diff --git a/components/lua_ui/textedit.cpp b/components/lua_ui/textedit.cpp
index a8c19fa8fd..e12bd20c35 100644
--- a/components/lua_ui/textedit.cpp
+++ b/components/lua_ui/textedit.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace LuaUi
     {
         mEditBox = createWidget<MyGUI::EditBox>("LuaTextEdit", MyGUI::IntCoord(0, 0, 0, 0), MyGUI::Align::Default);
         mEditBox->eventEditTextChange += MyGUI::newDelegate(this, &LuaTextEdit::textChange);
+        mEditBox->setMaxTextLength(std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max());
         registerEvents(mEditBox);
         WidgetExtension::initialize();
     }