diff --git a/lib/private/legacy/template/functions.php b/lib/private/legacy/template/functions.php
index 56c488d5abe..7081bd4f743 100644
--- a/lib/private/legacy/template/functions.php
+++ b/lib/private/legacy/template/functions.php
@@ -72,14 +72,19 @@ function emit_css_loading_tags($obj) {
  * Prints a <script> tag with nonce and defer depending on config
  * @param string $src the source URL, ignored when empty
  * @param string $script_content the inline script content, ignored when empty
+ * @param string $content_type the type of the source (e.g. 'module')
  */
-function emit_script_tag($src, $script_content = '') {
+function emit_script_tag(string $src, string $script_content = '', string $content_type = '') {
+	$nonceManager = \OC::$server->get(\OC\Security\CSP\ContentSecurityPolicyNonceManager::class);
+
 	$defer_str = ' defer';
-	$s = '<script nonce="' . \OC::$server->getContentSecurityPolicyNonceManager()->getNonce() . '"';
+	$type = $content_type !== '' ? ' type="' . $content_type . '"' : '';
+
+	$s = '<script nonce="' . $nonceManager->getNonce() . '"';
 	if (!empty($src)) {
 		// emit script tag for deferred loading from $src
-		$s .= $defer_str.' src="' . $src .'">';
-	} elseif (!empty($script_content)) {
+		$s .= $defer_str.' src="' . $src .'"' . $type . '>';
+	} elseif ($script_content !== '') {
 		// emit script tag for inline script from $script_content without defer (see MDN)
 		$s .= ">\n".$script_content."\n";
 	} else {
@@ -96,7 +101,8 @@ function emit_script_tag($src, $script_content = '') {
  */
 function emit_script_loading_tags($obj) {
 	foreach ($obj['jsfiles'] as $jsfile) {
-		emit_script_tag($jsfile, '');
+		$type = str_ends_with($jsfile, '.mjs') ? 'module' : '';
+		emit_script_tag($jsfile, '', $type);
 	}
 	if (!empty($obj['inline_ocjs'])) {
 		emit_script_tag('', $obj['inline_ocjs']);
diff --git a/tests/lib/TemplateFunctionsTest.php b/tests/lib/TemplateFunctionsTest.php
index caecdfc76ac..b2b25ab654c 100644
--- a/tests/lib/TemplateFunctionsTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/TemplateFunctionsTest.php
@@ -57,6 +57,35 @@ class TemplateFunctionsTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		print_unescaped($string);
 	}
 
+	public function testEmitScriptTagWithContent() {
+		$this->expectOutputRegex('/<script nonce="[^"]+">\nalert\(\)\n<\/script>\n?/');
+		emit_script_tag('', 'alert()');
+	}
+
+	public function testEmitScriptTagWithSource() {
+		$this->expectOutputRegex('/<script nonce=".*" defer src="some.js"><\/script>/');
+		emit_script_tag('some.js');
+	}
+
+	public function testEmitScriptTagWithModuleSource() {
+		$this->expectOutputRegex('/<script nonce=".*" defer src="some.mjs" type="module"><\/script>/');
+		emit_script_tag('some.mjs', '', 'module');
+	}
+
+	public function testEmitScriptLoadingTags() {
+		// Test mjs js and inline content
+		$pattern = '/src="some\.mjs"[^>]+type="module"[^>]*>.+\n'; // some.mjs with type = module
+		$pattern .= '<script[^>]+src="other\.js"[^>]*>.+\n'; // other.js as plain javascript
+		$pattern .= '<script[^>]*>\n?.*inline.*\n?<\/script>'; // inline content
+		$pattern .= '/'; // no flags
+
+		$this->expectOutputRegex($pattern);
+		emit_script_loading_tags([
+			'jsfiles' => ['some.mjs', 'other.js'],
+			'inline_ocjs' => '// inline'
+		]);
+	}
+
 	// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	// Test relative_modified_date with dates only
 	// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------