diff --git a/src/edu/umd/cs/piccolo/nodes/PText.java b/src/edu/umd/cs/piccolo/nodes/PText.java
index 8a6ed94..20f485b 100644
--- a/src/edu/umd/cs/piccolo/nodes/PText.java
+++ b/src/edu/umd/cs/piccolo/nodes/PText.java
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@
 			
 			if (constrainWidthToTextWidth) {
 				newWidth = textWidth;
+				newHeight = textHeight;
 			}
 			
 			if (constrainHeightToTextHeight) {