldialog.c
+++ b/src/dialog/unix/SDL_portaldialog.c
@@ -534,6 +534,12 @@ void SDL_Portal_ShowFileDialogWithProperties(SDL_FileDialogType type, SDL_Dialog
     SDL_free(location_folder);
 }
 
+void SDL_Portal_ShowSimpleInputDialog(SDL_DialogInputCallback callback, void *userdata, const char *title, const char *message, const char *value, SDL_Window *window)
+{
+    SDL_Unsupported();
+    callback(userdata, NULL);
+}
+
 bool SDL_Portal_detect(void)
 {
     SDL_DBusContext *dbus = SDL_DBus_GetContext();
@@ -600,6 +606,12 @@ void SDL_Portal_ShowFileDialogWithProperties(SDL_FileDialogType type, SDL_Dialog
     callback(userdata, NULL, -1);
 }
 
+void SDL_Portal_ShowSimpleInputDialog(SDL_DialogInputCallback callback, void *userdata, const char *title, const char *message, const char *value, SDL_Window *window)
+{
+    SDL_Unsupported();
+    callback(userdata, NULL);
+}
+
 bool SDL_Portal_detect(void)
 {
     return false;
diff --git a/src/dialog/unix/SDL_portaldialog.h b/src/dialog/unix/SDL_portaldialog.h
index 4497287cc8508..4ce85241e4583 100644
--- a/src/dialog/unix/SDL_portaldialog.h
+++ b/src/dialog/unix/SDL_portaldialog.h
@@ -23,5 +23,7 @@
 
 void SDL_Portal_ShowFileDialogWithProperties(SDL_FileDialogType type, SDL_DialogFileCallback callback, void *userdata, SDL_PropertiesID props);
 
+void SDL_Portal_ShowSimpleInputDialog(SDL_DialogInputCallback callback, void *userdata, const char *title, const char *message, const char *value, SDL_Window *window);
+
 /** @returns non-zero if available, zero if unavailable */
 bool SDL_Portal_detect(void);
diff --git a/src/dialog/unix/SDL_unixdialog.c b/src/dialog/unix/SDL_unixdialog.c
index bec2ac95a6871..d92a12192f617 100644
--- a/src/dialog/unix/SDL_unixdialog.c
+++ b/src/dialog/unix/SDL_unixdialog.c
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 #include "./SDL_portaldialog.h"
 #include "./SDL_zenitydialog.h"
 
-static void (*detected_function)(SDL_FileDialogType type, SDL_DialogFileCallback callback, void *userdata, SDL_PropertiesID props) = NULL;
+static void (*detected_dialog)(SDL_FileDialogType type, SDL_DialogFileCallback callback, void *userdata, SDL_PropertiesID props) = NULL;
+static void (*detected_input)(SDL_DialogInputCallback callback, void *userdata, const char *title, const char *message, const char *value, SDL_Window *window) = NULL;
 
 void SDLCALL hint_callback(void *userdata, const char *name, const char *oldValue, const char *newValue);
 
@@ -47,14 +48,16 @@ static int detect_available_methods(const char *value)
 
     if (driver == NULL || SDL_strcmp(driver, "portal") == 0) {
         if (SDL_Portal_detect()) {
-            detected_function = SDL_Portal_ShowFileDialogWithProperties;
+            detected_dialog = SDL_Portal_ShowFileDialogWithProperties;
+            detected_input = SDL_Zenity_ShowSimpleInputDialog;
             return 1;
         }
     }
 
     if (driver == NULL || SDL_strcmp(driver, "zenity") == 0) {
         if (SDL_Zenity_detect()) {
-            detected_function = SDL_Zenity_ShowFileDialogWithProperties;
+            detected_dialog = SDL_Zenity_ShowFileDialogWithProperties;
+            detected_input = SDL_Zenity_ShowSimpleInputDialog;
             return 2;
         }
     }
@@ -71,11 +74,23 @@ void SDLCALL hint_callback(void *userdata, const char *name, const char *oldValu
 void SDL_SYS_ShowFileDialogWithProperties(SDL_FileDialogType type, SDL_DialogFileCallback callback, void *userdata, SDL_PropertiesID props)
 {
     // Call detect_available_methods() again each time in case the situation changed
-    if (!detected_function && !detect_available_methods(NULL)) {
+    if (!detected_dialog && !detect_available_methods(NULL)) {
         // SetError() done by detect_available_methods()
         callback(userdata, NULL, -1);
         return;
     }
 
-    detected_function(type, callback, userdata, props);
+    detected_dialog(type, callback, userdata, props);
+}
+
+void SDL_ShowSimpleInputDialog(SDL_DialogInputCallback callback, void *userdata, const char *title, const char *message, const char *value, SDL_Window *window)
+{
+    // Call detect_available_methods() again each time in case the situation changed
+    if (!detected_input && !detect_available_methods(NULL)) {
+        // SetError() done by detect_available_methods()
+        callback(userdata, NULL);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    detected_input(callback, userdata, title, message, value, window);
 }
diff --git a/src/dialog/unix/SDL_zenitydialog.c b/src/dialog/unix/SDL_zenitydialog.c
index 4632c8e16a2b6..5657cfcda880b 100644
--- a/src/dialog/unix/SDL_zenitydialog.c
+++ b/src/dialog/unix/SDL_zenitydialog.c
@@ -344,6 +344,92 @@ void SDL_Zenity_ShowFileDialogWithProperties(SDL_FileDialogType type, SDL_Dialog
     SDL_DetachThread(thread);
 }
 
+void SDL_Zenity_ShowSimpleInputDialog(SDL_DialogInputCallback callback, void *userdata, const char *title, const char *message, const char *value, SDL_Window *window)
+{
+    SDL_Process *process = NULL;
+    SDL_Environment *env = NULL;
+    int status = -1;
+    size_t bytes_read = 0;
+    char *container = NULL;
+    bool result = false;
+    const char *argv[9];
+    int argc = 0;
+
+    argv[argc++] = "zenity";
+    argv[argc++] = "--entry";
+
+    if (title) {
+        argv[argc++] = "--title";
+        argv[argc++] = title;
+    }
+
+    if (message) {
+        argv[argc++] = "--text";
+        argv[argc++] = message;
+    }
+
+    if (value) {
+        argv[argc++] = "--entry-text";
+        argv[argc++] = value;
+    }
+
+    argv[argc] = NULL;
+
+    env = SDL_CreateEnvironment(true);
+    if (!env) {
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    /* Recent versions of Zenity have different exit codes, but picks up
+      different codes from the environment */
+    SDL_SetEnvironmentVariable(env, "ZENITY_OK", "0", true);
+    SDL_SetEnvironmentVariable(env, "ZENITY_CANCEL", "1", true);
+    SDL_SetEnvironmentVariable(env, "ZENITY_ESC", "1", true);
+    SDL_SetEnvironmentVariable(env, "ZENITY_EXTRA", "2", true);
+    SDL_SetEnvironmentVariable(env, "ZENITY_ERROR", "2", true);
+    SDL_SetEnvironmentVariable(env, "ZENITY_TIMEOUT", "2", true);
+
+    SDL_PropertiesID props = SDL_CreateProperties();
+    SDL_SetPointerProperty(props, SDL_PROP_PROCESS_CREATE_ARGS_POINTER, argv);
+    SDL_SetPointerProperty(props, SDL_PROP_PROCESS_CREATE_ENVIRONMENT_POINTER, env);
+    SDL_SetNumberProperty(props, SDL_PROP_PROCESS_CREATE_STDIN_NUMBER, SDL_PROCESS_STDIO_NULL);
+    SDL_SetNumberProperty(props, SDL_PROP_PROCESS_CREATE_STDOUT_NUMBER, SDL_PROCESS_STDIO_APP);
+    SDL_SetNumberProperty(props, SDL_PROP_PROCESS_CREATE_STDERR_NUMBER, SDL_PROCESS_STDIO_NULL);
+    process = SDL_CreateProcessWithProperties(props);
+    SDL_DestroyProperties(props);
+    if (!process) {
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    container = SDL_ReadProcess(process, &bytes_read, &status);
+    if (!container) {
+        goto done;
+    }
+
+    // Strings returned by Zenity finish with '\n'; swap that with a '\0'
+    container[bytes_read - 1] = '\0';
+
+    if (status == 0) {
+        callback(userdata, container);
+    } else if (status == 1) {
+        callback(userdata, "");
+    } else {
+        SDL_SetError("Could not run zenity: exit code %d", status);
+        callback(userdata, NULL);
+    }
+
+    result = true;
+
+done:
+    SDL_free(container);
+    SDL_DestroyEnvironment(env);
+    SDL_DestroyProcess(process);
+
+    if (!result) {
+        callback(userdata, NULL);
+    }
+}
+
 bool SDL_Zenity_detect(void)
 {
     const char *args[] = {
diff --git a/src/dialog/unix/SDL_zenitydialog.h b/src/dialog/unix/SDL_zenitydialog.h
index 4cfe8926694a2..2fd49a8332cf9 100644
--- a/src/dialog/unix/SDL_zenitydialog.h
+++ b/src/dialog/unix/SDL_zenitydialog.h
@@ -23,5 +23,7 @@
 
 extern void SDL_Zenity_ShowFileDialogWithProperties(SDL_FileDialogType type, SDL_DialogFileCallback callback, void *userdata, SDL_PropertiesID props);
 
+extern void SDL_Zenity_ShowSimpleInputDialog(SDL_DialogInputCallback callback, void *userdata, const char *title, const char *message, const char *value, SDL_Window *window);
+
 /** @returns non-zero if available, zero if unavailable */
 extern bool SDL_Zenity_detect(void);
diff --git a/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi.sym b/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi.sym
index 0e4b0aa6d89a3..2f6348265e658 100644
--- a/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi.sym
+++ b/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi.sym
@@ -1257,6 +1257,7 @@ SDL3_0.0.0 {
     SDL_hid_get_properties;
     SDL_GetPixelFormatFromGPUTextureFormat;
     SDL_GetGPUTextureFormatFromPixelFormat;
+    SDL_ShowSimpleInputDialog;
     # extra symbols go here (don't modify this line)
   local: *;
 };
diff --git a/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_overrides.h b/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_overrides.h
index 686e5472ed930..c999c3477e84d 100644
--- a/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_overrides.h
+++ b/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_overrides.h
@@ -1282,3 +1282,4 @@
 #define SDL_hid_get_properties SDL_hid_get_properties_REAL
 #define SDL_GetPixelFormatFromGPUTextureFormat SDL_GetPixelFormatFromGPUTextureFormat_REAL
 #define SDL_GetGPUTextureFormatFromPixelFormat SDL_GetGPUTextureFormatFromPixelFormat_REAL
+#define SDL_ShowSimpleInputDialog SDL_ShowSimpleInputDialog_REAL
diff --git a/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_procs.h b/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_procs.h
index 8516bfe26a0b7..5dd1c0b454035 100644
--- a/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_procs.h
+++ b/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_procs.h
@@ -1290,3 +1290,4 @@ SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(Uint32,SDL_AddAtomicU32,(SDL_AtomicU32 *a,int b),(a,b),return)
 SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(SDL_PropertiesID,SDL_hid_get_properties,(SDL_hid_device *a),(a),return)
 SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(SDL_PixelFormat,SDL_GetPixelFormatFromGPUTextureFormat,(SDL_GPUTextureFormat a),(a),return)
 SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(SDL_GPUTextureFormat,SDL_GetGPUTextureFormatFromPixelFormat,(SDL_PixelFormat a),(a),return)
+SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(void,SDL_ShowSimpleInputDialog,(SDL_DialogInputCallback a,void *b,const char *c,const char *d,const char *e,SDL_Window *f),(a,b,c,d,e,f),)
diff --git a/test/testdialog.c b/test/testdialog.c
index 37d005f4c5249..b371b484997ac 100644
--- a/test/testdialog.c
+++ b/test/testdialog.c
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ static void SDLCALL callback(void *userdata, const char * const *files, int filt
     }
 }
 
+static void SDLCALL input_callback(void *userdata, const char *input) {
+    SDL_Log("Input: %s\n", input);
+}
+
 char *concat_strings(const char *a, const char *b)
 {
     char *out = NULL;
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     const SDL_FRect open_file_rect = { 50, 50, 220, 140 };
     const SDL_FRect save_file_rect = { 50, 290, 220, 140 };
     const SDL_FRect open_folder_rect = { 370, 50, 220, 140 };
+    const SDL_FRect input_rect = { 370, 290, 220, 140 };
     int i;
     const char *default_filename = "Untitled.index";
     const char *initial_path = NULL;
@@ -153,6 +158,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                     }
                     SDL_ShowSaveFileDialog(callback, &last_saved_path, w, filters, SDL_arraysize(filters), save_path ? save_path : default_filename);
                     SDL_free(save_path);
+                } else if (SDL_PointInRectFloat(&p, &input_rect)) {
+                    SDL_ShowSimpleInputDialog(input_callback, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, w);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -173,10 +180,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(r, 0, 0, 255, SDL_ALPHA_OPAQUE);
         SDL_RenderFillRect(r, &open_folder_rect);
 
+        SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(r, 255, 255, 0, SDL_ALPHA_OPAQUE);
+        SDL_RenderFillRect(r, &input_rect);
+
         SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(r, 0, 0, 0, SDL_ALPHA_OPAQUE);
         SDLTest_DrawString(r, open_file_rect.x+5, open_file_rect.y+open_file_rect.h/2, "Open File...");
         SDLTest_DrawString(r, save_file_rect.x+5, save_file_rect.y+save_file_rect.h/2, "Save File...");
         SDLTest_DrawString(r, open_folder_rect.x+5, open_folder_rect.y+open_folder_rect.h/2, "Open Folder...");
+        SDLTest_DrawString(r, input_rect.x+5, input_rect.y+input_rect.h/2, "Input text...");
 
         SDL_RenderPresent(r);
     }