diff --git a/src/controllers/controller.bar.js b/src/controllers/controller.bar.js
index 9574ed2e37d..d0761f5b4cd 100644
--- a/src/controllers/controller.bar.js
+++ b/src/controllers/controller.bar.js
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ module.exports = function(Chart) {
 			var categoryWidth = tickWidth * xScale.options.categoryPercentage;
 			var categorySpacing = (tickWidth - (tickWidth * xScale.options.categoryPercentage)) / 2;
 			var fullBarWidth = categoryWidth / datasetCount;
+			
+			if (xScale.ticks.length !== this.chart.data.labels.length) {
+			    var perc = xScale.ticks.length / this.chart.data.labels.length;
+			    fullBarWidth = fullBarWidth * perc;
+			}
+			
 			var barWidth = fullBarWidth * xScale.options.barPercentage;
 			var barSpacing = fullBarWidth - (fullBarWidth * xScale.options.barPercentage);