diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/edit-text.js b/core/modules/widgets/edit-text.js
index c4cb588a5..c0588f93c 100644
--- a/core/modules/widgets/edit-text.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/edit-text.js
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ EditTextWidget.prototype.render = function(parent,nextSibling) {
 	if(this.editSize) {
 		domNode.setAttribute("size",this.editSize);
 	}
+	if(this.editRows) {
+		domNode.setAttribute("rows",this.editRows);
+	}
 	// Assign classes
 	if(this.editClass) {
 		domNode.className = this.editClass;
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ EditTextWidget.prototype.render = function(parent,nextSibling) {
 	if(this.editFocus === "true") {
 		if(domNode.focus && domNode.select) {
 			domNode.focus();
-			domNode.select();			
+			domNode.select();
 		}
 	}
 };
@@ -148,6 +151,7 @@ EditTextWidget.prototype.execute = function() {
 	this.editClass = this.getAttribute("class");
 	this.editPlaceholder = this.getAttribute("placeholder");
 	this.editSize = this.getAttribute("size");
+	this.editRows = this.getAttribute("rows");
 	this.editAutoHeight = this.getAttribute("autoHeight","yes") === "yes";
 	this.editMinHeight = this.getAttribute("minHeight",DEFAULT_MIN_TEXT_AREA_HEIGHT);
 	this.editFocusPopup = this.getAttribute("focusPopup");
@@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ Selectively refreshes the widget if needed. Returns true if the widget or any of
 EditTextWidget.prototype.refresh = function(changedTiddlers) {
 	var changedAttributes = this.computeAttributes();
 	// Completely rerender if any of our attributes have changed
-	if(changedAttributes.tiddler || changedAttributes.field || changedAttributes.index || changedAttributes["default"] || changedAttributes["class"] || changedAttributes.placeholder || changedAttributes.size || changedAttributes.autoHeight || changedAttributes.minHeight || changedAttributes.focusPopup) {
+	if(changedAttributes.tiddler || changedAttributes.field || changedAttributes.index || changedAttributes["default"] || changedAttributes["class"] || changedAttributes.placeholder || changedAttributes.size || changedAttributes.autoHeight || changedAttributes.minHeight || changedAttributes.focusPopup ||  changedAttributes.rows) {
 		this.refreshSelf();
 		return true;
 	} else if(changedTiddlers[this.editTitle]) {
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/EditTextWidget.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/EditTextWidget.tid
index 51042756e..b4e7c3c31 100644
--- a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/EditTextWidget.tid
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/EditTextWidget.tid
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-title: EditTextWidget
-created: 201310241419
-modified: 20150220162131000
-tags: Widgets
 caption: edit-text
+created: 20131024141900000
+modified: 20151224143914772
+tags: Widgets
+title: EditTextWidget
+type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
 
 ! Introduction
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ The content of the `<$edit-text>` widget is ignored.
 |size |The size of the input field (in characters) |
 |autoHeight |Either "yes" or "no" to specify whether to automatically resize `textarea` editors to fit their content (defaults to "yes") |
 |minHeight |Minimum height for automatically resized `textarea` editors, specified in CSS length units such as "px", "em" or "%" |
+|rows|Sets the rows attribute of a generated textarea |
 
 ! Notes