diff --git a/lib/parser.js b/lib/parser.js
index 1cade1419..6f97f4971 100644
--- a/lib/parser.js
+++ b/lib/parser.js
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ export const parseSvg = (data, from) => {
    * @type {XastParent[]}
    */
   const stack = [root];
+  let foreignLevel = 0;
 
   /**
    * @type {(node: XastChild) => void}
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ export const parseSvg = (data, from) => {
      */
     const node = {
       type: 'comment',
-      value: comment.trim(),
+      value: foreignLevel > 0 ? comment : comment.trim(),
     };
     pushToContent(node);
   };
@@ -189,12 +190,15 @@ export const parseSvg = (data, from) => {
     pushToContent(element);
     current = element;
     stack.push(element);
+    if (data.name === 'foreignObject') {
+      foreignLevel++;
+    }
   };
 
   sax.ontext = (text) => {
     if (current.type === 'element') {
       // prevent trimming of meaningful whitespace inside textual tags
-      if (textElems.has(current.name)) {
+      if (foreignLevel > 0 || textElems.has(current.name)) {
         /**
          * @type {XastText}
          */
@@ -216,9 +220,12 @@ export const parseSvg = (data, from) => {
     }
   };
 
-  sax.onclosetag = () => {
+  sax.onclosetag = (tagName) => {
     stack.pop();
     current = stack[stack.length - 1];
+    if (tagName === 'foreignObject') {
+      foreignLevel--;
+    }
   };
 
   sax.onerror = (e) => {
diff --git a/lib/stringifier.js b/lib/stringifier.js
index 83b8e12f3..4b7400a07 100644
--- a/lib/stringifier.js
+++ b/lib/stringifier.js
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import { textElems } from '../plugins/_collections.js';
  *   indent: string,
  *   textContext: ?XastElement,
  *   indentLevel: number,
+ *   foreignLevel: number,
+ *   eolLen: number
  * }} State
  * @typedef {Required<StringifyOptions>} Options
  */
@@ -81,14 +83,6 @@ export const stringifySvg = (data, userOptions = {}) => {
   } else if (typeof indent === 'string') {
     newIndent = indent;
   }
-  /**
-   * @type {State}
-   */
-  const state = {
-    indent: newIndent,
-    textContext: null,
-    indentLevel: 0,
-  };
   const eol = config.eol === 'crlf' ? '\r\n' : '\n';
   if (config.pretty) {
     config.doctypeEnd += eol;
@@ -100,6 +94,16 @@ export const stringifySvg = (data, userOptions = {}) => {
     config.tagCloseEnd += eol;
     config.textEnd += eol;
   }
+  /**
+   * @type {State}
+   */
+  const state = {
+    indent: newIndent,
+    textContext: null,
+    indentLevel: 0,
+    foreignLevel: 0,
+    eolLen: eol.length,
+  };
   let svg = stringifyNode(data, config, state);
   if (config.finalNewline && svg.length > 0 && !svg.endsWith('\n')) {
     svg += eol;
@@ -116,20 +120,15 @@ const stringifyNode = (data, config, state) => {
   for (const item of data.children) {
     if (item.type === 'element') {
       svg += stringifyElement(item, config, state);
-    }
-    if (item.type === 'text') {
+    } else if (item.type === 'text') {
       svg += stringifyText(item, config, state);
-    }
-    if (item.type === 'doctype') {
+    } else if (item.type === 'doctype') {
       svg += stringifyDoctype(item, config);
-    }
-    if (item.type === 'instruction') {
+    } else if (item.type === 'instruction') {
       svg += stringifyInstruction(item, config);
-    }
-    if (item.type === 'comment') {
-      svg += stringifyComment(item, config);
-    }
-    if (item.type === 'cdata') {
+    } else if (item.type === 'comment') {
+      svg += stringifyComment(item, config, state);
+    } else if (item.type === 'cdata') {
       svg += stringifyCdata(item, config, state);
     }
   }
@@ -144,12 +143,25 @@ const stringifyNode = (data, config, state) => {
  */
 const createIndent = (config, state) => {
   let indent = '';
-  if (config.pretty && state.textContext == null) {
+  if (config.pretty && state.textContext == null && state.foreignLevel === 0) {
     indent = state.indent.repeat(state.indentLevel - 1);
   }
   return indent;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Trim newline at end of tag if format is "pretty" and in a foreignObject.
+ * @param {string} tagEnd
+ * @param {StringifyOptions} config
+ * @param {State} state
+ */
+const formatEndTag = (tagEnd, config, state) => {
+  if (config.pretty && state.foreignLevel > 0) {
+    return tagEnd.substring(0, tagEnd.length - state.eolLen);
+  }
+  return tagEnd;
+};
+
 /**
  * @type {(node: XastDoctype, config: Options) => string}
  */
@@ -167,10 +179,14 @@ const stringifyInstruction = (node, config) => {
 };
 
 /**
- * @type {(node: XastComment, config: Options) => string}
+ * @type {(node: XastComment, config: Options,state:State) => string}
  */
-const stringifyComment = (node, config) => {
-  return config.commentStart + node.value + config.commentEnd;
+const stringifyComment = (node, config, state) => {
+  return (
+    config.commentStart +
+    node.value +
+    formatEndTag(config.commentEnd, config, state)
+  );
 };
 
 /**
@@ -181,7 +197,7 @@ const stringifyCdata = (node, config, state) => {
     createIndent(config, state) +
     config.cdataStart +
     node.value +
-    config.cdataEnd
+    formatEndTag(config.cdataEnd, config, state)
   );
 };
 
@@ -197,7 +213,7 @@ const stringifyElement = (node, config, state) => {
         config.tagShortStart +
         node.name +
         stringifyAttributes(node, config) +
-        config.tagShortEnd
+        formatEndTag(config.tagShortEnd, config, state)
       );
     } else {
       return (
@@ -205,10 +221,10 @@ const stringifyElement = (node, config, state) => {
         config.tagShortStart +
         node.name +
         stringifyAttributes(node, config) +
-        config.tagOpenEnd +
+        formatEndTag(config.tagOpenEnd, config, state) +
         config.tagCloseStart +
         node.name +
-        config.tagCloseEnd
+        formatEndTag(config.tagCloseEnd, config, state)
       );
     }
     // non-empty element
@@ -218,7 +234,7 @@ const stringifyElement = (node, config, state) => {
     let tagCloseStart = config.tagCloseStart;
     let tagCloseEnd = config.tagCloseEnd;
     let openIndent = createIndent(config, state);
-    let closeIndent = createIndent(config, state);
+    let enableCloseIndent = true;
 
     if (state.textContext) {
       tagOpenStart = defaults.tagOpenStart;
@@ -229,28 +245,34 @@ const stringifyElement = (node, config, state) => {
     } else if (textElems.has(node.name)) {
       tagOpenEnd = defaults.tagOpenEnd;
       tagCloseStart = defaults.tagCloseStart;
-      closeIndent = '';
+      enableCloseIndent = false;
       state.textContext = node;
     }
 
+    if (node.name === 'foreignObject') {
+      state.foreignLevel++;
+    }
     const children = stringifyNode(node, config, state);
 
     if (state.textContext === node) {
       state.textContext = null;
     }
 
-    return (
+    const s =
       openIndent +
       tagOpenStart +
       node.name +
       stringifyAttributes(node, config) +
-      tagOpenEnd +
+      formatEndTag(tagOpenEnd, config, state) +
       children +
-      closeIndent +
+      (enableCloseIndent ? createIndent(config, state) : '') +
       tagCloseStart +
-      node.name +
-      tagCloseEnd
-    );
+      node.name;
+    if (node.name === 'foreignObject') {
+      state.foreignLevel--;
+    }
+
+    return s + formatEndTag(tagCloseEnd, config, state);
   }
 };
 
@@ -281,6 +303,6 @@ const stringifyText = (node, config, state) => {
     createIndent(config, state) +
     config.textStart +
     node.value.replace(config.regEntities, config.encodeEntity) +
-    (state.textContext ? '' : config.textEnd)
+    (state.textContext ? '' : formatEndTag(config.textEnd, config, state))
   );
 };
diff --git a/plugins/_collections.js b/plugins/_collections.js
index 194b39fb6..74a059620 100644
--- a/plugins/_collections.js
+++ b/plugins/_collections.js
@@ -103,10 +103,8 @@ export const elemsGroups = {
 /**
  * Elements where adding or removing whitespace may effect rendering, metadata,
  * or semantic meaning.
- *
- * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTML/Element/pre
  */
-export const textElems = new Set([...elemsGroups.textContent, 'pre', 'title']);
+export const textElems = new Set([...elemsGroups.textContent, 'title']);
 
 export const pathElems = new Set(['glyph', 'missing-glyph', 'path']);
 
diff --git a/test/plugins/inlineStyles.17.svg.txt b/test/plugins/inlineStyles.17.svg.txt
index ae3adc010..01a3a8a27 100644
--- a/test/plugins/inlineStyles.17.svg.txt
+++ b/test/plugins/inlineStyles.17.svg.txt
@@ -9,13 +9,7 @@
 
 <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100" height="100">
     <foreignObject width="100%" height="100%">
-        <style>
-            div { color: red; }
-        </style>
-        <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
-            <div>
-                hello, world
-            </div>
-        </body>
-    </foreignObject>
+    <style>div { color: red; }</style>
+    <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div>hello, world</div></body>
+  </foreignObject>
 </svg>
diff --git a/test/plugins/mergeStyles.12.svg.txt b/test/plugins/mergeStyles.12.svg.txt
index 884b58f58..1a3d1f83d 100644
--- a/test/plugins/mergeStyles.12.svg.txt
+++ b/test/plugins/mergeStyles.12.svg.txt
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ Skip styles inside foreignObject element
 
 <svg id="test" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 100 100">
     <foreignObject>
-        <style>
-            .st0 { fill: yellow; }
-        </style>
-    </foreignObject>
+    <style>
+      .st0 { fill: yellow; }
+    </style>
+  </foreignObject>
     <style>
         .st1 { fill: red; }
     </style>
diff --git a/test/svgo/_index.test.js b/test/svgo/_index.test.js
index 6bdddc19b..deea80db5 100644
--- a/test/svgo/_index.test.js
+++ b/test/svgo/_index.test.js
@@ -102,4 +102,17 @@ describe('svgo', () => {
     });
     expect(normalize(result.data)).toStrictEqual(expected);
   });
+
+  it('should preserve comments and cdata in foreign object', async () => {
+    const [original, expected] = await parseFixture(
+      'foreign-comments-and-cdata-pretty.svg.txt',
+    );
+    // Disable plugins so comments aren't removed.
+    const result = optimize(original, {
+      path: 'input.svg',
+      plugins: [],
+      js2svg: { pretty: true },
+    });
+    expect(normalize(result.data)).toStrictEqual(expected);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/svgo/foreign-comments-and-cdata-pretty.svg.txt b/test/svgo/foreign-comments-and-cdata-pretty.svg.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58e9b7f22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/svgo/foreign-comments-and-cdata-pretty.svg.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+  <foreignObject width="100%" height="100%">
+    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+      <!--  comment ... -->
+        Some random text
+
+                         <![CDATA[
+    some more text
+]]>
+    </div>
+  </foreignObject>
+</svg>
+
+@@@
+
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+    <foreignObject width="100%" height="100%">
+    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+      <!--  comment ... -->
+        Some random text
+
+                         <![CDATA[
+    some more text
+]]>
+    </div>
+  </foreignObject>
+</svg>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/svgo/pre-element-pretty.svg.txt b/test/svgo/pre-element-pretty.svg.txt
index 692bbcef1..82d027def 100644
--- a/test/svgo/pre-element-pretty.svg.txt
+++ b/test/svgo/pre-element-pretty.svg.txt
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ M   M  A   A  IIIII  N   N    T    A   A  IIIII  N   N  EEEEE  R  R </pre>
 
 <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 854 340">
     <foreignObject width="100%" height="100%">
-        <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
-            <pre style="text-align:center"> OOO   PPPP   EEEEE  N   N  SSSSS   OOO   U   U  RRRR    CCCC  EEEEE
+    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+      <pre style="text-align:center"> OOO   PPPP   EEEEE  N   N  SSSSS   OOO   U   U  RRRR    CCCC  EEEEE
 O   O  P   P  E      NN  N  SS     O   O  U   U  R   R  C      E    
 O   O  PPPP   EEE    N N N   SSS   O   O  U   U  RRRR   C      EEE  
 O   O  P      E      N  NN     SS  O   O  U   U  R R    C      E    
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ MM MM  A   A    I    NN  N    T    A   A    I    NN  N  E      R   R
 M M M  AAAAA    I    N N N    T    AAAAA    I    N N N  EEE    RRRR 
 M   M  A   A    I    N  NN    T    A   A    I    N  NN  E      R R  
 M   M  A   A  IIIII  N   N    T    A   A  IIIII  N   N  EEEEE  R  R </pre>
-        </div>
-    </foreignObject>
+    </div>
+  </foreignObject>
 </svg>
diff --git a/test/svgo/pre-element.svg.txt b/test/svgo/pre-element.svg.txt
index 71a6f9525..fc2e0f43b 100644
--- a/test/svgo/pre-element.svg.txt
+++ b/test/svgo/pre-element.svg.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ M   M  A   A  IIIII  N   N    T    A   A  IIIII  N   N  EEEEE  R  R </pre>
 
 @@@
 
-<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 854 340"><foreignObject width="100%" height="100%"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><pre style="text-align:center"> OOO   PPPP   EEEEE  N   N  SSSSS   OOO   U   U  RRRR    CCCC  EEEEE
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 854 340"><foreignObject width="100%" height="100%">
+    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+      <pre style="text-align:center"> OOO   PPPP   EEEEE  N   N  SSSSS   OOO   U   U  RRRR    CCCC  EEEEE
 O   O  P   P  E      NN  N  SS     O   O  U   U  R   R  C      E    
 O   O  PPPP   EEE    N N N   SSS   O   O  U   U  RRRR   C      EEE  
 O   O  P      E      N  NN     SS  O   O  U   U  R R    C      E    
@@ -28,4 +30,7 @@ M   M   AAA   IIIII  N   N  TTTTT   AAA   IIIII  N   N  EEEEE  RRRR
 MM MM  A   A    I    NN  N    T    A   A    I    NN  N  E      R   R
 M M M  AAAAA    I    N N N    T    AAAAA    I    N N N  EEE    RRRR 
 M   M  A   A    I    N  NN    T    A   A    I    N  NN  E      R R  
-M   M  A   A  IIIII  N   N    T    A   A  IIIII  N   N  EEEEE  R  R </pre></div></foreignObject></svg>
+M   M  A   A  IIIII  N   N    T    A   A  IIIII  N   N  EEEEE  R  R </pre>
+    </div>
+  </foreignObject></svg>
+