diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TreeBuilder.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TreeBuilder.cpp
index 7cbd9f3059..ac86d9ddc6 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TreeBuilder.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/TreeBuilder.cpp
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ void TreeBuilder::create_pseudo_element_if_needed(DOM::Element& element, CSS::Se
     if (pseudo_element_content.type == CSS::ContentData::Type::String) {
         auto* text = document.heap().allocate<DOM::Text>(document.realm(), document, pseudo_element_content.data);
         auto text_node = adopt_ref(*new TextNode(document, *text));
+        text_node->set_generated(true);
         push_parent(verify_cast<NodeWithStyle>(*pseudo_element_node));
         insert_node_into_inline_or_block_ancestor(text_node, text_node->display(), AppendOrPrepend::Append);
         pop_parent();