diff --git a/Doc/library/datetime.rst b/Doc/library/datetime.rst
index 39a7a1530a95cc..db836032b05114 100644
--- a/Doc/library/datetime.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/datetime.rst
@@ -2584,7 +2584,7 @@ requires, and these work on all supported platforms.
 |  ``%S``   | Second as a zero-padded        | 00, 01, ..., 59        | \(4), |
 |           | decimal number.                |                        | \(9)  |
 +-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
-|  ``%t``   | The tab character              | ``\t``                 | \(0)  |
+|  ``%t``   | The tab character              | ``\t``                 |       |
 |           | (``'\t'``).                    |                        |       |
 +-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+
 |  ``%T``   | ISO 8601 time format,          | 10:01:59               |       |
@@ -2676,7 +2676,8 @@ differences between platforms in handling of unsupported format specifiers.
    ``%:z`` was added for :meth:`~.datetime.strftime`.
 
 .. versionadded:: 3.15
-   ``%:z``, ``%F``, and ``%D`` were added for :meth:`~.datetime.strptime`.
+   ``%:z``, ``%F``, ``%D``, and ``%t`` were added for
+   :meth:`~.datetime.strptime`.
 
 Technical Detail
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/Lib/_strptime.py b/Lib/_strptime.py
index fe34808d88769a..b734954ab46bda 100644
--- a/Lib/_strptime.py
+++ b/Lib/_strptime.py
@@ -382,7 +382,9 @@ def __init__(self, locale_time=None):
             'Z': self.__seqToRE((tz for tz_names in self.locale_time.timezone
                                         for tz in tz_names),
                                 'Z'),
-            '%': '%'}
+            't': '\t',
+            '%': '%'
+        }
         if self.locale_time.LC_alt_digits is None:
             for d in 'dmyCHIMS':
                 mapping['O' + d] = r'(?P<%s>\d\d|\d| \d)' % d
diff --git a/Lib/test/datetimetester.py b/Lib/test/datetimetester.py
index 97eec618932aa5..ddb82da01e0200 100644
--- a/Lib/test/datetimetester.py
+++ b/Lib/test/datetimetester.py
@@ -2207,6 +2207,13 @@ def test_strptime_D_format(self):
             self.theclass.strptime(test_date, "%m/%d/%y")
         )
 
+    def test_strptime_t_format(self):
+        test_date = "2026\t02\t16"
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.theclass.strptime(test_date, "%Y%t%m%t%d"),
+            self.theclass.strptime(test_date, "%Y\t%m\t%d")
+        )
+
 
 #############################################################################
 # datetime tests
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_strptime.py b/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
index fd8525feb88d53..cad3bd928b7ad9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
@@ -670,6 +670,13 @@ def test_strptime_D_format(self):
             time.strptime(test_date, "%m/%d/%y")
         )
 
+    def test_strptime_t_format(self):
+        test_date = "2026\t02\t16"
+        self.assertEqual(
+            time.strptime(test_date, "%Y%t%m%t%d"),
+            time.strptime(test_date, "%Y\t%m\t%d")
+        )
+
 class Strptime12AMPMTests(unittest.TestCase):
     """Test a _strptime regression in '%I %p' at 12 noon (12 PM)"""
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_time.py b/Lib/test/test_time.py
index da5fd16b8b6291..a96808ea182f8c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_time.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_time.py
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ def test_strptime(self):
         # raising an exception.
         tt = time.gmtime(self.t)
         for directive in ('a', 'A', 'b', 'B', 'c', 'd', 'D', 'F', 'H', 'I',
-                          'j', 'm', 'M', 'p', 'S', 'T',
+                          'j', 'm', 'M', 'p', 'S', 't', 'T',
                           'U', 'w', 'W', 'x', 'X', 'y', 'Y', 'Z', '%'):
             format = '%' + directive
             if directive == 'd':
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-02-17-03-43-07.gh-issue-140715.twmcM_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-02-17-03-43-07.gh-issue-140715.twmcM_.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f4ffd5187431a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-02-17-03-43-07.gh-issue-140715.twmcM_.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add ``'%t'`` support to :meth:`~datetime.datetime.strptime`.