diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 51a3e67..8a62034 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- A tab in block scalar content past the block's indentation is now kept verbatim instead of being
+  re-expanded to spaces. A block scalar is indented with spaces only, so a line like `␣\ttext` under a
+  one-space indent strips the space and keeps the tab, yielding `\ttext`; the scanner measured the
+  leading whitespace as a tab-expanded width and rebuilt the surplus as spaces, turning the tab into
+  three spaces. The surplus is now reconstructed from the actual leading characters, so a tab stays a
+  tab while surplus spaces stay spaces. Raises yaml-test-suite value-level conformance to 180/194
+  (92.8%), with the parse and should-error rates unchanged.
+
 - Mid-line separation white space between tokens now includes tabs, not only spaces, completing the
   tab-as-separation handling. An indicator followed by a tab no longer leaks the tab into the next
   node: `?\tkey` is the key `key`, not `\tkey`, and a run of tabs between a `:` and its value
diff --git a/Sources/Parsing/Scanner.Indentation.swift b/Sources/Parsing/Scanner.Indentation.swift
index d92944d..53dd24a 100644
--- a/Sources/Parsing/Scanner.Indentation.swift
+++ b/Sources/Parsing/Scanner.Indentation.swift
@@ -81,29 +81,33 @@ extension PureYAML.Parsing.Scanner {
         guard let blockScalarIndentation = state.blockScalarIndentation, width > blockScalarIndentation else {
             return
         }
-        state.blockScalarContentPrefix = String(repeating: " ", count: width - blockScalarIndentation)
+        state.blockScalarContentPrefix = blockScalarSurplusPrefix(beyond: blockScalarIndentation, in: state)
     }
 
     func scanIndentationWidth(_ state: inout State) throws -> Int {
         var width = 0
         var leadingSpaces = 0
         var sawTab = false
+        var whitespace = ""
         while let character = state.reader.peek() {
             if character == " " {
                 width += 1
                 if !sawTab {
                     leadingSpaces += 1
                 }
+                whitespace.append(character)
                 state.reader.advance()
             } else if character == "\t" {
                 sawTab = true
                 width = nextTabStop(after: width)
+                whitespace.append(character)
                 state.reader.advance()
             } else {
                 break
             }
         }
         state.lastLeadingSpaceCount = leadingSpaces
+        state.lastLeadingWhitespace = whitespace
         return width
     }
 
@@ -111,6 +115,21 @@ extension PureYAML.Parsing.Scanner {
         ((width / 4) + 1) * 4
     }
 
+    /// The leading-whitespace characters that lie beyond a block scalar's space-only `indent`, kept
+    /// verbatim so a tab in the content (`  \ttext` under a 2-space indent) stays a tab rather than
+    /// being re-expanded to spaces. Walks the recorded whitespace, counting columns the way the width
+    /// scan does, and returns the remainder once the indentation columns are covered.
+    func blockScalarSurplusPrefix(beyond indent: Int, in state: State) -> String {
+        var column = 0
+        var index = state.lastLeadingWhitespace.startIndex
+        while index < state.lastLeadingWhitespace.endIndex, column < indent {
+            let character = state.lastLeadingWhitespace[index]
+            column = character == "\t" ? nextTabStop(after: column) : column + 1
+            index = state.lastLeadingWhitespace.index(after: index)
+        }
+        return String(state.lastLeadingWhitespace[index...])
+    }
+
     func shouldProcessIndentation(_ state: State) -> Bool {
         guard !state.reader.isAtEnd, !isLineBreak(state.reader.peek()) else {
             return false
@@ -136,7 +155,7 @@ extension PureYAML.Parsing.Scanner {
             return false
         }
         guard width < blockScalarIndentation else {
-            state.blockScalarContentPrefix = String(repeating: " ", count: width - blockScalarIndentation)
+            state.blockScalarContentPrefix = blockScalarSurplusPrefix(beyond: blockScalarIndentation, in: state)
             return true
         }
         state.blockScalarIndentation = nil
diff --git a/Sources/Parsing/Scanner.swift b/Sources/Parsing/Scanner.swift
index 4b0d7bc..844d81a 100644
--- a/Sources/Parsing/Scanner.swift
+++ b/Sources/Parsing/Scanner.swift
@@ -69,10 +69,14 @@ extension PureYAML.Parsing.Scanner {
         /// content line). The spec forbids a leading empty line from being more indented than the
         /// content, so this is compared to the content indentation once that is known.
         var pendingBlockScalarMaxBlankIndent = 0
-        // The count of leading space characters (before any tab) from the most recent indentation
-        // scan. Indentation is measured in spaces, so this, not the tab-expanded width, is what the
-        // leading-blank comparison uses: a tab is not indentation.
+        /// The count of leading space characters (before any tab) from the most recent indentation
+        /// scan. Indentation is measured in spaces, so this, not the tab-expanded width, is what the
+        /// leading-blank comparison uses: a tab is not indentation.
         var lastLeadingSpaceCount = 0
+        // The literal leading-whitespace characters from the most recent indentation scan. Block
+        // scalar content keeps tabs beyond its (space-only) indentation verbatim, so the surplus is
+        // reconstructed from these characters, not as spaces from the tab-expanded width.
+        var lastLeadingWhitespace = ""
         var blockScalarIndentation: Int?
         var blockScalarContentPrefix = ""
         /// Whether a real token has been scanned on the current physical line. Reset when the scan
diff --git a/Tests/BlockScalarTabContentTests.swift b/Tests/BlockScalarTabContentTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7acf66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/BlockScalarTabContentTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+@testable import PureYAML
+import Testing
+
+/// A block scalar's indentation is measured in spaces only; a tab past that indentation is literal
+/// content, kept verbatim rather than re-expanded to spaces. The surplus whitespace beyond the
+/// content indentation is reconstructed from the actual leading characters, so a tab stays a tab.
+@Suite("Block scalar tab content")
+struct BlockScalarTabContentTests {
+    @Test("A tab after the content indentation is kept literally")
+    func test_tabAfterIndent() throws {
+        #expect(try PureYAML.parse("|\n literal\n \ttext\n") == .string("literal\n\ttext\n"))
+    }
+
+    @Test("A deeper space indentation still keeps the content tab")
+    func test_tabAfterDeeperIndent() throws {
+        #expect(try PureYAML.parse("|\n  literal\n  \ttext\n") == .string("literal\n\ttext\n"))
+    }
+
+    @Test("Surplus spaces beyond the indentation are still preserved as spaces")
+    func test_spaceSurplusUnchanged() throws {
+        #expect(try PureYAML.parse("|\n text\n  more\n") == .string("text\n more\n"))
+    }
+}