diff --git a/app/views/posts/template_field/_text_area.haml b/app/views/posts/template_field/_text_area.haml
index 3ab02f3f..7f8e3a03 100644
--- a/app/views/posts/template_field/_text_area.haml
+++ b/app/views/posts/template_field/_text_area.haml
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 = text_area_tag field_name_for_post_as_string(name), value,
-  class: 'form-control', required: template.required?
+  class: 'form-control', required: template.required?,
+  maxlength: template.max > 0 ? template.max : nil
+- if template.max > 0
+  %small= t('posts.text_area.max', max: template.max)
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index eca51663..ff9d00bc 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ en:
     select:
       placeholder: 'Type to filter available options'
       max: 'You can select up to %{max} options'
+    text_area:
+      max: 'Up to %{max} characters'
     table: 'This field is a group of fields, you can add more groups with the "Add group" button or remove them with the "Remove group" button.'
     row:
       add: 'Add group'
diff --git a/config/locales/es.yml b/config/locales/es.yml
index 029f7abb..c89d905d 100644
--- a/config/locales/es.yml
+++ b/config/locales/es.yml
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ es:
     select:
       placeholder: 'Empieza a escribir para filtrar las opciones disponibles'
       max: 'Puedes seleccionar hasta %{max} opciones'
+    text_area:
+      max: 'Hasta %{max} caracteres'
     table: 'Este campo es un grupo de campos, puede agregar los que necesites con el botón "Agregar grupo" o eliminar los que no con "Eliminar grupo"'
     row:
       add: 'Agregar grupo'