diff --git a/lib/web/fetch/constants.js b/lib/web/fetch/constants.js
index 1f285e06283..472e3277cfa 100644
--- a/lib/web/fetch/constants.js
+++ b/lib/web/fetch/constants.js
@@ -97,8 +97,19 @@ const subresource = /** @type {const} */ ([
   'xslt',
   ''
 ])
+
 const subresourceSet = new Set(subresource)
 
+const requestInitiator = /** @type {const} */ ([
+  'download',
+  'imageset',
+  'manifest',
+  'prefetch',
+  'prerender',
+  'xslt',
+  ''
+])
+
 module.exports = {
   subresource,
   forbiddenMethods,
@@ -120,5 +131,6 @@ module.exports = {
   corsSafeListedMethodsSet,
   safeMethodsSet,
   forbiddenMethodsSet,
-  referrerPolicySet
+  referrerPolicySet,
+  requestInitiator
 }
diff --git a/lib/web/fetch/index.js b/lib/web/fetch/index.js
index b2c95d94a09..9547a58951f 100644
--- a/lib/web/fetch/index.js
+++ b/lib/web/fetch/index.js
@@ -1449,14 +1449,21 @@ async function httpNetworkOrCacheFetch (
   //    13. Append the Fetch metadata headers for httpRequest. [FETCH-METADATA]
   appendFetchMetadata(httpRequest)
 
-  //    14. If httpRequest’s header list does not contain `User-Agent`, then
+  //    14. If httpRequest’s initiator is "prefetch", then set a structured
+  //    field value given (`Sec-Purpose`, the token 'prefetch') in httpRequest’s
+  //    header list.
+  if (httpRequest.initiator === 'prefetch') {
+    httpRequest.headersList.append('sec-purpose', 'prefetch', true)
+  }
+
+  //    15. If httpRequest’s header list does not contain `User-Agent`, then
   //    user agents should append `User-Agent`/default `User-Agent` value to
   //    httpRequest’s header list.
   if (!httpRequest.headersList.contains('user-agent', true)) {
     httpRequest.headersList.append('user-agent', defaultUserAgent, true)
   }
 
-  //    15. If httpRequest’s cache mode is "default" and httpRequest’s header
+  //    16. If httpRequest’s cache mode is "default" and httpRequest’s header
   //    list contains `If-Modified-Since`, `If-None-Match`,
   //    `If-Unmodified-Since`, `If-Match`, or `If-Range`, then set
   //    httpRequest’s cache mode to "no-store".
@@ -1471,7 +1478,7 @@ async function httpNetworkOrCacheFetch (
     httpRequest.cache = 'no-store'
   }
 
-  //    16. If httpRequest’s cache mode is "no-cache", httpRequest’s prevent
+  //    17. If httpRequest’s cache mode is "no-cache", httpRequest’s prevent
   //    no-cache cache-control header modification flag is unset, and
   //    httpRequest’s header list does not contain `Cache-Control`, then append
   //    `Cache-Control`/`max-age=0` to httpRequest’s header list.
@@ -1483,7 +1490,7 @@ async function httpNetworkOrCacheFetch (
     httpRequest.headersList.append('cache-control', 'max-age=0', true)
   }
 
-  //    17. If httpRequest’s cache mode is "no-store" or "reload", then:
+  //    18. If httpRequest’s cache mode is "no-store" or "reload", then:
   if (httpRequest.cache === 'no-store' || httpRequest.cache === 'reload') {
     // 1. If httpRequest’s header list does not contain `Pragma`, then append
     // `Pragma`/`no-cache` to httpRequest’s header list.
@@ -1498,13 +1505,13 @@ async function httpNetworkOrCacheFetch (
     }
   }
 
-  //    18. If httpRequest’s header list contains `Range`, then append
+  //    19. If httpRequest’s header list contains `Range`, then append
   //    `Accept-Encoding`/`identity` to httpRequest’s header list.
   if (httpRequest.headersList.contains('range', true)) {
     httpRequest.headersList.append('accept-encoding', 'identity', true)
   }
 
-  //    19. Modify httpRequest’s header list per HTTP. Do not append a given
+  //    20. Modify httpRequest’s header list per HTTP. Do not append a given
   //    header if httpRequest’s header list contains that header’s name.
   //    TODO: https://github.com/whatwg/fetch/issues/1285#issuecomment-896560129
   if (!httpRequest.headersList.contains('accept-encoding', true)) {
@@ -1517,7 +1524,7 @@ async function httpNetworkOrCacheFetch (
 
   httpRequest.headersList.delete('host', true)
 
-  //    20. If includeCredentials is true, then:
+  //    21. If includeCredentials is true, then:
   if (includeCredentials) {
     // 1. If the user agent is not configured to block cookies for httpRequest
     // (see section 7 of [COOKIES]), then:
@@ -1526,20 +1533,20 @@ async function httpNetworkOrCacheFetch (
     // TODO: credentials
   }
 
-  //    21. If there’s a proxy-authentication entry, use it as appropriate.
+  //    22. If there’s a proxy-authentication entry, use it as appropriate.
   //    TODO: proxy-authentication
 
-  //    22. Set httpCache to the result of determining the HTTP cache
+  //    23. Set httpCache to the result of determining the HTTP cache
   //    partition, given httpRequest.
   //    TODO: cache
 
-  //    23. If httpCache is null, then set httpRequest’s cache mode to
+  //    24. If httpCache is null, then set httpRequest’s cache mode to
   //    "no-store".
   if (httpCache == null) {
     httpRequest.cache = 'no-store'
   }
 
-  //    24. If httpRequest’s cache mode is neither "no-store" nor "reload",
+  //    25. If httpRequest’s cache mode is neither "no-store" nor "reload",
   //    then:
   if (httpRequest.cache !== 'no-store' && httpRequest.cache !== 'reload') {
     // TODO: cache
diff --git a/lib/web/fetch/request.js b/lib/web/fetch/request.js
index b6a0d6dfdfb..b60631497bf 100644
--- a/lib/web/fetch/request.js
+++ b/lib/web/fetch/request.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ const {
   requestMode,
   requestCredentials,
   requestCache,
-  requestDuplex
+  requestDuplex,
+  requestInitiator
 } = require('./constants')
 const { kEnumerableProperty, normalizedMethodRecordsBase, normalizedMethodRecords } = util
 const { webidl } = require('./webidl')
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ class Request {
       }
 
       // 4. Set request to a new request whose URL is parsedURL.
-      request = makeRequest({ urlList: [parsedURL] })
+      request = makeRequest({ urlList: [parsedURL], ...init })
 
       // 5. Set fallbackMode to "cors".
       fallbackMode = 'cors'
@@ -215,6 +216,8 @@ class Request {
       redirect: request.redirect,
       // integrity metadata request’s integrity metadata.
       integrity: request.integrity,
+      // initiator metadata request’s initiator metadata.
+      initiator: request.initiator,
       // keepalive request’s keepalive.
       keepalive: request.keepalive,
       // reload-navigation flag request’s reload-navigation flag.
@@ -1057,6 +1060,12 @@ webidl.converters.RequestInit = webidl.dictionaryConverter([
     key: 'integrity',
     converter: webidl.converters.DOMString
   },
+  {
+    key: 'initiator',
+    converter: webidl.converters.DOMString,
+    // https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-request-initiator
+    allowedValues: requestInitiator
+  },
   {
     key: 'keepalive',
     converter: webidl.converters.boolean
diff --git a/test/fetch/initator.js b/test/fetch/initator.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0de76ee1c0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fetch/initator.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const { test, describe, before, after } = require('node:test')
+const assert = require('node:assert')
+const events = require('node:events')
+const http = require('node:http')
+const { fetch, Request } = require('../../')
+const { closeServerAsPromise } = require('../utils/node-http')
+
+describe('initiator', () => {
+  const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+    res.end(req.headers['sec-purpose'])
+  })
+
+  before(async () => {
+    server.listen(0)
+    await events.once(server, 'listening')
+  })
+
+  after(closeServerAsPromise(server))
+
+  test('if initiator is not "prefetch" then sec-purpose is not set', async (t) => {
+    const url = `http://localhost:${server.address().port}`
+
+    const response = await fetch(url, {
+      initiator: ''
+    })
+
+    assert.strictEqual(await response.text(), '')
+  })
+
+  test('if initiator is set to prefetch then the sec-purpose header is set to "prefetch"', async (t) => {
+    const url = `http://localhost:${server.address().port}`
+
+    const response = await fetch(new Request(url, {
+      initiator: 'prefetch'
+    }))
+
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(await response.text(), 'prefetch')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/types/fetch.d.ts b/types/fetch.d.ts
index 7c2b1c98ccd..2317e6564be 100644
--- a/types/fetch.d.ts
+++ b/types/fetch.d.ts
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ type RequestDestination =
   | 'worker'
   | 'xslt'
 
+type RequestInitiator =
+  | ''
+  | 'download'
+  | 'imageset'
+  | 'manifest'
+  | 'prefetch'
+  | 'prerender'
+  | 'xslt'
+
 export interface RequestInit {
   method?: string
   keepalive?: boolean
@@ -125,6 +134,7 @@ export interface RequestInit {
   body?: BodyInit | null
   redirect?: RequestRedirect
   integrity?: string
+  initiator?: RequestInitiator
   signal?: AbortSignal | null
   credentials?: RequestCredentials
   mode?: RequestMode
@@ -160,6 +170,7 @@ export declare class Request extends BodyMixin {
   readonly destination: RequestDestination
   readonly headers: Headers
   readonly integrity: string
+  readonly initiator: RequestInitiator
   readonly method: string
   readonly mode: RequestMode
   readonly redirect: RequestRedirect