diff --git a/ckan/public/base/less/prose.less b/ckan/public/base/less/prose.less
index c3846d7db27..315668a0227 100644
--- a/ckan/public/base/less/prose.less
+++ b/ckan/public/base/less/prose.less
@@ -68,3 +68,9 @@
             border-bottom-right-radius: @radius;
   }
 }
+
+.ellipsis {
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
diff --git a/ckan/templates/package/resource_read.html b/ckan/templates/package/resource_read.html
index 80156ff93dd..6e607ea3407 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/package/resource_read.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/package/resource_read.html
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
           {% block resource_read_title %}<h1 class="page-heading">{{ h.resource_display_name(res) | truncate(50) }}</h1>{% endblock %}
           {% block resource_read_url %}
             {% if res.url %}
-              <p class="muted">{{ _('URL:') }} <a href="{{ res.url }}">{{ res.url }}</a></p>
+              <p class="muted ellipsis">{{ _('URL:') }} <a href="{{ res.url }}" title="{{ res.url }}">{{ res.url }}</a></p>
             {% endif %}
           {% endblock %}
           <div class="prose notes" property="rdfs:label">