diff --git a/crates/nu-table/src/main.rs b/crates/nu-table/src/main.rs
index f426a9d02d..19a8ecf6a4 100644
--- a/crates/nu-table/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-table/src/main.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ fn main() {
     let t = Table::new(
         vec![
             StyledString::new("Test me".to_owned(), TextStyle::default_header()),
-            StyledString::new("Long column name".to_owned(), TextStyle::default_header()),
+            StyledString::new(
+                "Long column \n name with carriage returns and a lot of text\n check it out"
+                    .to_owned(),
+                TextStyle::default_header(),
+            ),
             StyledString::new("Another".to_owned(), TextStyle::default_header()),
         ],
         vec![msg; 2],
diff --git a/crates/nu-table/src/table.rs b/crates/nu-table/src/table.rs
index 5bd8877bdd..ebd7edb02f 100644
--- a/crates/nu-table/src/table.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-table/src/table.rs
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ pub struct ProcessedTable<'a> {
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct ProcessedCell<'a> {
-    pub contents: Vec<Subline<'a>>,
+    pub contents: Vec<Vec<Subline<'a>>>,
     pub style: TextStyle,
 }
 
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ fn process_table(table: &Table) -> ProcessedTable {
         let mut out_row = vec![];
         for column in row {
             out_row.push(ProcessedCell {
-                contents: split_sublines(&column.contents).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+                contents: split_sublines(&column.contents),
                 style: column.style.clone(),
             });
         }
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ fn process_table(table: &Table) -> ProcessedTable {
     let mut processed_headers = vec![];
     for header in &table.headers {
         processed_headers.push(ProcessedCell {
-            contents: split_sublines(&header.contents).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            contents: split_sublines(&header.contents),
             style: header.style.clone(),
         });
     }
@@ -476,12 +476,12 @@ fn get_max_column_widths(processed_table: &ProcessedTable) -> Vec<usize> {
     let mut output = vec![0; max_num_columns];
 
     for column in processed_table.headers.iter().enumerate() {
-        output[column.0] = max(output[column.0], column_width(column.1.contents.iter()));
+        output[column.0] = max(output[column.0], column_width(&column.1.contents));
     }
 
     for row in &processed_table.data {
         for column in row.iter().enumerate() {
-            output[column.0] = max(output[column.0], column_width(column.1.contents.iter()));
+            output[column.0] = max(output[column.0], column_width(&column.1.contents));
         }
     }
 
@@ -554,11 +554,19 @@ fn wrap_cells(processed_table: ProcessedTable, max_column_width: usize) -> Wrapp
     ];
     let mut output_headers = vec![];
     for header in processed_table.headers.into_iter().enumerate() {
-        let wrapped = wrap(
-            max_column_width,
-            header.1.contents.into_iter(),
-            header.1.style,
-        );
+        let mut wrapped = WrappedCell {
+            lines: vec![],
+            max_width: 0,
+            style: header.1.style,
+        };
+
+        for contents in header.1.contents.into_iter() {
+            let (mut lines, inner_max_width) = wrap(max_column_width, contents.into_iter());
+            wrapped.lines.append(&mut lines);
+            if inner_max_width > wrapped.max_width {
+                wrapped.max_width = inner_max_width;
+            }
+        }
         if column_widths[header.0] < wrapped.max_width {
             column_widths[header.0] = wrapped.max_width;
         }
@@ -569,11 +577,18 @@ fn wrap_cells(processed_table: ProcessedTable, max_column_width: usize) -> Wrapp
     for row in processed_table.data.into_iter() {
         let mut output_row = vec![];
         for column in row.into_iter().enumerate() {
-            let wrapped = wrap(
-                max_column_width,
-                column.1.contents.into_iter(),
-                column.1.style,
-            );
+            let mut wrapped = WrappedCell {
+                lines: vec![],
+                max_width: 0,
+                style: column.1.style,
+            };
+            for contents in column.1.contents.into_iter() {
+                let (mut lines, inner_max_width) = wrap(max_column_width, contents.into_iter());
+                wrapped.lines.append(&mut lines);
+                if inner_max_width > wrapped.max_width {
+                    wrapped.max_width = inner_max_width;
+                }
+            }
             if column_widths[column.0] < wrapped.max_width {
                 column_widths[column.0] = wrapped.max_width;
             }
diff --git a/crates/nu-table/src/wrap.rs b/crates/nu-table/src/wrap.rs
index bc86eb9f3c..33baa47c30 100644
--- a/crates/nu-table/src/wrap.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-table/src/wrap.rs
@@ -50,29 +50,44 @@ impl<'a> Display for Line<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn split_sublines(input: &str) -> impl Iterator<Item = Subline> {
-    input.split_terminator(' ').map(|x| Subline {
-        subline: x,
-        width: UnicodeWidthStr::width(x),
-    })
+pub fn split_sublines(input: &str) -> Vec<Vec<Subline>> {
+    input
+        .split_terminator('\n')
+        .map(|line| {
+            line.split_terminator(' ')
+                .map(|x| Subline {
+                    subline: x,
+                    width: UnicodeWidthStr::width(x),
+                })
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
 }
 
-pub fn column_width<'a>(input: impl Iterator<Item = &'a Subline<'a>>) -> usize {
-    let mut total = 0;
+pub fn column_width<'a>(input: &[Vec<Subline<'a>>]) -> usize {
+    let mut max = 0;
 
-    let mut first = true;
-    for inp in input {
-        if !first {
-            // Account for the space
-            total += 1;
-        } else {
-            first = false;
+    for line in input {
+        let mut total = 0;
+
+        let mut first = true;
+        for inp in line {
+            if !first {
+                // Account for the space
+                total += 1;
+            } else {
+                first = false;
+            }
+
+            total += inp.width;
         }
 
-        total += inp.width;
+        if total > max {
+            max = total;
+        }
     }
 
-    total
+    max
 }
 
 fn split_word<'a>(cell_width: usize, word: &'a str) -> Vec<Subline<'a>> {
@@ -113,8 +128,7 @@ fn split_word<'a>(cell_width: usize, word: &'a str) -> Vec<Subline<'a>> {
 pub fn wrap<'a>(
     cell_width: usize,
     mut input: impl Iterator<Item = Subline<'a>>,
-    style: TextStyle,
-) -> WrappedCell {
+) -> (Vec<WrappedLine>, usize) {
     let mut lines = vec![];
     let mut current_line: Vec<Subline> = vec![];
     let mut current_width = 0;
@@ -218,9 +232,5 @@ pub fn wrap<'a>(
         });
     }
 
-    WrappedCell {
-        lines: output,
-        max_width: current_max,
-        style,
-    }
+    (output, current_max)
 }