diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/positronConsole/browser/components/consoleInstance.css b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/positronConsole/browser/components/consoleInstance.css
index 0de791fc950..e7df2335a9a 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/positronConsole/browser/components/consoleInstance.css
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/positronConsole/browser/components/consoleInstance.css
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 
 .console-core .console-instance .console-instance-container {
 	cursor: text;
+	word-wrap: break-word;
 }
 
 .console-core .console-instance:focus {
diff --git a/test/e2e/tests/console/console-output.test.ts b/test/e2e/tests/console/console-output.test.ts
index 1595370be5f..9a0820fe170 100644
--- a/test/e2e/tests/console/console-output.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/tests/console/console-output.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *  Licensed under the Elastic License 2.0. See LICENSE.txt for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import { test, tags } from '../_test.setup';
+import { test, tags, expect } from '../_test.setup';
 
 test.use({
 	suiteId: __filename
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ test.describe('Console Output', { tag: [tags.WIN, tags.CONSOLE, tags.WEB] }, ()
 		await app.workbench.console.waitForConsoleContents('Why do programmers prefer dark mode');
 		await app.workbench.console.waitForConsoleContents('Because light attracts bugs!');
 	});
+
+	test('Long console output wraps appropriately', async function ({ app, page, python }) {
+		await app.workbench.console.waitForReady('>>>');
+		await app.workbench.console.pasteCodeToConsole(pyCode);
+		await app.workbench.console.sendEnterKey();
+		await app.workbench.console.waitForReady('>>>');
+
+		const el = page.locator('.console-instance');
+		await expect(await el.evaluate((el) => el.scrollWidth)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(await el.evaluate((el) => el.clientWidth));
+	});
 });
 
 const rCode = `tokens <- c(
@@ -38,3 +48,5 @@ const rCode = `tokens <- c(
 		cat(token)
 		Sys.sleep(0.01)
 	}`;
+
+const pyCode = `"Blah" * 300`;