diff --git a/requirements/requirements-testing.txt b/requirements/requirements-testing.txt
index fb6dbf05f..8e8f08f4d 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-testing.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ pytest>=6.2.0,<8.0
 pytest-cov>=4.0.0,<5.0
 pytest-django>=4.5.2,<5.0
 importlib-metadata<5.0
+selenium==4.7.2
diff --git a/rest_framework/static/rest_framework/js/load-ajax-form.js b/rest_framework/static/rest_framework/js/load-ajax-form.js
index 09daf0888..1fe37393b 100644
--- a/rest_framework/static/rest_framework/js/load-ajax-form.js
+++ b/rest_framework/static/rest_framework/js/load-ajax-form.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 $(document).ready(function() {
   $('form').ajaxForm();
+  persistPostRawDataForm()
 });
diff --git a/rest_framework/static/rest_framework/js/store-data-form.js b/rest_framework/static/rest_framework/js/store-data-form.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7ccb2032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest_framework/static/rest_framework/js/store-data-form.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * Preserve form's raw input after do POST
+ */
+function persistPostRawDataForm() {
+  var formContainerId = '#post-generic-content-form'
+  var $form = $(`${formContainerId} form`)
+  var $formInput = $(`${formContainerId} textarea`);
+  var localStorageKey = 'rawDataSubmitted'
+  var formAction = $form.attr('action')
+
+  $form.submit(function () {
+    var data = sessionStorage.getItem(localStorageKey)
+    data = data ? JSON.parse(data) : {}
+    data[formAction] = $formInput.val()
+    sessionStorage.setItem(localStorageKey, JSON.stringify(data))
+  });
+
+  if (sessionStorage.getItem(localStorageKey)) {
+    var data = JSON.parse(sessionStorage.getItem(localStorageKey))
+    $formInput.text(data[formAction])
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html
index 533db1378..7d6d17ceb 100644
--- a/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html
+++ b/rest_framework/templates/rest_framework/base.html
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@
       </script>
       <script src="{% static "rest_framework/js/jquery-3.5.1.min.js" %}"></script>
       <script src="{% static "rest_framework/js/ajax-form.js" %}"></script>
+      <script src="{% static "rest_framework/js/store-data-form.js" %}"></script>
       <script src="{% static "rest_framework/js/csrf.js" %}"></script>
       <script src="{% static "rest_framework/js/bootstrap.min.js" %}"></script>
       <script src="{% static "rest_framework/js/prettify-min.js" %}"></script>
diff --git a/tests/browsable_api/test_browsable_api.py b/tests/browsable_api/test_browsable_api.py
index a76d11fe3..de8f3eb32 100644
--- a/tests/browsable_api/test_browsable_api.py
+++ b/tests/browsable_api/test_browsable_api.py
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.contrib.staticfiles.testing import StaticLiveServerTestCase
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
+from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
+from selenium.webdriver.firefox.webdriver import WebDriver
 
+from rest_framework import serializers
 from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
+from rest_framework.routers import SimpleRouter
 from rest_framework.test import APIClient
+from rest_framework.utils import json
+from rest_framework.viewsets import ModelViewSet
+from tests.models import BasicModel
 
 from .views import BasicModelWithUsersViewSet, OrganizationPermissions
 
@@ -99,3 +107,90 @@ class NoDropdownWithoutAuthTests(TestCase):
         response = self.client.get('/')
         content = response.content.decode()
         assert '<li class="dropdown">' not in content
+
+
+class BasicModelSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = BasicModel
+        fields = "__all__"
+
+
+class ResourceViewSet(ModelViewSet):
+    serializer_class = BasicModelSerializer
+    queryset = BasicModel.objects.all()
+
+
+router = SimpleRouter()
+router.register(r'resources', ResourceViewSet)
+router.register(r'resources-2', ResourceViewSet)
+urlpatterns = []
+urlpatterns += router.urls
+
+
+@override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF='tests.browsable_api.test_browsable_api')
+class SeleniumTests(StaticLiveServerTestCase):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        super().setUpClass()
+        cls.selenium = WebDriver()
+        cls.selenium.implicitly_wait(10)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        cls.selenium.quit()
+        super().tearDownClass()
+
+    def test_post_raw_data(self):
+        self.selenium.get('%s%s' % (self.live_server_url, '/resources'))
+        raw_tab = self.selenium.find_element(By.NAME, "raw-tab")
+        raw_tab.click()
+
+        # Raw data textarea is pre-populated with empty value.
+        text_input = self.selenium.find_element(By.ID, "id__content")
+        self.assertEqual(json.loads(text_input.text), {'text': ''})
+
+        # Do submit and the data will be presisted then.
+        text_input.clear()
+        json_data = json.dumps({"text": "text description"}, indent=4)
+        text_input.send_keys(json_data)
+        post_button = self.selenium.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#post-generic-content-form div.form-actions button')
+        post_button.click()
+        text_input = self.selenium.find_element(By.ID, "id__content")
+        self.assertEqual(json.loads(text_input.text), {'text': 'text description'})
+        self.assertEqual(BasicModel.objects.last().text, 'text description')
+
+        # Moving to another resource view, the raw data will be clean.
+        self.selenium.get('%s%s' % (self.live_server_url, '/resources-2'))
+        text_input = self.selenium.find_element(By.ID, "id__content")
+        self.assertEqual(json.loads(text_input.text), {'text': ''})
+
+        # Do a second submit from the second view.
+        text_input.clear()
+        json_data = json.dumps({"text": "text description 2"}, indent=4)
+        text_input.send_keys(json_data)
+        post_button = self.selenium.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#post-generic-content-form div.form-actions button')
+        post_button.click()
+        text_input = self.selenium.find_element(By.ID, "id__content")
+        self.assertEqual(json.loads(text_input.text), {'text': 'text description 2'})
+        self.assertEqual(BasicModel.objects.last().text, 'text description 2')
+
+        # Do a third submit, from the same view, with the previous data
+        # (which was pre-populated).
+        post_button = self.selenium.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#post-generic-content-form div.form-actions button')
+        post_button.click()
+        self.assertEqual(BasicModel.objects.count(), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(BasicModel.objects.last().text, 'text description 2')
+
+        # Only two keys were stored.
+        session_storage_data = self.selenium.execute_script(
+            'return JSON.parse(sessionStorage.getItem("rawDataSubmitted"))'
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            ['/resources-2/', '/resources/'],
+            list(session_storage_data.keys())
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            ['{\n    "text": "text description 2"\n}', '{\n    "text": "text description"\n}'],
+            list(session_storage_data.values())
+        )