diff --git a/app/models/issue_category.rb b/app/models/issue_category.rb
index 1abcf4c32..b184c132f 100644
--- a/app/models/issue_category.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue_category.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class IssueCategory < ActiveRecord::Base
   
   validates_presence_of :name
   validates_uniqueness_of :name, :scope => [:project_id]
+  validates_length_of :name, :maximum => 30
   
   alias :destroy_without_reassign :destroy