diff --git a/src/alignString.js b/src/alignString.js
index 4bd216d..5f50678 100644
--- a/src/alignString.js
+++ b/src/alignString.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const alignCenter = (subject, width) => {
  * @param {string} alignment One of the valid options (left, right, center).
  * @returns {string}
  */
-export default (subject, containerWidth, alignment) => {
+export default (subject, containerWidth, alignment, disableWrap) => {
   if (!_.isString(subject)) {
     throw new TypeError('Subject parameter value must be a string.');
   }
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export default (subject, containerWidth, alignment) => {
 
   const subjectWidth = stringWidth(subject);
 
-  if (subjectWidth > containerWidth) {
+  if (!disableWrap && subjectWidth > containerWidth) {
     // console.log('subjectWidth', subjectWidth, 'containerWidth', containerWidth, 'subject', subject);
 
     throw new Error('Subject parameter value width cannot be greater than the container width.');
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export default (subject, containerWidth, alignment) => {
     return ' '.repeat(containerWidth);
   }
 
-  const availableWidth = containerWidth - subjectWidth;
+  const availableWidth = Math.max(containerWidth - subjectWidth, 0);
 
   if (alignment === 'left') {
     return alignLeft(subject, availableWidth);
diff --git a/src/alignTableData.js b/src/alignTableData.js
index c82c31e..880ce92 100644
--- a/src/alignTableData.js
+++ b/src/alignTableData.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export default (rows, config) => {
       if (stringWidth(value) === column.width) {
         return value;
       } else {
-        return alignString(value, column.width, column.alignment);
+        return alignString(value, column.width, column.alignment, column.disableWrap);
       }
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/calculateCellHeight.js b/src/calculateCellHeight.js
index 3eca8d7..9dfc9a0 100644
--- a/src/calculateCellHeight.js
+++ b/src/calculateCellHeight.js
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ import wrapCell from './wrapCell';
  * @param {string} value
  * @param {number} columnWidth
  * @param {boolean} useWrapWord
+ * @param {boolean} disableWrap
  * @returns {number}
  */
-export default (value, columnWidth, useWrapWord = false) => {
+export default (value, columnWidth, useWrapWord = false, disableWrap = false) => {
   if (!_.isString(value)) {
     throw new TypeError('Value must be a string.');
   }
@@ -20,5 +21,5 @@ export default (value, columnWidth, useWrapWord = false) => {
     throw new Error('Column width must be greater than 0.');
   }
 
-  return wrapCell(value, columnWidth, useWrapWord).length;
+  return wrapCell(value, columnWidth, useWrapWord, disableWrap).length;
 };
diff --git a/src/calculateRowHeightIndex.js b/src/calculateRowHeightIndex.js
index 063ae4d..0f2a2a8 100644
--- a/src/calculateRowHeightIndex.js
+++ b/src/calculateRowHeightIndex.js
@@ -24,8 +24,16 @@ export default (rows, config) => {
       if (!_.isBoolean(config.columns[index1].wrapWord)) {
         throw new TypeError('column[index].wrapWord must be a boolean.');
       }
+      if (!_.isBoolean(config.columns[index1].disableWrap)) {
+        throw new TypeError('column[index].disableWrap must be a boolean.');
+      }
 
-      cellHeightIndex[index1] = calculateCellHeight(value, config.columns[index1].width, config.columns[index1].wrapWord);
+      cellHeightIndex[index1] = calculateCellHeight(
+        value,
+        config.columns[index1].width,
+        config.columns[index1].wrapWord,
+        config.columns[index1].disableWrap
+      );
     });
 
     rowSpanIndex.push(_.max(cellHeightIndex));
diff --git a/src/makeConfig.js b/src/makeConfig.js
index f661220..c0e8f0d 100644
--- a/src/makeConfig.js
+++ b/src/makeConfig.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const makeColumns = (rows, columns = {}, columnDefault = {}) => {
       truncate: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
       width: maximumColumnWidthIndex[index],
       wrapWord: false,
+      disableWrap: false
     }, columnDefault, columns[index]);
   });
 
diff --git a/src/makeStreamConfig.js b/src/makeStreamConfig.js
index 5f361c3..023700a 100644
--- a/src/makeStreamConfig.js
+++ b/src/makeStreamConfig.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const makeColumns = (columnCount, columns = {}, columnDefault = {}) => {
       paddingRight: 1,
       truncate: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
       wrapWord: false,
+      disableWrap: false
     }, columnDefault, columns[index]);
   });
 
diff --git a/src/mapDataUsingRowHeightIndex.js b/src/mapDataUsingRowHeightIndex.js
index f4c08cc..cf19e5a 100644
--- a/src/mapDataUsingRowHeightIndex.js
+++ b/src/mapDataUsingRowHeightIndex.js
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ export default (unmappedRows, rowHeightIndex, config) => {
     //     [{cell index within a virtual row; index1}]
 
     cells.forEach((value, index1) => {
-      const cellLines = wrapCell(value, config.columns[index1].width, config.columns[index1].wrapWord);
+      const cellLines = wrapCell(
+        value,
+        config.columns[index1].width,
+        config.columns[index1].wrapWord,
+        config.columns[index1].disableWrap
+      );
 
       cellLines.forEach((cellLine, index2) => {
         rowHeight[index2][index1] = cellLine;
diff --git a/src/table.js b/src/table.js
index 6790e8c..a222134 100644
--- a/src/table.js
+++ b/src/table.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import validateTableData from './validateTableData';
  * @property {number} width Column width (default: auto).
  * @property {number} truncate Number of characters are which the content will be truncated (default: Infinity).
  * @property {boolean} wrapWord When true the text is broken at the nearest space or one of the special characters
+ * @property {boolean} disableWrap When true the text will not wrap based on width
  * @property {number} paddingLeft Cell content padding width left (default: 1).
  * @property {number} paddingRight Cell content padding width right (default: 1).
  */
diff --git a/src/wrapCell.js b/src/wrapCell.js
index 0c66260..1d713cb 100644
--- a/src/wrapCell.js
+++ b/src/wrapCell.js
@@ -10,12 +10,18 @@ import wrapWord from './wrapWord';
  * @param {string} cellValue
  * @param {number} columnWidth
  * @param {boolean} useWrapWord
+ * @param {boolean} disableWrap
  * @returns {Array}
  */
-export default (cellValue, columnWidth, useWrapWord) => {
+export default (cellValue, columnWidth, useWrapWord, disableWrap) => {
   // First split on literal newlines
   const cellLines = cellValue.split('\n');
 
+  // early exit if wrapping of words is disabled
+  if (disableWrap) {
+    return cellLines;
+  }
+
   // Then iterate over the list and word-wrap every remaining line if necessary.
   for (let lineNr = 0; lineNr < cellLines.length;) {
     let lineChunks;