diff --git a/app/views/gantts/show.html.erb b/app/views/gantts/show.html.erb
index 8203662..05c015b 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 db0b39d..f551f1c 100644
--- a/lib/redmine/helpers/gantt.rb
+++ b/lib/redmine/helpers/gantt.rb
@@ -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", :title => issue.subject) + "\n"
         when :image
           image_subject(options, issue.subject)
         when :pdf
@@ -709,9 +709,10 @@ 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;'>"
-        output << subject
-        output << "</div>"
+        style = "position: absolute;top:#{params[:top]}px;left:#{params[:indent]}px;"
+        style << "width:#{params[:subject_width] - params[:indent]}px;" if params[:subject_width]
+        
+        output = view.content_tag 'div', subject, :class => options[:css], :style => style, :title => options[:title]
         @subjects << output
         output
       end
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 7fa1d2f..7ce92ea 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -783,6 +783,7 @@ background-image:url('../images/close_hl.png');
 }
 
 .gantt_subjects { font-size: 0.8em; }
+.gantt_subjects div { line-height:1.2em;height:16px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; }
 
 .task {
   position: absolute;