diff --git a/app/views/gantts/show.html.erb b/app/views/gantts/show.html.erb
index 82036627..05c015be 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 b0d72290..d4323f6b 100644
--- a/lib/redmine/helpers/gantt.rb
+++ b/lib/redmine/helpers/gantt.rb
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ module Redmine
       def subject_for_project(project, options)
         case options[:format]
         when :html
-          subject = "<span class='icon icon-projects #{project.overdue? ? 'project-overdue' : ''}'>"
+          subject = "<span class='gantt_subject-text icon icon-projects #{project.overdue? ? 'project-overdue' : ''}'>"
           subject << view.link_to_project(project)
           subject << '</span>'
           html_subject(options, subject, :css => "project-name")
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ module Redmine
       def subject_for_version(version, options)
         case options[:format]
         when :html
-          subject = "<span class='icon icon-package #{version.behind_schedule? ? 'version-behind-schedule' : ''} #{version.overdue? ? 'version-overdue' : ''}'>"
+          subject = "<span class='gantt_subject-text icon icon-package #{version.behind_schedule? ? 'version-behind-schedule' : ''} #{version.overdue? ? 'version-overdue' : ''}'>"
           subject << view.link_to_version(version)
           subject << '</span>'
           html_subject(options, subject, :css => "version-name")
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ module Redmine
           
         output = case options[:format]
         when :html
-          css_classes = ''
+          css_classes = 'gantt_subject-text'
           css_classes << ' issue-overdue' if issue.overdue?
           css_classes << ' issue-behind-schedule' if issue.behind_schedule?
           css_classes << ' icon icon-issue' unless Setting.gravatar_enabled? && issue.assigned_to
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ module Redmine
           end
           subject << view.link_to_issue(issue)
           subject << '</span>'
-          html_subject(options, subject, :css => "issue-subject") + "\n"
+          html_subject(options, subject, :css => 'issue-subject') + "\n"
         when :image
           image_subject(options, issue.subject)
         when :pdf
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ 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;'>"
+        output = "<div class='gantt_subject #{options[:css] }' style='top:#{params[:top]}px;left:#{params[:indent]}px;width:#{params[:subject_width]-params[:indent]}px;'>"
         output << subject
         output << "</div>"
         @subjects << output
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 8ec94f3a..9152515c 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -783,6 +783,8 @@ background-image:url('../images/close_hl.png');
 }
 
 .gantt_subjects { font-size: 0.8em; }
+.gantt_subject { position: absolute; line-height: 1.2em; height: 16px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; }
+.gantt_subject-text { float: left; white-space: nowrap; }
 
 .task {
   position: absolute;