diff --git a/frontends/sdl2/display.lisp b/frontends/sdl2/display.lisp
index 5b2f2132b..d73da374b 100644
--- a/frontends/sdl2/display.lisp
+++ b/frontends/sdl2/display.lisp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
            :update-display
            :display-width
            :display-height
+           :display-window-width
            :adapt-high-dpi-font-size
            :change-font
            :with-renderer
diff --git a/frontends/sdl2/drawing.lisp b/frontends/sdl2/drawing.lisp
index de69e458e..ae5159e45 100644
--- a/frontends/sdl2/drawing.lisp
+++ b/frontends/sdl2/drawing.lisp
@@ -237,7 +237,14 @@
 (defun redraw-physical-line (display view x y objects height)
   (loop :with current-x := x
         :for object :in objects
-        :do (incf current-x (draw-object object current-x (+ y height) display view))))
+        :do (if (and (typep object 'text-object)
+                     (< (display:display-window-width display)
+                        (+ current-x (object-width object display))))
+                (loop :for c :across (text-object-string object)
+                      :do (let ((object (lem-core::make-letter-object c (text-object-attribute object))))
+                            (incf current-x (draw-object object current-x (+ y height) display view)))
+                      :while (< current-x (display:display-window-width display)))
+                (incf current-x (draw-object object current-x (+ y height) display view)))))
 
 (defun redraw-physical-line-from-behind (display view objects)
   (loop :with current-x := (lem-if:view-width (lem-core:implementation) view)