diff --git a/src/game.cpp b/src/game.cpp
index a3e546ebfc4e6..7cba6864ead4e 100644
--- a/src/game.cpp
+++ b/src/game.cpp
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ void game::init_ui( const bool resized )
     /**
      * Doing the same thing as above for the overmap
      */
-    static const int OVERMAP_LEGEND_WIDTH = 28;
+    OVERMAP_LEGEND_WIDTH = clamp( TERMX / 5, 28, 55 );
     OVERMAP_WINDOW_HEIGHT = TERMY;
     OVERMAP_WINDOW_WIDTH = TERMX - OVERMAP_LEGEND_WIDTH;
     to_overmap_font_dimension( OVERMAP_WINDOW_WIDTH, OVERMAP_WINDOW_HEIGHT );
diff --git a/src/output.cpp b/src/output.cpp
index e36ee01f5f4fc..25dd1ca31546d 100644
--- a/src/output.cpp
+++ b/src/output.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ int FULL_SCREEN_HEIGHT;
 int OVERMAP_WINDOW_HEIGHT;
 int OVERMAP_WINDOW_WIDTH;
 
+int OVERMAP_LEGEND_WIDTH;
+
 static std::string rm_prefix( std::string str, char c1 = '<', char c2 = '>' );
 
 scrollingcombattext SCT;
diff --git a/src/output.h b/src/output.h
index 0003513f2d52b..6a6bba41f012e 100644
--- a/src/output.h
+++ b/src/output.h
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ extern int FULL_SCREEN_WIDTH; // width of "full screen" popups
 extern int FULL_SCREEN_HEIGHT; // height of "full screen" popups
 extern int OVERMAP_WINDOW_WIDTH; // width of overmap window
 extern int OVERMAP_WINDOW_HEIGHT; // height of overmap window
+extern int OVERMAP_LEGEND_WIDTH; // width of overmap window legend
 
 nc_color msgtype_to_color( game_message_type type, bool bOldMsg = false );
 
diff --git a/src/overmap_ui.cpp b/src/overmap_ui.cpp
index 34f9449f87fd2..808b9aae02940 100644
--- a/src/overmap_ui.cpp
+++ b/src/overmap_ui.cpp
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ void draw( const catacurses::window &w, const catacurses::window &wbar, const tr
     }
 
     // Clear the legend
-    for( int i = 1; i < 55; i++ ) {
+    for( int i = 1; i < getmaxx( wbar ); i++ ) {
         for( int j = 0; j < TERMY; j++ ) {
             mvwputch( wbar, point( i, j ), c_black, ' ' );
         }
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ void draw( const catacurses::window &w, const catacurses::window &wbar, const tr
             // NOLINTNEXTLINE(cata-use-named-point-constants)
             mvwputch( wbar, point( 1, 1 ), ter.get_color(), ter.get_symbol() );
 
-            lines = fold_and_print( wbar, point( 3, 1 ), 25, c_light_gray,
+            lines = fold_and_print( wbar, point( 3, 1 ), getmaxx( wbar ) - 3, c_light_gray,
                                     overmap_buffer.get_description_at( sm_pos ) );
         }
     } else if( viewing_weather ) {
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ void draw( const catacurses::window &w, const catacurses::window &wbar, const tr
         int y = 16;
 
         const auto print_hint = [&]( const std::string & action, nc_color color = c_magenta ) {
-            y += fold_and_print( wbar, point( 1, y ), 27, color, string_format( _( "%s - %s" ),
+            y += fold_and_print( wbar, point( 1, y ), getmaxx( wbar ) - 1, color, string_format( _( "%s - %s" ),
                                  inp_ctxt->get_desc( action ),
                                  inp_ctxt->get_action_name( action ) ) );
         };
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ static void place_ter_or_special( tripoint &curs, const tripoint &orig, const bo
 
 static tripoint display( const tripoint &orig, const draw_data_t &data = draw_data_t() )
 {
-    g->w_omlegend = catacurses::newwin( TERMY, 28, point( TERMX - 28, 0 ) );
+    g->w_omlegend = catacurses::newwin( TERMY, OVERMAP_LEGEND_WIDTH, point( OVERMAP_WINDOW_WIDTH, 0 ) );
     g->w_overmap = catacurses::newwin( OVERMAP_WINDOW_HEIGHT, OVERMAP_WINDOW_WIDTH, point_zero );
 
     // Draw black padding space to avoid gap between map and legend