diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/textcell.js b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/textcell.js
index 7c2d9bc..96230d6 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/textcell.js
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/textcell.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
             theme: 'default',
             value: this.placeholder,
             readOnly: this.read_only,
+            lineWrapping : true,
             onKeyEvent: $.proxy(this.handle_codemirror_keyevent,this)
         });
         // The tabindex=-1 makes this div focusable.