diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/RST.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/RST.hs
index ea7c04e9b20d..f27e06fcef45 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/RST.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/RST.hs
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ simpleTable opts blocksToDoc headers rows = do
       numChars xs = maximum . map offset $ xs
   let colWidths = map numChars $ transpose (headerDocs : rowDocs)
   let toRow = hsep . zipWith lblock colWidths
-  let hline = hsep (map (\n -> text (replicate n '=')) colWidths)
+  let hline = nowrap $ hsep (map (\n -> text (replicate n '=')) colWidths)
   let hdr = if all null headers
                then mempty
                else hline $$ toRow headerDocs
diff --git a/test/command/5128.md b/test/command/5128.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2ab051c04fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/5128.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+```
+pandoc -f org -t rst
+| Option | Meaning                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
+|--------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| =<=    | Left alignment, additional characters are added to the right (default for string).                                                                                                                         |
+| =>=     | Right alignment, additional characters are added to the left.                                                                                                                                              |
+| =^=     | Centered , the same amount of characters is added to the left and the right.                                                                                                                               |
+| ===      | Padding. If a numeric value is printed with a sign, then additional characters are added after the sign. Otherwise it behaves like "=>=". This option is only available for numbers (default for numbers). |
+^D
+====== ============================================================================================================================================================================================================
+Option Meaning
+====== ============================================================================================================================================================================================================
+``<``  Left alignment, additional characters are added to the right (default for string).
+``>``  Right alignment, additional characters are added to the left.
+``^``  Centered , the same amount of characters is added to the left and the right.
+``=``  Padding. If a numeric value is printed with a sign, then additional characters are added after the sign. Otherwise it behaves like "``>``". This option is only available for numbers (default for numbers).
+====== ============================================================================================================================================================================================================
+```