diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.cpp
index a446266d9..4ff6b0c89 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ namespace MWGui
 
         getWidget(mLoadingText, "LoadingText");
         getWidget(mProgressBar, "ProgressBar");
+        getWidget(mLoadingBox, "LoadingBox");
 
         mProgressBar->setScrollViewPage(1);
 
@@ -46,6 +47,11 @@ namespace MWGui
     void LoadingScreen::setLabel(const std::string &label)
     {
         mLoadingText->setCaptionWithReplacing(label);
+        int padding = mLoadingBox->getWidth() - mLoadingText->getWidth();
+        MyGUI::IntSize size(mLoadingText->getTextSize().width+padding, mLoadingBox->getHeight());
+        size.width = std::max(300, size.width);
+        mLoadingBox->setSize(size);
+        mLoadingBox->setPosition(mMainWidget->getWidth()/2 - mLoadingBox->getWidth()/2, mLoadingBox->getTop());
     }
 
     LoadingScreen::~LoadingScreen()
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.hpp
index 310a6df3c..892710433 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.hpp
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ namespace MWGui
 
         size_t mProgress;
 
+        MyGUI::Widget* mLoadingBox;
+
         MyGUI::TextBox* mLoadingText;
         MyGUI::ScrollBar* mProgressBar;
         BackgroundImage* mBackgroundImage;
diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_loading_screen.layout b/files/mygui/openmw_loading_screen.layout
index 49ee0a1de..8a1514f84 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_loading_screen.layout
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_loading_screen.layout
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
     <!-- The entire screen -->
     <Widget type="Widget" layer="LoadingScreen" position="0 0 300 300" name="_Main" align="Stretch">
 
-        <Widget type="Widget" skin="MW_Dialog" position="0 245 300 48" align="Bottom HCenter">
+        <Widget type="Widget" skin="MW_Dialog" position="0 245 300 48" align="Bottom HCenter" name="LoadingBox">
 
-            <Widget type="TextBox" skin="SandText" position="20 8 260 18" name="LoadingText">
+            <Widget type="TextBox" skin="SandText" position="20 8 260 18" align="Stretch" name="LoadingText">
                 <Property key="TextAlign" value="Center"/>
             </Widget>