diff --git a/engines/kyra/gui_lok.cpp b/engines/kyra/gui_lok.cpp
index eac82ec2c544..4153edc29d89 100644
--- a/engines/kyra/gui_lok.cpp
+++ b/engines/kyra/gui_lok.cpp
@@ -576,6 +576,15 @@ void GUI_LoK::setupSavegames(Menu &menu, int num) {
 		if ((in = _vm->openSaveForReading(_vm->getSavegameFilename(_saveSlots[i + _savegameOffset]), header))) {
 			Common::strlcpy(_savegameNames[i], header.description.c_str(), ARRAYSIZE(_savegameNames[0]));
 
+			// Trim long GMM save descriptions to fit our save slots
+			_screen->_charWidth = -2;
+			int fC = _screen->getTextWidth(_savegameNames[i]);
+			while (strlen(_savegameNames[i]) && (fC > 240 || strlen(_savegameNames[i]) >= ARRAYSIZE(_savegameNames[0]))) {
+				_savegameNames[i][strlen(_savegameNames[i]) - 1]  = 0;
+				fC = _screen->getTextWidth(_savegameNames[i]);
+			}
+			_screen->_charWidth = 0;
+
 			Util::convertISOToDOS(_savegameNames[i]);
 
 			menu.item[i].itemString = _savegameNames[i];
@@ -693,12 +702,15 @@ void GUI_LoK::updateSavegameString() {
 
 	if (_keyPressed.keycode) {
 		length = strlen(_savegameName);
+		_screen->_charWidth = -2;
+		int width = _screen->getTextWidth(_savegameName) + 7;
+		_screen->_charWidth = 0;
 
 		char inputKey = _keyPressed.ascii;
 		Util::convertISOToDOS(inputKey);
 
 		if ((uint8)inputKey > 31 && (uint8)inputKey < (_vm->gameFlags().lang == Common::JA_JPN ? 128 : 226)) {
-			if (length < ARRAYSIZE(_savegameName)-1) {
+			if ((length < ARRAYSIZE(_savegameName)-1) && (width <= 240)) {
 				_savegameName[length] = inputKey;
 				_savegameName[length+1] = 0;
 				redrawTextfield();
diff --git a/engines/kyra/gui_lol.cpp b/engines/kyra/gui_lol.cpp
index fb11040168fa..531079bc98b5 100644
--- a/engines/kyra/gui_lol.cpp
+++ b/engines/kyra/gui_lol.cpp
@@ -2572,9 +2572,19 @@ void GUI_LoL::setupSaveMenuSlots(Menu &menu, int num) {
 		slotOffs = 1;
 	}
 
+	int saveSlotMaxLen = ((_screen->getScreenDim(8))->w << 3)  - _screen->getCharWidth('W');	
+			
 	for (int i = startSlot; i < num && _savegameOffset + i - slotOffs < _savegameListSize; ++i) {
 		if (_savegameList[_saveSlots[i + _savegameOffset - slotOffs]]) {
 			Common::strlcpy(s, _savegameList[_saveSlots[i + _savegameOffset - slotOffs]], 80);
+
+			// Trim long GMM save descriptions to fit our save slots
+			int fC = _screen->getTextWidth(s);
+			while (strlen(s) && fC >= saveSlotMaxLen) {
+				s[strlen(s) - 1]  = 0;
+				fC = _screen->getTextWidth(s);
+			}
+
 			menu.item[i].itemString = s;
 			s += (strlen(s) + 1);
 			menu.item[i].saveSlot = _saveSlots[i + _savegameOffset - slotOffs];
diff --git a/engines/kyra/gui_v2.cpp b/engines/kyra/gui_v2.cpp
index 0b82df8cd5b5..f086ef368f38 100644
--- a/engines/kyra/gui_v2.cpp
+++ b/engines/kyra/gui_v2.cpp
@@ -457,6 +457,15 @@ void GUI_v2::setupSavegameNames(Menu &menu, int num) {
 			Common::strlcpy(s, header.description.c_str(), 80);
 			Util::convertISOToDOS(s);
 
+			// Trim long GMM save descriptions to fit our save slots
+			_screen->_charWidth = -2;
+			int fC = _screen->getTextWidth(s);
+			while (strlen(s) && fC > 240) {
+				s[strlen(s) - 1]  = 0;
+				fC = _screen->getTextWidth(s);
+			}
+			_screen->_charWidth = 0;
+
 			menu.item[i].saveSlot = _saveSlots[i + _savegameOffset];
 			menu.item[i].enabled = true;
 			delete in;