diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index acaa6612c..4ee660837 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 CHANGELOG Roundcube Webmail
 ===========================
 
+- Increase maxlength to 254 chars for email input fields in addressbook (#1488987)
 - Fix thumbnail size when GD extension is used for image resize (#1488985)
 - Display notice that message is encrypted also for application/pkcs7-mime messages (#1488526)
 
diff --git a/program/steps/addressbook/func.inc b/program/steps/addressbook/func.inc
index aad849f1c..5f6a9671c 100644
--- a/program/steps/addressbook/func.inc
+++ b/program/steps/addressbook/func.inc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ $CONTACT_COLTYPES = array(
   'name'         => array('type' => 'text', 'size' => 40, 'maxlength' => 50, 'limit' => 1, 'label' => rcube_label('name'), 'category' => 'main'),
   'firstname'    => array('type' => 'text', 'size' => 19, 'maxlength' => 50, 'limit' => 1, 'label' => rcube_label('firstname'), 'category' => 'main'),
   'surname'      => array('type' => 'text', 'size' => 19, 'maxlength' => 50, 'limit' => 1, 'label' => rcube_label('surname'), 'category' => 'main'),
-  'email'        => array('type' => 'text', 'size' => 40, 'maxlength' => 50, 'label' => rcube_label('email'), 'subtypes' => array('home','work','other'), 'category' => 'main'),
+  'email'        => array('type' => 'text', 'size' => 40, 'maxlength' => 254, 'label' => rcube_label('email'), 'subtypes' => array('home','work','other'), 'category' => 'main'),
   'middlename'   => array('type' => 'text', 'size' => 19, 'maxlength' => 50, 'limit' => 1, 'label' => rcube_label('middlename'), 'category' => 'main'),
   'prefix'       => array('type' => 'text', 'size' => 8,  'maxlength' => 20, 'limit' => 1, 'label' => rcube_label('nameprefix'), 'category' => 'main'),
   'suffix'       => array('type' => 'text', 'size' => 8,  'maxlength' => 20, 'limit' => 1, 'label' => rcube_label('namesuffix'), 'category' => 'main'),