diff --git a/.changeset/dev-server-https-http1.md b/.changeset/dev-server-https-http1.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e446f49ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dev-server-https-http1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@web/dev-server-core': minor
+'@web/dev-server': minor
+---
+
+Add an `https` option to serve over HTTPS with HTTP/1.1, without enabling HTTP/2. It uses `sslKey`/`sslCert`, falling back to the bundled self-signed certificate like `http2` does.
diff --git a/docs/docs/dev-server/cli-and-configuration.md b/docs/docs/dev-server/cli-and-configuration.md
index f34daff6e5..8752f5173e 100644
--- a/docs/docs/dev-server/cli-and-configuration.md
+++ b/docs/docs/dev-server/cli-and-configuration.md
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ interface DevServerConfig {
 
   // whether to run the server with HTTP2
   http2?: boolean;
+  // whether to run the server with HTTPS over HTTP/1.1, ignored when http2 is set
+  https?: boolean;
   // path to SSL key
   sslKey?: string;
   // path to SSL certificate
diff --git a/packages/dev-server-core/src/server/DevServerCoreConfig.ts b/packages/dev-server-core/src/server/DevServerCoreConfig.ts
index 258e310a14..b7e6ca722d 100644
--- a/packages/dev-server-core/src/server/DevServerCoreConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/dev-server-core/src/server/DevServerCoreConfig.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ export interface DevServerCoreConfig {
    * Whether to run the server with HTTP2
    */
   http2?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Whether to run the server with HTTPS over HTTP/1.1. Ignored when http2 is set.
+   */
+  https?: boolean;
   /**
    * Path to SSL key
    */
diff --git a/packages/dev-server-core/src/server/createServer.ts b/packages/dev-server-core/src/server/createServer.ts
index 557e90d95c..962682c940 100644
--- a/packages/dev-server-core/src/server/createServer.ts
+++ b/packages/dev-server-core/src/server/createServer.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { FSWatcher } from 'chokidar';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import httpServer, { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from 'http';
 import http2Server from 'http2';
+import httpsServer from 'https';
 import Koa from 'koa';
 import net, { ListenOptions, Server, Socket } from 'net';
 import path from 'path';
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ export function createServer(
   }
 
   let server: Server;
-  if (cfg.http2) {
+  if (cfg.http2 || cfg.https) {
     const dir = path.join(__dirname, '..');
     const options = {
       key: fs.readFileSync(
@@ -78,12 +79,15 @@ export function createServer(
           ? path.resolve(cfg.sslCert)
           : path.join(dir, '..', '.self-signed-dev-server-ssl.cert'),
       ),
-      allowHTTP1: true,
-      maxSessionMemory: 20,
     };
 
     const httpsRedirectServer = httpServer.createServer(httpsRedirect);
-    server = http2Server.createSecureServer(options, app.callback());
+    server = cfg.http2
+      ? http2Server.createSecureServer(
+          { ...options, allowHTTP1: true, maxSessionMemory: 20 },
+          app.callback(),
+        )
+      : httpsServer.createServer(options, app.callback());
     let appServerPort: number;
     let httpsRedirectServerPort: number;
 
diff --git a/packages/dev-server-core/src/test-helpers.ts b/packages/dev-server-core/src/test-helpers.ts
index fc34d83775..22d17d26b7 100644
--- a/packages/dev-server-core/src/test-helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/dev-server-core/src/test-helpers.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export async function createTestServer(
   await server.start();
 
   const url = new URL('http://localhost');
-  url.protocol = config.http2 ? 'https' : 'http';
+  url.protocol = config.http2 || config.https ? 'https' : 'http';
   url.port = port.toString();
   return { server, port, host: url.toString().slice(0, -1) };
 }
diff --git a/packages/dev-server-core/test/server/DevServer.test.ts b/packages/dev-server-core/test/server/DevServer.test.ts
index 02e5896085..95e2605556 100644
--- a/packages/dev-server-core/test/server/DevServer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dev-server-core/test/server/DevServer.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import express from 'express';
 import http from 'http';
+import https from 'https';
 import Koa from 'koa';
 import { Server } from 'net';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import { after, afterEach, before, beforeEach, describe, it, mock } from 'node:test';
 import portfinder from 'portfinder';
+import type { TLSSocket } from 'tls';
 import { assertIncludes } from '../../../../test-helpers/node.js';
 import type { ServerStartParams } from '../../dist/plugins/Plugin.js';
 import type { DevServer } from '../../dist/server/DevServer.js';
@@ -90,6 +92,35 @@ describe('http2', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('https', () => {
+  it('serves a website over HTTP/1.1 with TLS', async () => {
+    const { server, host } = await createTestServer({ hostname: 'localhost', https: true });
+    assert.ok(host.startsWith('https://'));
+
+    const { res, body, encrypted } = await new Promise<{
+      res: http.IncomingMessage;
+      body: string;
+      encrypted: boolean;
+    }>((resolve, reject) => {
+      https
+        .get(`${host}/index.html`, { rejectUnauthorized: false }, res => {
+          const { encrypted } = res.socket as TLSSocket;
+          let body = '';
+          res.setEncoding('utf8');
+          res.on('data', chunk => (body += chunk));
+          res.on('end', () => resolve({ res, body, encrypted }));
+        })
+        .on('error', reject);
+    });
+
+    assert.ok(encrypted);
+    assert.equal(res.httpVersion, '1.1');
+    assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200);
+    assertIncludes(body, '<title>My app</title>');
+    server.stop();
+  });
+});
+
 it('can run in middleware mode', async () => {
   const { server: wdsServer } = await createTestServer({ middlewareMode: true });
   assert.equal(wdsServer.server, undefined);
diff --git a/packages/dev-server/src/config/parseConfig.ts b/packages/dev-server/src/config/parseConfig.ts
index d423ef3a9d..e4a09b1d27 100644
--- a/packages/dev-server/src/config/parseConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/dev-server/src/config/parseConfig.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function validate(config: Record<string, unknown>, key: string, type: string) {
 
 const stringSettings = ['rootDir', 'hostname', 'basePath', 'appIndex', 'sslKey', 'sslCert'];
 const numberSettings = ['port'];
-const booleanSettings = ['watch', 'preserveSymlinks', 'http2', 'eventStream'];
+const booleanSettings = ['watch', 'preserveSymlinks', 'http2', 'https', 'eventStream'];
 
 export function validateConfig(config: Partial<DevServerConfig>) {
   stringSettings.forEach(key => validate(config, key, 'string'));
diff --git a/packages/dev-server/src/logger/logStartMessage.ts b/packages/dev-server/src/logger/logStartMessage.ts
index 23765528e7..022caac384 100644
--- a/packages/dev-server/src/logger/logStartMessage.ts
+++ b/packages/dev-server/src/logger/logStartMessage.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { bold, cyan, white } from 'nanocolors';
 import { type DevServerConfig } from '../config/DevServerConfig';
 
 const createAddress = (config: DevServerConfig, host: string, path: string) =>
-  `http${config.http2 ? 's' : ''}://${host}:${config.port}${path}`;
+  `http${config.http2 || config.https ? 's' : ''}://${host}:${config.port}${path}`;
 
 function logNetworkAddress(config: DevServerConfig, logger: Logger, openPath: string) {
   try {
diff --git a/packages/dev-server/src/openBrowser.ts b/packages/dev-server/src/openBrowser.ts
index 7d793c6ca4..80406e88f8 100644
--- a/packages/dev-server/src/openBrowser.ts
+++ b/packages/dev-server/src/openBrowser.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export async function openBrowser(config: DevServerConfig) {
     // construct a full URL to open if the user didn't provide a full URL
     openPath = new URL(
       openPath,
-      `http${config.http2 ? 's' : ''}://${config.hostname}:${config.port}`,
+      `http${config.http2 || config.https ? 's' : ''}://${config.hostname}:${config.port}`,
     ).href;
   }