diff --git a/lib/Cake/Network/Email/CakeEmail.php b/lib/Cake/Network/Email/CakeEmail.php
index 5ca5dd28d4a..82e4463b3b9 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Network/Email/CakeEmail.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Network/Email/CakeEmail.php
@@ -1254,7 +1254,11 @@ protected function _wrap($message, $wrapLength = CakeEmail::LINE_LENGTH_MUST) {
 				$formatted[] = '';
 				continue;
 			}
-			if (!preg_match('/<[a-z]+.+>/i', $line)) {
+			if (strlen($line) < $wrapLength) {
+				$formatted[] = $line;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (!preg_match('/<[a-z]+.*>/i', $line)) {
 				$formatted = array_merge(
 					$formatted,
 					explode("\n", wordwrap($line, $wrapLength, "\n"))
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php
index b30e2d8a83d..41878f1385a 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php
@@ -1622,58 +1622,6 @@ public function testHeaderEncoding() {
 		$this->assertContains('ってテーブルを作ってやってたらう', $result['message']);
 	}
 
-	public function testWrapLongLine() {
-		$message = '<a href="http://cakephp.org">' . str_repeat('x', CakeEmail::LINE_LENGTH_MUST) . "</a>";
-
-		$this->CakeEmail->reset();
-		$this->CakeEmail->transport('Debug');
-		$this->CakeEmail->from('cake@cakephp.org');
-		$this->CakeEmail->to('cake@cakephp.org');
-		$this->CakeEmail->subject('Wordwrap Test');
-		$this->CakeEmail->config(array('empty'));
-		$result = $this->CakeEmail->send($message);
-		$expected = "<a\r\n" . 'href="http://cakephp.org">' . str_repeat('x', CakeEmail::LINE_LENGTH_MUST) . "\r\n</a>\r\n\r\n";
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result['message']);
-	}
-
-	public function testWrapIncludeTag() {
-		$message = '<a href="http://cakephp.org">CakePHP</a>';
-
-		$this->CakeEmail->reset();
-		$this->CakeEmail->transport('Debug');
-		$this->CakeEmail->from('cake@cakephp.org');
-		$this->CakeEmail->to('cake@cakephp.org');
-		$this->CakeEmail->subject('Wordwrap Test');
-		$this->CakeEmail->config(array('empty'));
-		$result = $this->CakeEmail->send($message);
-		$expected = "{$message}\r\n\r\n";
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result['message']);
-
-		$message = 'foo<bar';
-
-		$result = $this->CakeEmail->send($message);
-		$expected = "{$message}\r\n\r\n";
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result['message']);
-	}
-
-	public function testWrapForJapaneseEncoding() {
-		$this->skipIf(!function_exists('mb_convert_encoding'));
-
-		$message = mb_convert_encoding('受け付けました', 'iso-2022-jp', 'UTF-8');
-
-		$this->CakeEmail->reset();
-		$this->CakeEmail->transport('Debug');
-		$this->CakeEmail->from('cake@cakephp.org');
-		$this->CakeEmail->to('cake@cakephp.org');
-		$this->CakeEmail->subject('Wordwrap Test');
-		$this->CakeEmail->config(array('empty'));
-		$this->CakeEmail->charset('iso-2022-jp');
-		$this->CakeEmail->headerCharset('iso-2022-jp');
-		$result = $this->CakeEmail->send($message);
-		$expected = "{$message}\r\n\r\n";
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result['message']);
-	}
-
 /**
  * Tests that the body is encoded using the configured charset
  *
@@ -1918,4 +1866,72 @@ protected function _getEmailByNewStyleCharset($charset, $headerCharset) {
 		return $email;
 	}
 
+	public function testWrapLongLine() {
+		$message = '<a href="http://cakephp.org">' . str_repeat('x', CakeEmail::LINE_LENGTH_MUST) . "</a>";
+
+		$this->CakeEmail->reset();
+		$this->CakeEmail->transport('Debug');
+		$this->CakeEmail->from('cake@cakephp.org');
+		$this->CakeEmail->to('cake@cakephp.org');
+		$this->CakeEmail->subject('Wordwrap Test');
+		$this->CakeEmail->config(array('empty'));
+		$result = $this->CakeEmail->send($message);
+		$expected = "<a\r\n" . 'href="http://cakephp.org">' . str_repeat('x', CakeEmail::LINE_LENGTH_MUST) . "\r\n</a>\r\n\r\n";
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result['message']);
+
+		$str1 = "a ";
+		$str2 = " b";
+		$len = strlen($str1) + strlen($str2);
+		$message = $str1 . str_repeat('x', CakeEmail::LINE_LENGTH_MUST - $len - 1) . $str2;
+
+		$result = $this->CakeEmail->send($message);
+		$expected = "{$message}\r\n\r\n";
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result['message']);
+
+		$message = $str1 . str_repeat('x', CakeEmail::LINE_LENGTH_MUST - $len) . $str2;
+
+		$result = $this->CakeEmail->send($message);
+		$expected = "{$message}\r\n\r\n";
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result['message']);
+
+		$message = $str1 . str_repeat('x', CakeEmail::LINE_LENGTH_MUST - $len + 1) . $str2;
+
+		$result = $this->CakeEmail->send($message);
+		$expected = $str1 . str_repeat('x', CakeEmail::LINE_LENGTH_MUST - $len + 1) . sprintf("\r\n%s\r\n\r\n", trim($str2));
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result['message']);
+	}
+
+	public function testWrapIncludeLessThanSign() {
+		$str = 'foo<bar';
+		$len = strlen($str);
+		$message = $str . str_repeat('x', CakeEmail::LINE_LENGTH_MUST - $len + 1);
+
+		$this->CakeEmail->reset();
+		$this->CakeEmail->transport('Debug');
+		$this->CakeEmail->from('cake@cakephp.org');
+		$this->CakeEmail->to('cake@cakephp.org');
+		$this->CakeEmail->subject('Wordwrap Test');
+		$this->CakeEmail->config(array('empty'));
+		$result = $this->CakeEmail->send($message);
+		$expected = "{$message}\r\n\r\n";
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result['message']);
+	}
+
+	public function testWrapForJapaneseEncoding() {
+		$this->skipIf(!function_exists('mb_convert_encoding'));
+
+		$message = mb_convert_encoding('受け付けました', 'iso-2022-jp', 'UTF-8');
+
+		$this->CakeEmail->reset();
+		$this->CakeEmail->transport('Debug');
+		$this->CakeEmail->from('cake@cakephp.org');
+		$this->CakeEmail->to('cake@cakephp.org');
+		$this->CakeEmail->subject('Wordwrap Test');
+		$this->CakeEmail->config(array('empty'));
+		$this->CakeEmail->charset('iso-2022-jp');
+		$this->CakeEmail->headerCharset('iso-2022-jp');
+		$result = $this->CakeEmail->send($message);
+		$expected = "{$message}\r\n\r\n";
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result['message']);
+	}
 }