diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 6b9408fdd9..d34efd5218 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
 	or 80 columns if not connected to a terminal, and can be
 	overriden by `<width>`. The width of the filename part can be
 	limited by giving another width `<name-width>` after a comma.
+	The width of the graph part can be limited by using
+	`--stat-graph-width=<width>`.
 	By giving a third parameter `<count>`, you can limit the
 	output to the first `<count>` lines, followed by `...` if
 	there are more.
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 1656310ddc..8f2abc8fe4 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -1375,13 +1375,15 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t *data, struct diff_options *options)
 	/*
 	 * We have width = stat_width or term_columns() columns total.
 	 * We want a maximum of min(max_len, stat_name_width) for the name part.
+	 * We want a maximum of min(max_change, stat_graph_width) for the +- part.
 	 * We also need 1 for " " and 4 + decimal_width(max_change)
 	 * for " | NNNN " and one the empty column at the end, altogether
 	 * 6 + decimal_width(max_change).
 	 *
 	 * If there's not enough space, we will use the smaller of
 	 * stat_name_width (if set) and 5/8*width for the filename,
-	 * and the rest for constant elements + graph part.
+	 * and the rest for constant elements + graph part, but no more
+	 * than stat_graph_width for the graph part.
 	 * (5/8 gives 50 for filename and 30 for the constant parts + graph
 	 * for the standard terminal size).
 	 *
@@ -1406,7 +1408,9 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t *data, struct diff_options *options)
 	/*
 	 * First assign sizes that are wanted, ignoring available width.
 	 */
-	graph_width = max_change;
+	graph_width = (options->stat_graph_width &&
+		       options->stat_graph_width < max_change) ?
+		options->stat_graph_width : max_change;
 	name_width = (options->stat_name_width > 0 &&
 		      options->stat_name_width < max_len) ?
 		options->stat_name_width : max_len;
@@ -1417,6 +1421,9 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t *data, struct diff_options *options)
 	if (name_width + number_width + 6 + graph_width > width) {
 		if (graph_width > width * 3/8 - number_width - 6)
 			graph_width = width * 3/8 - number_width - 6;
+		if (options->stat_graph_width &&
+		    graph_width > options->stat_graph_width)
+			graph_width = options->stat_graph_width;
 		if (name_width > width - number_width - 6 - graph_width)
 			name_width = width - number_width - 6 - graph_width;
 		else
@@ -3289,6 +3296,7 @@ static int stat_opt(struct diff_options *options, const char **av)
 	char *end;
 	int width = options->stat_width;
 	int name_width = options->stat_name_width;
+	int graph_width = options->stat_graph_width;
 	int count = options->stat_count;
 	int argcount = 1;
 
@@ -3317,6 +3325,16 @@ static int stat_opt(struct diff_options *options, const char **av)
 				name_width = strtoul(av[1], &end, 10);
 				argcount = 2;
 			}
+		} else if (!prefixcmp(arg, "-graph-width")) {
+			arg += strlen("-graph-width");
+			if (*arg == '=')
+				graph_width = strtoul(arg + 1, &end, 10);
+			else if (!*arg && !av[1])
+				die("Option '--stat-graph-width' requires a value");
+			else if (!*arg) {
+				graph_width = strtoul(av[1], &end, 10);
+				argcount = 2;
+			}
 		} else if (!prefixcmp(arg, "-count")) {
 			arg += strlen("-count");
 			if (*arg == '=')
@@ -3342,6 +3360,7 @@ static int stat_opt(struct diff_options *options, const char **av)
 		return 0;
 	options->output_format |= DIFF_FORMAT_DIFFSTAT;
 	options->stat_name_width = name_width;
+	options->stat_graph_width = graph_width;
 	options->stat_width = width;
 	options->stat_count = count;
 	return argcount;
diff --git a/diff.h b/diff.h
index ae71f4ccf9..2021a1dfe6 100644
--- a/diff.h
+++ b/diff.h
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ struct diff_options {
 
 	int stat_width;
 	int stat_name_width;
+	int stat_graph_width;
 	int stat_count;
 	const char *word_regex;
 	enum diff_words_type word_diff;
diff --git a/t/t4052-stat-output.sh b/t/t4052-stat-output.sh
index 9a8f62dde3..3d823af38f 100755
--- a/t/t4052-stat-output.sh
+++ b/t/t4052-stat-output.sh
@@ -136,6 +136,12 @@ do
 		grep " | " output >actual &&
 		test_cmp expect actual
 	'
+
+	test_expect_success "$cmd --stat-graph--width with big change" '
+		git $cmd $args --stat-graph-width=26 >output
+		grep " | " output >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	'
 done <<\EOF
 format-patch -1 --stdout
 diff HEAD^ HEAD --stat