diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4a4a3b19fce8928af05a57c10fabe7c96e56a16d..9a6ccaab955ae7afe240e6bc552c568130272540 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ version 0.9.7 -- UNRELEASED
 	 . add 'when = manual' option, that can be used in the global config
 	   file or in a given backup action file. Thanks Tuomas Jormola for the
 	   preliminary patch (Closes: #511299)
+    lib changes
+	easydialog:
+	 . Allow form fields input to grow up to 100 chars (Closes: #562249)
     handler changes
 	ldap:
 	 . Use gzip's --rsyncable option.
diff --git a/lib/easydialog.in b/lib/easydialog.in
index c41e6f72dceba7c92087b626ed9945c2a41e0752..6b41e1beec2947b7abab199a9137b2c748f8a78b 100644
--- a/lib/easydialog.in
+++ b/lib/easydialog.in
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ formDisplay() {
       for ((i=0; i < $_form_items ; i++)); do
          label=${_form_labels[$i]}
          text=${_form_text[$i]}
-         echo -n -e " $label $xpos 1 '$text' $xpos $max_length 30 30"
+         echo -n -e " $label $xpos 1 '$text' $xpos $max_length 30 100"
          let "xpos += _form_gap"
       done
    ) | xargs $DIALOG 2> $temp