diff --git a/addons/account/report/account_general_ledger.py b/addons/account/report/account_general_ledger.py
index e498fe1345f..e1de4d2d522 100644
--- a/addons/account/report/account_general_ledger.py
+++ b/addons/account/report/account_general_ledger.py
@@ -86,9 +86,20 @@ class general_ledger(report_sxw.rml_parse, common_report_header):
             'get_start_date':self._get_start_date,
             'get_end_date':self._get_end_date,
             'get_target_move': self._get_target_move,
+            'strip_name': self._strip_name,
         })
         self.context = context
 
+    def _ellipsis(self, orig_str, maxlen=100, ellipsis='...'):
+        maxlen = maxlen - len(ellipsis)
+        if maxlen <= 0:
+            maxlen = 1
+        new_str = orig_str[:maxlen]
+        return new_str
+
+    def _strip_name(self, name, maxlen=50):
+        return self._ellipsis(name, maxlen, ' ...')
+
     def _sum_currency_amount_account(self, account):
         self.cr.execute('SELECT sum(l.amount_currency) AS tot_currency \
                 FROM account_move_line l \