diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-header.php b/wp-admin/admin-header.php
index f052a3fa45..d768e5867f 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-header.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-header.php
@@ -76,9 +76,12 @@ unset($hook_suffixes, $hook_suffix);
 $blog_name = get_bloginfo('name', 'display');
 if ( '' == $blog_name )
 	$blog_name = ' ';
+$title_class = '';
+if ( mb_strlen($blog_name, 'UTF-8') > 30 )
+	$title_class = 'class="long-title"';
 ?>
 
-<img id="logo50" src="images/wp-logo.gif" alt="" /> <h1><a href="<?php echo trailingslashit( get_bloginfo('url') ); ?>" title="<?php _e('Visit site') ?>"><?php echo $blog_name ?></a></h1>
+<img id="logo50" src="images/wp-logo.gif" alt="" /> <h1 <?php echo $title_class ?>><a href="<?php echo trailingslashit( get_bloginfo('url') ); ?>" title="<?php _e('Visit site') ?>"><?php echo $blog_name ?></a></h1>
 
 <div id="wphead-info">
 <div id="user_info">
diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
index 4bd777689e..2a0edb739f 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
@@ -862,6 +862,11 @@ ul#adminmenu li.write-new-button a {
 	float: left;
 }
 
+#wphead h1.long-title {
+	font: normal 18px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
+	padding: 12px 10px 5px;
+}
+
 /* side admin menu */
 #adminmenu .wp-submenu {
 	display: none;