diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a2d0a4c4..9f3854af 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+   - $length is now propagated to sub-values in debug_print_var (messju) 
+
 Version 2.5.0-RC2 (March 26, 2003)
 ----------------------------------
 
diff --git a/libs/plugins/modifier.debug_print_var.php b/libs/plugins/modifier.debug_print_var.php
index 0d92ae27..d12de563 100644
--- a/libs/plugins/modifier.debug_print_var.php
+++ b/libs/plugins/modifier.debug_print_var.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($var, $depth = 0, $length = 40)
     if (is_array($var)) {
         $results = "<b>Array (".count($var).")</b>";
         foreach ($var as $curr_key => $curr_val) {
-            $return = smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($curr_val, $depth+1);
+            $return = smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($curr_val, $depth+1, $length);
             $results .= '<br>\r'.str_repeat('&nbsp;', $depth*2)."<b>$curr_key</b> =&gt; $return";
         }
         return $results;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($var, $depth = 0, $length = 40)
         $object_vars = get_object_vars($var);
         $results = "<b>".get_class($var)." Object (".count($object_vars).")</b>";
         foreach ($object_vars as $curr_key => $curr_val) {
-            $return = smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($curr_val, $depth+1);
+            $return = smarty_modifier_debug_print_var($curr_val, $depth+1, $length);
             $results .= '<br>\r'.str_repeat('&nbsp;', $depth*2)."<b>$curr_key</b> =&gt; $return";
         }
         return $results;