diff --git a/src/jquery.uls.core.js b/src/jquery.uls.core.js
index 6bd01ea..28067bb 100644
--- a/src/jquery.uls.core.js
+++ b/src/jquery.uls.core.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 						<input type="text" class="uls-filterinput uls-filtersuggestion"\
 							disabled="true" autocomplete="off">\
 						<input type="text" class="uls-filterinput uls-languagefilter"\
+							maxlength="40"\
 							data-clear="uls-languagefilter-clear"\
 							data-suggestion="uls-filtersuggestion"\
 							placeholder="Search for a language" autocomplete="off">\