diff --git a/accessible/tests/browser/windows/uia/browser_textPatterns.js b/accessible/tests/browser/windows/uia/browser_textPatterns.js
index 3840530f0509..efe3e7e9e901 100644
--- a/accessible/tests/browser/windows/uia/browser_textPatterns.js
+++ b/accessible/tests/browser/windows/uia/browser_textPatterns.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
@@ -2162,6 +2163,69 @@ addUiaTask(
   { uiaEnabled: true, uiaDisabled: true, chrome: true }
 );
 
+/**
+ * Test the Text pattern's GetBoundingRectangles method with the caret.
+ */
+addUiaTask(
+  `
+<div id="editable" contenteditable role="textbox">
+  <div id="ce0">a</div>
+  <div id="ce1"><br></div>
+  <div id="ce2">b</div>
+</div>
+  `,
+  async function testTextRangeGetBoundingRectanglesCaret(browser, docAcc) {
+    info("Focusing editable");
+    const editable = findAccessibleChildByID(docAcc, "editable");
+    const ce0 = findAccessibleChildByID(docAcc, "ce0");
+    let moved = waitForEvent(EVENT_TEXT_CARET_MOVED, ce0);
+    editable.takeFocus();
+    await moved;
+    await runPython(`
+      global text
+      doc = getDocUia()
+      editable = findUiaByDomId(doc, "editable")
+      text = getUiaPattern(editable, "Text")
+    `);
+    let uiaRects = await runPython(
+      `text.GetSelection().GetElement(0).GetBoundingRectangles()`
+    );
+    testTextPos(ce0, 0, [uiaRects[0], uiaRects[1]], COORDTYPE_SCREEN_RELATIVE);
+
+    info("ArrowRight to end of line");
+    moved = waitForEvent(EVENT_TEXT_CARET_MOVED, ce0);
+    EventUtils.synthesizeKey("KEY_ArrowRight");
+    await moved;
+    uiaRects = await runPython(
+      `text.GetSelection().GetElement(0).GetBoundingRectangles()`
+    );
+    // Bug 1966812: We would ideally return a rect here.
+    is(uiaRects.length, 0, "GetBoundingRectangles returned nothing");
+
+    info("ArrowRight to line feed on blank line");
+    const ce1 = findAccessibleChildByID(docAcc, "ce1");
+    moved = waitForEvent(EVENT_TEXT_CARET_MOVED, ce1);
+    EventUtils.synthesizeKey("KEY_ArrowRight");
+    await moved;
+    uiaRects = await runPython(
+      `text.GetSelection().GetElement(0).GetBoundingRectangles()`
+    );
+    testTextPos(ce1, 0, [uiaRects[0], uiaRects[1]], COORDTYPE_SCREEN_RELATIVE);
+
+    info("ArrowRight to b");
+    const ce2 = findAccessibleChildByID(docAcc, "ce2");
+    moved = waitForEvent(EVENT_TEXT_CARET_MOVED, ce2);
+    EventUtils.synthesizeKey("KEY_ArrowRight");
+    await moved;
+    uiaRects = await runPython(
+      `text.GetSelection().GetElement(0).GetBoundingRectangles()`
+    );
+    testTextPos(ce2, 0, [uiaRects[0], uiaRects[1]], COORDTYPE_SCREEN_RELATIVE);
+  },
+  // The IA2 -> UIA proxy doesn't support this.
+  { uiaEnabled: true, uiaDisabled: false }
+);
+
 /**
  * Test the TextRange pattern's ScrollIntoView method.
  */
diff --git a/accessible/windows/uia/UiaTextRange.cpp b/accessible/windows/uia/UiaTextRange.cpp
index defdc5248a20..3806dce9e0c5 100644
--- a/accessible/windows/uia/UiaTextRange.cpp
+++ b/accessible/windows/uia/UiaTextRange.cpp
@@ -703,7 +703,21 @@ UiaTextRange::GetBoundingRectangles(__RPC__deref_out_opt SAFEARRAY** aRetVal) {
   }
 
   // Get the rectangles for each line.
-  const nsTArray<LayoutDeviceIntRect> lineRects = range.LineRects();
+  nsTArray<LayoutDeviceIntRect> lineRects = range.LineRects();
+  if (lineRects.IsEmpty() && !mIsEndOfLineInsertionPoint &&
+      range.Start() == range.End()) {
+    // The documentation for GetBoundingRectangles says that we should return
+    // "An empty array for a degenerate range.":
+    // https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/uiautomationcore/nf-uiautomationcore-itextrangeprovider-getboundingrectangles#return-value
+    // This is exactly what range.LineRects() just did. However, contrary to
+    // this, some clients (including Microsoft Text Cursor Indicator) call
+    // GetBoundingRectangles on a degenerate range when querying the caret and
+    // expect rectangles to be returned. Therefore, use the character bounds.
+    // Bug 1966812: Ideally, we would also return a rectangle when
+    // mIsEndOfLineInsertionPoint is true. However, we don't currently have code
+    // to calculate a rectangle in that case.
+    lineRects.AppendElement(range.Start().CharBounds());
+  }
 
   // For UIA's purposes, the rectangles of this array are four doubles arranged
   // in order {left, top, width, height}.