diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index a97e71cd97..dc59ab317d 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ XX (2017-XX-XX)
 - Add support for updating configuration options from environment variables.
 - Add purgelocks management command. GitLab issue #221.
 - Fix index rebuilding for multi value first levels. GitLab issue #391. 
+- Truncate views titles via the APPEARANCE_MAXIMUM_TITLE_LENGTH setting. GitLab issue #217.
 
 2.3 (2017-06-08)
 ================
diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/literals.py b/mayan/apps/appearance/literals.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6266e3e975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/literals.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_TITLE_LENGTH = 80
diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/settings.py b/mayan/apps/appearance/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94c73d2a57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+
+from smart_settings import Namespace
+
+from .literals import DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_TITLE_LENGTH
+
+namespace = Namespace(name='appearance', label=_('Appearance'))
+setting_max_title_length = namespace.add_setting(
+    global_name='APPEARANCE_MAXIMUM_TITLE_LENGTH',
+    default=DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_TITLE_LENGTH
+)
diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/calculate_form_title.html b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/calculate_form_title.html
index da6f1c075a..ac3bf0dded 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/calculate_form_title.html
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/calculate_form_title.html
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 {% load i18n %}
 
+{% load smart_settings_tags %}
+
+{% smart_setting 'APPEARANCE_MAXIMUM_TITLE_LENGTH' as maximum_title_length %}
+
 {% if title %}
-    {{ title }}
+    {{ title|truncatechars:maximum_title_length }}
 {% else %}
     {% if read_only %}
         {% blocktrans %}Details for: {{ object }}{% endblocktrans %}
diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_list.html b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_list.html
index f728ac1b80..521e455e26 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_list.html
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/generic_list.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 {% block content %}
     {% if title %}
-        <h3>{{ title }}</h3>
+        <h3>{% include 'appearance/calculate_form_title.html' %}</h3>
         <hr>
     {% endif %}