diff --git a/lisp/org-src.el b/lisp/org-src.el
index de8d6ee42..533368066 100644
--- a/lisp/org-src.el
+++ b/lisp/org-src.el
@@ -809,9 +809,42 @@ as `org-src-fontify-natively' is non-nil."
                  (1+ pt) (1- (point)) 'face 'org-inline-src-block)))
             (font-lock-append-text-property
              (1- (point)) (point) 'face '(org-inline-src-block shadow))
-            (setq pt (point)))))
+            (setq pt (point)))
+          (when (and org-inline-src-prettify-results
+                     (re-search-forward "\\= {{{results(" limit t))
+            (font-lock-append-text-property pt (1+ pt) 'face 'org-inline-src-block)
+            (goto-char pt))))
       t)))
 
+(defun org-fontify-inline-src-results (limit)
+  "Apply prettify-symbols modifications to inline results blocks.
+Performed according to `org-inline-src-prettify-results'."
+  (when (and org-inline-src-prettify-results
+             (re-search-forward "{{{results(\\(.+?\\))}}}" limit t))
+    (remove-list-of-text-properties (match-beginning 0) (point)
+                                    '(composition
+                                      prettify-symbols-start
+                                      prettify-symbols-end))
+    (font-lock-append-text-property (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)
+                                    'face 'org-block)
+    (let ((start (match-beginning 0)) (end (match-beginning 1)))
+      (with-silent-modifications
+        (compose-region start end (if (eq org-inline-src-prettify-results t)
+                                      "(" (car org-inline-src-prettify-results)))
+        (add-text-properties start end `(prettify-symbols-start ,start prettify-symbols-end ,end))))
+    (let ((start (match-end 1)) (end (point)))
+      (with-silent-modifications
+        (compose-region start end (if (eq org-inline-src-prettify-results t)
+                                      ")" (cdr org-inline-src-prettify-results)))
+        (add-text-properties start end `(prettify-symbols-start ,start prettify-symbols-end ,end))))
+    t))
+
+(defun org-toggle-inline-results-display ()
+  "Toggle the literal or contracted display of inline src blocks results."
+  (interactive)
+  (setq org-inline-src-prettify-results (not org-inline-src-prettify-results))
+  (org-restart-font-lock))
+
 
 ;;; Escape contents
 
diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index 08329042e..887962141 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -5209,6 +5209,15 @@ by a #."
   :version "24.1"
   :group 'org-appearance)
 
+(defcustom org-inline-src-prettify-results t
+  "Whether to use (ab)use prettify-symbols-mode on {{{results(...)}}}.
+Either t or a cons cell of strings which are used as substitutions
+for the start and end of inline results, respectively."
+  :type '(choice boolean (cons string string))
+  :package-version '(Org . "9.5")
+  :group 'org-appearance
+  :group 'org-babel)
+
 (defun org-fontify-meta-lines-and-blocks (limit)
   (condition-case-unless-debug nil
       (org-fontify-meta-lines-and-blocks-1 limit)