diff --git a/app/services/trix_scrubber.rb b/app/services/trix_scrubber.rb
index a8aed288c0..e8ab55afe2 100644
--- a/app/services/trix_scrubber.rb
+++ b/app/services/trix_scrubber.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 class TrixScrubber < Rails::Html::PermitScrubber
   ALLOWED_TAGS = ["p", "b", "strong", "em", "i", "a", "u", "br", "del", "h1", "blockquote", "pre",
-                  "ul", "ol", "li", "div"].freeze
+                  "ul", "ol", "li", "div", "hr"].freeze
   ALLOWED_ATTRIBUTES = ["href", "target", "src", "alt"].freeze
 
   def initialize
diff --git a/app/webpacker/controllers/trixeditor_controller.js b/app/webpacker/controllers/trixeditor_controller.js
index 7975d213ed..506086fb2b 100644
--- a/app/webpacker/controllers/trixeditor_controller.js
+++ b/app/webpacker/controllers/trixeditor_controller.js
@@ -3,10 +3,43 @@ import { Controller } from "stimulus";
 export default class extends Controller {
   connect() {
     window.addEventListener("trix-change", this.#trixChange);
+    this.#trixInitialize();
+    window.addEventListener("trix-initialize", this.#trixInitialize);
   }
 
   #trixChange = (event) => {
     // trigger a change event on the form that contains the Trix editor
     event.target.form.dispatchEvent(new Event("change", { bubbles: true }));
   };
+
+  #trixActionInvoke = (event) => {
+    if (event.actionName === "hr") {
+      this.element.editor.insertAttachment(
+        new Trix.Attachment({ content: "<hr />", contentType: "text/html" })
+      );
+    }
+  };
+
+  #trixInitialize = () => {
+    // Add HR button to the Trix toolbar if it's not already there and the editor is present
+    if (
+      this.element.editor &&
+      !this.element.toolbarElement.querySelector(".trix-button--icon-hr")
+    ) {
+      this.#addHRButton();
+    }
+  };
+
+  #addHRButton = () => {
+    const button_html = `
+    <button type="button" class="trix-button trix-button--icon trix-button--icon-hr" data-trix-action="hr" title="Horizontal Rule" tabindex="-1">HR</button>`;
+    const buttonGroup = this.element.toolbarElement.querySelector(
+      ".trix-button-group--block-tools"
+    );
+    buttonGroup.insertAdjacentHTML("beforeend", button_html);
+    buttonGroup.querySelector(".trix-button--icon-hr").addEventListener("click", (event) => {
+      event.actionName = "hr";
+      this.#trixActionInvoke(event);
+    });
+  };
 }
diff --git a/app/webpacker/css/admin/trix.scss b/app/webpacker/css/admin/trix.scss
index 39caa36dae..59c46b7451 100644
--- a/app/webpacker/css/admin/trix.scss
+++ b/app/webpacker/css/admin/trix.scss
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ trix-toolbar [data-trix-button-group="file-tools"] {
   display: none;
 }
 
+trix-toolbar .trix-button--icon-hr::before {
+  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 24 24'%3E%3Cpath d='M3 12h18v2H3z'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
+}
+
 // Match the rendering into the shopfront (see ../darkswarm/)
 trix-editor {
   color: #222;