diff --git a/src/Handlebars/Helpers.php b/src/Handlebars/Helpers.php
index 369b0a4..d3bee14 100755
--- a/src/Handlebars/Helpers.php
+++ b/src/Handlebars/Helpers.php
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ public function helperTruncate($template, $context, $args, $source)
         $limit = $m[2];
         $ellipsis = $m[3];
         $value = substr($context->get($keyname), 0, $limit);
-        if ($ellipsis) {
+        if ($ellipsis && strlen($context->get($keyname)) > $limit) {
             $value .= $ellipsis;
         }
         return $value;
diff --git a/tests/Handlebars/HandlebarsTest.php b/tests/Handlebars/HandlebarsTest.php
index 3602f4f..495af36 100644
--- a/tests/Handlebars/HandlebarsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Handlebars/HandlebarsTest.php
@@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ public function internalHelpersdataProvider()
                 "{{#truncate data 8 '...'}}",
                 ["data" => "Hello World! How are you?"],
                 'Hello Wo...'
+            ],
+			[
+                "{{#truncate data 8 '...'}}",
+                ["data" => "Hello"],
+                'Hello'
             ],
             [
                 "{{#raw}}I'm raw {{data}}{{/raw}}",