diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a868efc7e..c8ca627cc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  + Added burndown charts - burndown.daily, burndown.weekly, burndown.monthly,
    that use color.burndown.pending, color.burndown.started and
    color.burndown.done colors.
+ + Added feature #247, providing infinite width reports when redirecting output
+   to a file, by setting defaultwidth to 0.
  + Added feature #546, which is a 'count' command that counts tasks, and is
    intended to help scripts that manipulate task output.
  + Fixed bug #515, which displayed an incorrect message after duplicating a
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c44725301..bcab79b01 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ New Features in taskwarrior 1.9.4
 
   - New burndown charts.
   - New 'count' helper command.
+  - Inifinite width reports, when redirecting output, by using rc.defaultwidth=0.
 
   Please refer to the ChangeLog file for full details.  There are too many to
   list here.
diff --git a/doc/man/taskrc.5 b/doc/man/taskrc.5
index 75e48dabc..4ea9cdee9 100644
--- a/doc/man/taskrc.5
+++ b/doc/man/taskrc.5
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ using, for text wrapping.
 .TP
 .B defaultwidth=80
 The width of tables used when ncurses support is not available. Defaults to 80.
+If set to 0, is interpreted as infinite width, therefore with no word-wrapping;
+useful when redirecting report output to a file for subsequent manipulation.
 
 .TP
 .B editor=vi
diff --git a/src/interactive.cpp b/src/interactive.cpp
index 2b65ec51c..5add4e1e3 100644
--- a/src/interactive.cpp
+++ b/src/interactive.cpp
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ int Context::getWidth ()
   debug (out.str ());
 #endif
 
+  // A zero width value means 'infinity', which is approximated here by 2^16.
+  if (width == 0)
+    width = 65536;
+
   return width;
 }