diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 73b69b76ba..7d45d9888a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2006-01-08  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
+	* gtk/gtklabel.c (get_layout_location): Fix label alignment 
+	when width-chars is set.  (#326098, Benjamin Otte)
+
 	* gdk/gdkregion-generic.c (miRegionCopy): Fix this for the 
 	single-rectangle case.  (#326127, Benjamin Berg)
 	(gdk_region_copy): Use miRegionCopy() here.
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
index 73b69b76ba..7d45d9888a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2006-01-08  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
+	* gtk/gtklabel.c (get_layout_location): Fix label alignment 
+	when width-chars is set.  (#326098, Benjamin Otte)
+
 	* gdk/gdkregion-generic.c (miRegionCopy): Fix this for the 
 	single-rectangle case.  (#326127, Benjamin Berg)
 	(gdk_region_copy): Use miRegionCopy() here.
diff --git a/gtk/gtklabel.c b/gtk/gtklabel.c
index 269d859767..2c5509c311 100644
--- a/gtk/gtklabel.c
+++ b/gtk/gtklabel.c
@@ -2191,19 +2191,21 @@ get_layout_location (GtkLabel  *label,
                      gint      *yp)
 {
   GtkMisc *misc;
-  GtkWidget *widget;
+  GtkWidget *widget; 
+  GtkLabelPrivate *priv;
   gfloat xalign;
   gint req_width, x, y;
   
   misc = GTK_MISC (label);
   widget = GTK_WIDGET (label);
-  
+  priv = GTK_LABEL_GET_PRIVATE (label);
+
   if (gtk_widget_get_direction (widget) == GTK_TEXT_DIR_LTR)
     xalign = misc->xalign;
   else
     xalign = 1.0 - misc->xalign;
 
-  if (label->ellipsize)
+  if (label->ellipsize || priv->width_chars > 0)
     {
       PangoRectangle ink_rect;