diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/flot/jquery.flot.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/flot/jquery.flot.js
index aabc544e9..dd1ec8446 100755
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/flot/jquery.flot.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/flot/jquery.flot.js
@@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@
 
                     pos.width = axis.labelWidth;
 
-                    var style = ["position:absolute", "text-align:" + align ];
+                    var style = ["position:absolute", "white-space:nowrap", "text-align:" + align ];
                     for (var a in pos)
                         style.push(a + ":" + pos[a] + "px")