diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Support/Str.php b/src/Illuminate/Support/Str.php
index a9ff9aae2133..44bbf7918ead 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Support/Str.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Support/Str.php
@@ -625,15 +625,28 @@ public static function length($value, $encoding = null)
      * @param  string  $value
      * @param  int  $limit
      * @param  string  $end
+     * @param  bool  $preserveWords
      * @return string
      */
-    public static function limit($value, $limit = 100, $end = '...')
+    public static function limit($value, $limit = 100, $end = '...', $preserveWords = false)
     {
         if (mb_strwidth($value, 'UTF-8') <= $limit) {
             return $value;
         }
 
-        return rtrim(mb_strimwidth($value, 0, $limit, '', 'UTF-8')).$end;
+        if (! $preserveWords) {
+            return rtrim(mb_strimwidth($value, 0, $limit, '', 'UTF-8')).$end;
+        }
+
+        $value = trim(preg_replace('/[\n\r]+/', ' ', strip_tags($value)));
+
+        $trimmed = rtrim(mb_strimwidth($value, 0, $limit, '', 'UTF-8'));
+
+        if (mb_substr($value, $limit, 1, 'UTF-8') === ' ') {
+            return $trimmed.$end;
+        }
+
+        return preg_replace("/(.*)\s.*/", '$1', $trimmed).$end;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Support/Stringable.php b/src/Illuminate/Support/Stringable.php
index c6953e939bce..be4389d523eb 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Support/Stringable.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Support/Stringable.php
@@ -433,11 +433,12 @@ public function length($encoding = null)
      *
      * @param  int  $limit
      * @param  string  $end
+     * @param  bool  $preserveWords
      * @return static
      */
-    public function limit($limit = 100, $end = '...')
+    public function limit($limit = 100, $end = '...', $preserveWords = false)
     {
-        return new static(Str::limit($this->value, $limit, $end));
+        return new static(Str::limit($this->value, $limit, $end, $preserveWords));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Support/SupportStrTest.php b/tests/Support/SupportStrTest.php
index 15e142574b3f..813dccdbd94b 100755
--- a/tests/Support/SupportStrTest.php
+++ b/tests/Support/SupportStrTest.php
@@ -596,15 +596,22 @@ public function testLimit()
     {
         $this->assertSame('Laravel is...', Str::limit('Laravel is a free, open source PHP web application framework.', 10));
         $this->assertSame('这是一...', Str::limit('这是一段中文', 6));
+        $this->assertSame('Laravel is a...', Str::limit('Laravel is a free, open source PHP web application framework.', 15, preserveWords: true));
 
         $string = 'The PHP framework for web artisans.';
         $this->assertSame('The PHP...', Str::limit($string, 7));
+        $this->assertSame('The PHP...', Str::limit($string, 10, preserveWords: true));
         $this->assertSame('The PHP', Str::limit($string, 7, ''));
+        $this->assertSame('The PHP', Str::limit($string, 10, '', true));
         $this->assertSame('The PHP framework for web artisans.', Str::limit($string, 100));
+        $this->assertSame('The PHP framework for web artisans.', Str::limit($string, 100, preserveWords: true));
+        $this->assertSame('The PHP framework...', Str::limit($string, 20, preserveWords: true));
 
         $nonAsciiString = '这是一段中文';
         $this->assertSame('这是一...', Str::limit($nonAsciiString, 6));
+        $this->assertSame('这是一...', Str::limit($nonAsciiString, 6, preserveWords: true));
         $this->assertSame('这是一', Str::limit($nonAsciiString, 6, ''));
+        $this->assertSame('这是一', Str::limit($nonAsciiString, 6, '', true));
     }
 
     public function testLength()