diff --git a/src/button/button.c b/src/button/button.c
index 4cd8224..68e6131 100644
--- a/src/button/button.c
+++ b/src/button/button.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ void draw_button(void *obj, cairo_t *c)
         PangoLayout *layout = pango_cairo_create_layout(c);
 
         pango_layout_set_font_description(layout, button->backend->font_desc);
-        pango_layout_set_width(layout, button->frontend->textw * PANGO_SCALE);
+        pango_layout_set_width(layout, (button->frontend->textw + 1) * PANGO_SCALE);
         pango_layout_set_alignment(layout, button->backend->centered ? PANGO_ALIGN_CENTER : PANGO_ALIGN_LEFT);
         pango_layout_set_wrap(layout, PANGO_WRAP_WORD_CHAR);
         pango_layout_set_ellipsize(layout, PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_NONE);
diff --git a/src/taskbar/task.c b/src/taskbar/task.c
index f7bc4b0..c5798f0 100644
--- a/src/taskbar/task.c
+++ b/src/taskbar/task.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ void draw_task(void *obj, cairo_t *c)
         pango_layout_set_font_description(layout, panel->g_task.font_desc);
         pango_layout_set_text(layout, task->title, -1);
 
-        pango_layout_set_width(layout, ((Taskbar *)task->area.parent)->text_width * PANGO_SCALE);
+        pango_layout_set_width(layout, (((Taskbar *)task->area.parent)->text_width + 1) * PANGO_SCALE);
         pango_layout_set_height(layout, panel->g_task.text_height * PANGO_SCALE);
         pango_layout_set_wrap(layout, PANGO_WRAP_WORD_CHAR);
         pango_layout_set_ellipsize(layout, PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_END);