diff --git a/src/gui/components/cc_frm_header.cpp b/src/gui/components/cc_frm_header.cpp
index fff49031a..c633c74b9 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/cc_frm_header.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/components/cc_frm_header.cpp
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ void CComponentsHeader::initVarHeader(	const int& x_pos, const int& y_pos, const
 	cch_cl_sec_format 	= cch_cl_format;
 	cch_cl_enable_run	= false;
 
+	cch_text_max_w	= width;
+
 	addContextButton(buttons);
 	initCCItems();
 	initParent(parent);
@@ -562,6 +564,7 @@ void CComponentsHeader::initCaption()
 		cch_cl_obj->allowPaint(cch_cl_enable);
 	}
 
+	cc_text_w = min(cc_text_w,cch_text_max_w);
 
 	//create cch_text_obj and add to collection
 	if (cch_text_obj == NULL){
diff --git a/src/gui/components/cc_frm_header.h b/src/gui/components/cc_frm_header.h
index 9550d1134..16fa2ddd1 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/cc_frm_header.h
+++ b/src/gui/components/cc_frm_header.h
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ class CComponentsHeader : public CComponentsForm, public CCTextScreen
 		int cch_icon_w;
 		///property: internal width for clock object
 		int cch_clock_w;
+		///property: internal max width for text object
+		int cch_text_max_w;
 		///property: internal x-position for caption object
 		int cch_text_x;
 		///property: internal offset of context button icons within context button object
@@ -191,6 +193,8 @@ class CComponentsHeader : public CComponentsForm, public CCTextScreen
 		virtual Font* getCaptionFont(){return cch_font;}
 		///set text color for caption
 		virtual void setCaptionColor(fb_pixel_t text_color){cch_col_text = text_color;}
+		///set max width for caption
+		virtual void setCaptionMaxWidth(int max_width){cch_text_max_w = max_width;}
 
 		enum
 		{