diff --git a/src/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp b/src/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp
index 3f9d7f78c..881b4c5fc 100644
--- a/src/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp
+++ b/src/guiFormSpecMenu.cpp
@@ -1025,6 +1025,7 @@ void GUIFormSpecMenu::parseTextArea(parserData* data,
 		if (type == "textarea")
 		{
 			e->setMultiLine(true);
+			e->setWordWrap(true);
 			e->setTextAlignment(gui::EGUIA_UPPERLEFT, gui::EGUIA_UPPERLEFT);
 		} else {
 			irr::SEvent evt;