diff --git a/spec/bb-spec.js b/spec/bb-spec.js
index 8a60cea97..9c361b70c 100644
--- a/spec/bb-spec.js
+++ b/spec/bb-spec.js
@@ -24,4 +24,33 @@ describe("Interface & initialization", () => {
 		expect(chart).not.to.be.null;
 		expect(chart.internal.svg.node().tagName).to.be.equal("svg");
 	});
+
+	it("should resize correctly in flex container", done => {
+		// set flex container
+		document.body.innerHTML = '<div style="display:flex"><div style="display:block;flex-basis:0;flex-grow:1;flex-shrink:1"><div id="flex-container"></div></div></div>';
+		const chart = bb.generate({
+			bindto: "#flex-container",
+			data: {
+				columns: [
+					["data1", 30, 200, 100, 400],
+					["data2", 500, 800, 500, 2000]
+				]
+			}
+		});
+
+		const chartWidth = +chart.internal.svg.attr("width");
+		const diff = 50;
+
+		// shrink width & resize
+		document.body.style.width = `${document.body.offsetWidth - diff}px`;
+		chart.internal.resizeFunction();
+
+		setTimeout(() => {
+			expect(+chart.internal.svg.attr("width")).to.be.equal(chartWidth - diff);
+
+			// reset the body
+			document.body.innerHTML = "";
+			done();
+		}, 100);
+	});
 });
diff --git a/src/internals/size.js b/src/internals/size.js
index 44f22b797..26d5371df 100644
--- a/src/internals/size.js
+++ b/src/internals/size.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 import ChartInternal from "./ChartInternal";
 import CLASS from "../config/classes";
-import {isValue, ceil10, extend} from "./util";
+import {isValue, ceil10, extend, capitalize} from "./util";
 
 extend(ChartInternal.prototype, {
 	getCurrentWidth() {
@@ -85,28 +85,38 @@ extend(ChartInternal.prototype, {
 		return paddingRight;
 	},
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the parent rect element's size
+	 * @param {String} key property/attribute name
+	 * @private
+	 */
 	getParentRectValue(key) {
+		const offsetName = `offset${capitalize(key)}`;
 		let parent = this.selectChart.node();
 		let v;
 
-		while (parent && parent.tagName !== "BODY") {
+		while (!v && parent && parent.tagName !== "BODY") {
 			try {
 				v = parent.getBoundingClientRect()[key];
 			} catch (e) {
-				if (key === "width") {
+				if (offsetName in parent) {
 					// In IE in certain cases getBoundingClientRect
 					// will cause an "unspecified error"
-					v = parent.offsetWidth;
+					v = parent[offsetName];
 				}
 			}
 
-			if (v) {
-				break;
-			}
-
 			parent = parent.parentNode;
 		}
 
+		if (key === "width") {
+			// Sometimes element's width value is incorrect(ex. flex container)
+			// In this case, use body's offsetWidth instead.
+			const bodyWidth = document.body.offsetWidth;
+
+			v > bodyWidth && (v = bodyWidth);
+		}
+
 		return v;
 	},
 
diff --git a/src/internals/util.js b/src/internals/util.js
index 4c6896312..87edba1a8 100644
--- a/src/internals/util.js
+++ b/src/internals/util.js
@@ -170,9 +170,16 @@ function removeEvent(element, type, handler) {
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * Return first letter capitalized
+ * @param {String} str
+ * @private
+ */
+const capitalize = str => str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1);
+
 /**
  * Check if is array
- * @param arr *
+ * @param {Array} arr
  * @returns {Boolean}
  * @private
  */
@@ -245,6 +252,7 @@ export {
 	removeEvent,
 	getRectSegList,
 	merge,
+	capitalize,
 	isArray,
 	isObject
 };