diff --git a/inc/config.php b/inc/config.php
index f4ee021c..050e8df8 100644
--- a/inc/config.php
+++ b/inc/config.php
@@ -900,6 +900,9 @@
     // Number of reports you can create at once.
     $config['report_limit'] = 3;
 
+    // Maximum character length of report.
+    $config['report_max_length'] = 50;
+
     // Allow unfiltered HTML in board subtitle. This is useful for placing icons and links.
     $config['allow_subtitle_html'] = false;
 
@@ -1148,6 +1151,7 @@
     $config['error']['nodelete']        = _('You didn\'t select anything to delete.');
     $config['error']['nodeletethread']  = _('You are not allowed to delete threads.');
     $config['error']['noreport']        = _('You didn\'t select anything to report.');
+ 	$config['error']['toolongreport']	= _('The reason was too long.');
     $config['error']['toomanyreports']  = _('You can\'t report that many posts at once.');
     $config['error']['invalidpassword'] = _('Wrong password…');
     $config['error']['invalidimg']      = _('Invalid image.');
diff --git a/post.php b/post.php
index 38270c17..5a2fa32e 100644
--- a/post.php
+++ b/post.php
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ function handle_report(){
     if (empty($report))
         error($config['error']['noreport']);
     
+    if (strlen($_POST['reason']) > $config['report_max_length'])
+        error($config['error']['reporttoolong']);
+    
     if (count($report) > $config['report_limit'])
         error($config['error']['toomanyreports']);
 
diff --git a/templates/report_delete.html b/templates/report_delete.html
index b51534bf..453f9034 100644
--- a/templates/report_delete.html
+++ b/templates/report_delete.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	
 	<div id="report-fields">
 		<label for="reason">{% trans %}Reason{% endtrans %}</label> 
-		<input id="reason" type="text" name="reason" size="20" maxlength="100" />
+		<input id="reason" type="text" name="reason" size="20" maxlength="{{ config.report_max_length }}" />
 		<input type="submit" name="report" value="{% trans %}Report{% endtrans %}" />
 	</div>
 </div>