diff --git a/.config/aerc/aerc.conf b/.config/aerc/aerc.conf
index 9cf85cb0..0f0a0c28 100644
--- a/.config/aerc/aerc.conf
+++ b/.config/aerc/aerc.conf
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ text/html=pandoc -f markdown -t html --standalone
 # against (non-case-sensitive) and a comma, e.g. subject,text will match a
 # subject which contains "text". Use header,~regex to match against a regex.
 #
-text/plain=colorize
+text/plain=wrap -w 80 | colorize
 text/calendar=calendar
 message/delivery-status=colorize
 message/rfc822=colorize