diff --git a/lib/prawn/text/formatted/line_wrap.rb b/lib/prawn/text/formatted/line_wrap.rb
index d4e986f1e..9928125d0 100644
--- a/lib/prawn/text/formatted/line_wrap.rb
+++ b/lib/prawn/text/formatted/line_wrap.rb
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ def add_fragment_to_line(fragment)
 
               if @accumulated_width + segment_width <= @width
                 @accumulated_width += segment_width
+                if segment[-1] == soft_hyphen
+                  sh_width = @document.width_of("#{soft_hyphen}", :kerning => @kerning)
+                  @accumulated_width -= sh_width
+                end
                 @fragment_output += segment
               else
                 end_of_the_line_reached(segment)
diff --git a/spec/line_wrap_spec.rb b/spec/line_wrap_spec.rb
index 484953f30..3e6669706 100644
--- a/spec/line_wrap_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/line_wrap_spec.rb
@@ -128,21 +128,36 @@
     string.should == "hello#{Prawn::Text::SHY}"
   end
 
+  it "should ignore width of a soft-hyphen during adding fragments to line", :issue =>775 do
+    hyphen_string = "Hy#{Prawn::Text::SHY}phe#{Prawn::Text::SHY}nat#{Prawn::Text::SHY}ions "
+    string1 = @pdf.font.normalize_encoding(hyphen_string * 5)
+    string2 = @pdf.font.normalize_encoding("Hyphenations " * 3 + hyphen_string)
+
+    array1 = [{text: string1}]
+    array2 = [{text: string2}]
+
+    @arranger.format_array = array1
+
+    res1 = @line_wrap.wrap_line(:arranger => @arranger,
+                                :width => 300,
+                                :document => @pdf)
+
+    @line_wrap = Prawn::Text::Formatted::LineWrap.new
+
+    @arranger.format_array = array2
+
+    res2 = @line_wrap.wrap_line(:arranger => @arranger,
+                                :width => 300,
+                                :document => @pdf)
+    res1.should == res2
+  end
+
   it "should not display soft hyphens except at the end of a line " +
      "for more than one element in format_array", :issue => 347 do
-    string1 = @pdf.font.normalize_encoding("hello#{Prawn::Text::SHY}world ")
-    string2 = @pdf.font.normalize_encoding("hi#{Prawn::Text::SHY}earth")
-    array = [{ :text => string1 }, { :text => string2 }]
-    @arranger.format_array = array
-    string = @line_wrap.wrap_line(:arranger => @arranger,
-                                  :width => 300,
-                                  :document => @pdf)
-    string.should == "helloworld hiearth"
-
     @pdf.font("#{Prawn::DATADIR}/fonts/DejaVuSans.ttf")
     @line_wrap = Prawn::Text::Formatted::LineWrap.new
 
-    string1 = "hello#{Prawn::Text::SHY}world "
+    string1 = @pdf.font.normalize_encoding("hello#{Prawn::Text::SHY}world ")
     string2 = @pdf.font.normalize_encoding("hi#{Prawn::Text::SHY}earth")
     array = [{ :text => string1 }, { :text => string2 }]
     @arranger.format_array = array
@@ -349,3 +364,4 @@
     @line_wrap.paragraph_finished?.should == true
   end
 end
+