diff --git a/plugins/TwitterBridge/twitter.php b/plugins/TwitterBridge/twitter.php
index 33dfb788bf..6944a1ace0 100644
--- a/plugins/TwitterBridge/twitter.php
+++ b/plugins/TwitterBridge/twitter.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 /*
  * StatusNet - the distributed open-source microblogging tool
- * Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, StatusNet, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2010 StatusNet, Inc.
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
@@ -295,8 +295,17 @@ function format_status($notice)
     $statustxt = preg_replace('/^@/', ' @', $notice->content);
 
     // Convert !groups to #hashes
+
+    // XXX: Make this an optional setting?
+
     $statustxt = preg_replace('/(^|\s)!([A-Za-z0-9]{1,64})/', "\\1#\\2", $statustxt);
 
+    if (mb_strlen($statustxt) > 140) {
+        $noticeUrl = common_shorten_url($notice->uri);
+        $urlLen = mb_strlen($noticeUrl);
+        $statustxt = mb_substr($statustxt, 0, 140 - ($urlLen + 3)) . ' … ' . $noticeUrl;
+    }
+
     return $statustxt;
 }