diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 2f2937fd9..e560f1dac 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates_associated :custom_values, :on => :update
   validates_associated :repository, :wiki
   validates_length_of :name, :maximum => 30
-  validates_length_of :homepage, :maximum => 60
+  validates_length_of :homepage, :maximum => 255
   validates_length_of :identifier, :in => 3..20
   validates_format_of :identifier, :with => /^[a-z0-9\-]*$/
   
diff --git a/app/views/projects/_form.rhtml b/app/views/projects/_form.rhtml
index 32e4dcd44..774e73977 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_form.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/projects/_form.rhtml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 <% unless @project.identifier_frozen? %>
 <br /><em><%= l(:text_length_between, 3, 20) %> <%= l(:text_project_identifier_info) %></em>
 <% end %></p>
-<p><%= f.text_field :homepage, :size => 40 %></p>
+<p><%= f.text_field :homepage, :size => 60 %></p>
 <p><%= f.check_box :is_public %></p>
 <%= wikitoolbar_for 'project_description' %>
 
diff --git a/db/migrate/094_change_projects_homepage_limit.rb b/db/migrate/094_change_projects_homepage_limit.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98374aa4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/094_change_projects_homepage_limit.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class ChangeProjectsHomepageLimit < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    change_column :projects, :homepage, :string, :limit => nil, :default => ''
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    change_column :projects, :homepage, :string, :limit => 60, :default => ''
+  end
+end