diff --git a/src/modules/cell.js b/src/modules/cell.js
index 797696b19..5d62ccf5f 100644
--- a/src/modules/cell.js
+++ b/src/modules/cell.js
@@ -193,15 +193,28 @@ import { jsPDF } from "../jspdf.js";
       );
     }
 
-    text = Array.isArray(text) ? text : [text];
+
+    const maxWidth = options.maxWidth
+    if (maxWidth > 0){
+      if (typeof text === 'string'){
+        text = this.splitTextToSize(text, maxWidth)
+      } else if (Object.prototype.toString.call(text) === "[object Array]") {
+        text = this.splitTextToSize(text.join(" "), maxWidth)
+      }
+    } else {
+      // Without the else clause, it will not work if you do not pass along maxWidth 
+      text = Array.isArray(text) ? text : [text];
+    }
+
     for (var i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
       tempWidth = this.getStringUnitWidth(text[i], { font: font }) * fontSize;
       if (width < tempWidth) {
         width = tempWidth;
       }
-      if (width !== 0) {
-        amountOfLines = text.length;
-      }
+    }
+
+    if (width !== 0) {
+      amountOfLines = text.length;
     }
 
     width = width / scaleFactor;
diff --git a/test/specs/cell.spec.js b/test/specs/cell.spec.js
index 01ee2779a..9bb7a4461 100644
--- a/test/specs/cell.spec.js
+++ b/test/specs/cell.spec.js
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ describe("Module: Cell", () => {
     expect(
       doc.getTextDimensions(doc.splitTextToSize("Octocat loves jsPDF", 50)).h
     ).toEqual(71.19999999999999);
+    expect(doc.getTextDimensions("Octocat loves jsPDF").w).toEqual(144.48000000000002);
+    expect(doc.getTextDimensions("Octocat loves jsPDF").h).toEqual(16);
     expect(
-      doc.getTextDimensions(doc.splitTextToSize("Octocat loves jsPDF", 150)).w
+      doc.getTextDimensions("Octocat loves jsPDF", { maxWidth: 150}).w
     ).toEqual(144.48000000000002);
     expect(
-      doc.getTextDimensions(doc.splitTextToSize("Octocat loves jsPDF", 150)).h
+      doc.getTextDimensions("Octocat loves jsPDF", { maxWidth: 150 }).h
     ).toEqual(16);
-    expect(doc.getTextDimensions("Octocat loves jsPDF").w).toEqual(
-      144.48000000000002
-    );
-    expect(doc.getTextDimensions("Octocat loves jsPDF").h).toEqual(16);
+    expect(doc.getTextDimensions("Octocat loves jsPDF", {maxWidth: 100 }).h).toEqual(34.4);
+    expect(doc.getTextDimensions("Octocat loves jsPDF", {maxWidth: 100 }).w).toEqual(96.64000000000001);
     expect(doc.getTextDimensions("").w).toEqual(0);
     expect(doc.getTextDimensions("").h).toEqual(0);
     expect(doc.getTextDimensions([""]).w).toEqual(0);