diff --git a/core/modules/path/path.admin.inc b/core/modules/path/path.admin.inc
index d45ba59a4fc..a45565ad1c9 100644
--- a/core/modules/path/path.admin.inc
+++ b/core/modules/path/path.admin.inc
@@ -42,8 +42,13 @@ function path_admin_overview($keys = NULL) {
   $destination = drupal_get_destination();
   foreach ($result as $data) {
     $row = array();
-    $row['data']['alias'] = l($data->alias, $data->source);
-    $row['data']['source'] = l($data->source, $data->source, array('alias' => TRUE));
+    $row['data']['alias'] = l(truncate_utf8($data->alias, 50, FALSE, TRUE), $data->source, array(
+      'attributes' => array('title' => $data->alias),
+    ));
+    $row['data']['source'] = l(truncate_utf8($data->source, 50, FALSE, TRUE), $data->source, array(
+      'alias' => TRUE,
+      'attributes' => array('title' => $data->source),
+    ));
     if ($multilanguage) {
       $row['data']['language_name'] = language_name($data->langcode);
     }
diff --git a/core/modules/path/path.test b/core/modules/path/path.test
index 0066071d0f4..7150e617f53 100644
--- a/core/modules/path/path.test
+++ b/core/modules/path/path.test
@@ -128,6 +128,18 @@ class PathAliasTestCase extends PathTestCase {
     $this->drupalGet($edit['alias']);
     $this->assertNoText($node1->title, 'Alias was successfully deleted.');
     $this->assertResponse(404);
+
+    // Create a really long alias.
+    $edit = array();
+    $edit['source'] = 'node/' . $node1->nid;
+    $alias = $this->randomName(128);
+    $edit['alias'] = $alias;
+    // The alias is shortened to 50 characters counting the elipsis.
+    $truncated_alias = substr($alias, 0, 47);
+    $this->drupalPost('admin/config/search/path/add', $edit, t('Save'));
+    $this->assertNoText($alias, 'The untruncated alias was not found.');
+    // The 'truncated' alias will always be found.
+    $this->assertText($truncated_alias, 'The truncated alias was found.');
   }
 
   /**