diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index 9fbbc2c08efaa..2829c588b9efa 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@ def to_dict(
     @overload
     def to_dict(
         self,
-        orient: Literal["records"],
+        orient: Literal["records", "jsonlines"],
         *,
         into: type[MutableMappingT] | MutableMappingT,
         index: bool = ...,
@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@ def to_dict(
     @overload
     def to_dict(
         self,
-        orient: Literal["records"],
+        orient: Literal["records", "jsonlines"],
         *,
         into: type[dict] = ...,
         index: bool = ...,
@@ -1981,7 +1981,7 @@ def to_dict(
     def to_dict(
         self,
         orient: Literal[
-            "dict", "list", "series", "split", "tight", "records", "index"
+            "dict", "list", "series", "split", "tight", "records", "index", "jsonlines"
         ] = "dict",
         *,
         into: type[MutableMappingT] | MutableMappingT = dict,  # type: ignore[assignment]
@@ -1995,7 +1995,8 @@ def to_dict(
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        orient : str {'dict', 'list', 'series', 'split', 'tight', 'records', 'index'}
+        orient : str {'dict', 'list', 'series', 'split', 'tight',
+            'records', 'index', 'jsonlines'}
             Determines the type of the values of the dictionary.
 
             - 'dict' (default) : dict like {column -> {index -> value}}
@@ -2009,6 +2010,10 @@ def to_dict(
             - 'records' : list like
               [{column -> value}, ... , {column -> value}]
             - 'index' : dict like {index -> {column -> value}}
+            - 'jsonlines' : newline-separated items like
+            {column -> value}
+            ...
+            {column -> value}
 
             .. versionadded:: 1.4.0
                 'tight' as an allowed value for the ``orient`` argument
@@ -2076,6 +2081,10 @@ def to_dict(
         {'index': ['row1', 'row2'], 'columns': ['col1', 'col2'],
          'data': [[1, 0.5], [2, 0.75]], 'index_names': [None], 'column_names': [None]}
 
+        >>> df.to_dict("jsonlines")
+        {'col1': 1, 'col2': 0.5}
+        {'col1': 2, 'col2': 0.75}
+
         You can also specify the mapping type.
 
         >>> from collections import OrderedDict, defaultdict
diff --git a/pandas/core/methods/to_dict.py b/pandas/core/methods/to_dict.py
index 84202a4fcc840..de920500abba5 100644
--- a/pandas/core/methods/to_dict.py
+++ b/pandas/core/methods/to_dict.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import json
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Literal,
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ def to_dict(
 @overload
 def to_dict(
     df: DataFrame,
-    orient: Literal["records"],
+    orient: Literal["records", "jsonlines"],
     *,
     into: type[MutableMappingT] | MutableMappingT,
     index: bool = ...,
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ def to_dict(
 @overload
 def to_dict(
     df: DataFrame,
-    orient: Literal["records"],
+    orient: Literal["records", "jsonlines"],
     *,
     into: type[dict] = ...,
     index: bool = ...,
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ def to_dict(
 def to_dict(
     df: DataFrame,
     orient: Literal[
-        "dict", "list", "series", "split", "tight", "records", "index"
+        "dict", "list", "series", "split", "tight", "records", "index", "jsonlines"
     ] = "dict",
     *,
     into: type[MutableMappingT] | MutableMappingT = dict,  # type: ignore[assignment]
@@ -111,7 +112,8 @@ def to_dict(
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    orient : str {'dict', 'list', 'series', 'split', 'tight', 'records', 'index'}
+    orient : str {'dict', 'list', 'series', 'split', 'tight',
+        'records', 'index', 'jsonlines'}
         Determines the type of the values of the dictionary.
 
         - 'dict' (default) : dict like {column -> {index -> value}}
@@ -125,7 +127,10 @@ def to_dict(
         - 'records' : list like
           [{column -> value}, ... , {column -> value}]
         - 'index' : dict like {index -> {column -> value}}
-
+        - 'jsonlines' : newline-separated items like
+          {column -> value}
+          ...
+          {column -> value}
         .. versionadded:: 1.4.0
             'tight' as an allowed value for the ``orient`` argument
 
@@ -160,7 +165,7 @@ def to_dict(
 
     #  error: Incompatible types in assignment (expression has type "str",
     # variable has type "Literal['dict', 'list', 'series', 'split', 'tight',
-    # 'records', 'index']")
+    # 'records', 'index', 'jsonlines']")
     orient = orient.lower()  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
     if not index and orient not in ["split", "tight"]:
@@ -231,10 +236,10 @@ def to_dict(
             + (("column_names", list(df.columns.names)),)
         )
 
-    elif orient == "records":
+    elif orient in ("records", "jsonlines"):
         columns = df.columns.tolist()
         if are_all_object_dtype_cols:
-            return [
+            data = [
                 into_c(zip(columns, map(maybe_box_native, row)))
                 for row in df.itertuples(index=False, name=None)
             ]
@@ -252,6 +257,11 @@ def to_dict(
                 for row in data:
                     for col in object_dtype_cols:
                         row[col] = maybe_box_native(row[col])
+
+        if orient == "jsonlines":
+            jsonlines_string = "\n".join([json.dumps(row) for row in data])
+            return jsonlines_string
+        else:
             return data  # type: ignore[return-value]
 
     elif orient == "index":