diff --git a/app/views/gantts/show.html.erb b/app/views/gantts/show.html.erb
index 33220eea..1e38647e 100644
--- a/app/views/gantts/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/gantts/show.html.erb
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ end
 # Width of the entire chart    
 g_width = (@gantt.date_to - @gantt.date_from + 1)*zoom
 
-@gantt.render(:top => headers_height + 8, :zoom => zoom, :g_width => g_width)
+@gantt.render(:top => headers_height + 8, :zoom => zoom, :g_width => g_width, :subject_width => subject_width)
 
 g_height = [(20 * (@gantt.number_of_rows + 6))+150, 206].max
 t_height = g_height + headers_height
diff --git a/lib/redmine/helpers/gantt.rb b/lib/redmine/helpers/gantt.rb
index b68534b2..9d0ea8cf 100644
--- a/lib/redmine/helpers/gantt.rb
+++ b/lib/redmine/helpers/gantt.rb
@@ -713,7 +713,10 @@ module Redmine
       end
       
       def html_subject(params, subject, options={})
-        output = "<div class=' #{options[:css] }' style='position: absolute;line-height:1.2em;height:16px;top:#{params[:top]}px;left:#{params[:indent]}px;overflow:hidden;'>"
+        style = "position: absolute;line-height:1.2em;height:16px;top:#{params[:top]}px;left:#{params[:indent]}px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis;"
+        style << "width:#{params[:subject_width] - params[:indent]}px;" if params[:subject_width]
+        
+        output = "<div class='#{options[:css]}' style='#{style}'>"
         output << subject
         output << "</div>"
         @subjects << output