diff --git a/pretty.c b/pretty.c
index e1d8a8f414bf052a59fbe78d022e611f44ed8361..ba95de92cd66f9ba24d84e706b013d2679ef554a 100644
--- a/pretty.c
+++ b/pretty.c
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ void pp_user_info(const char *what, enum cmit_fmt fmt, struct strbuf *sb,
 	if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL) {
 		char *name_tail = strchr(line, '<');
 		int display_name_length;
+		int final_line;
 		if (!name_tail)
 			return;
 		while (line < name_tail && isspace(name_tail[-1]))
@@ -294,6 +295,14 @@ void pp_user_info(const char *what, enum cmit_fmt fmt, struct strbuf *sb,
 		display_name_length = name_tail - line;
 		strbuf_addstr(sb, "From: ");
 		add_rfc2047(sb, line, display_name_length, encoding);
+		for (final_line = 0; final_line < sb->len; final_line++)
+			if (sb->buf[sb->len - final_line - 1] == '\n')
+				break;
+		if (namelen - display_name_length + final_line > 78) {
+			strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
+			if (!isspace(name_tail[0]))
+				strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
+		}
 		strbuf_add(sb, name_tail, namelen - display_name_length);
 		strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
 	} else {
diff --git a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
index 37a4109c979d4ae27c0b625fab70eeee0d9a3dde..a7060b75be60fd5d16128274e15344c6333de76f 100755
--- a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
+++ b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
@@ -793,4 +793,19 @@ test_expect_success 'format-patch wraps extremely long headers (rfc2047)' '
 	test_cmp expect subject
 '
 
+M8="foo_bar_"
+M64=$M8$M8$M8$M8$M8$M8$M8$M8
+cat >expect <<EOF
+From: $M64
+ <foobar@foo.bar>
+EOF
+test_expect_success 'format-patch wraps non-quotable headers' '
+	rm -rf patches/ &&
+	echo content >>file &&
+	git add file &&
+	git commit -mfoo --author "$M64 <foobar@foo.bar>" &&
+	git format-patch --stdout -1 >patch &&
+	sed -n "/^From: /p; /^ /p; /^$/q" <patch >from &&
+	test_cmp expect from
+'
 test_done