diff --git a/includes/CMB2_Field.php b/includes/CMB2_Field.php
index ea6617820..73e792a1e 100644
--- a/includes/CMB2_Field.php
+++ b/includes/CMB2_Field.php
@@ -1517,6 +1517,7 @@ protected function get_default_field_args( $args ) {
 			'char_counter'      => false,
 			'char_max'          => false,
 			'char_max_msg'      => __( 'Your text may be truncated.', 'cmb2' ),
+			'char_max_enforce'  => false
 		);
 	}
 
diff --git a/includes/types/CMB2_Type_Textarea.php b/includes/types/CMB2_Type_Textarea.php
index 1e0e8d865..d6df00945 100644
--- a/includes/types/CMB2_Type_Textarea.php
+++ b/includes/types/CMB2_Type_Textarea.php
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ public function render( $args = array() ) {
 			$a['class'] .= ' cmb2-count-chars';
 		endif;
 
+		// Enforce max chars?
+		if ( ! empty( $this->field->args['char_max_enforce'] ) && ! empty( $this->field->args['char_max'] ) ) :
+			$a['maxlength'] = (int) $this->field->args['char_max'];
+		endif;
+
 		return $this->rendered(
 			sprintf( '<textarea%s>%s</textarea>%s%s', $this->concat_attrs( $a, array( 'desc', 'value' ) ), $a['value'], $char_counter_markup, $a['desc'] )
 		);
diff --git a/languages/cmb2.pot b/languages/cmb2.pot
index a089bd2f2..c597ef52c 100644
--- a/languages/cmb2.pot
+++ b/languages/cmb2.pot
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: CMB2 2.6.0\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cmb2\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-04-17 07:10:30+00:00\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-04-17 09:50:14+00:00\n"
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2019-4-17 7:10+-60\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2019-4-17 9:50+-60\n"
 "Last-Translator: CMB2 Team hello@cmb2.io\n"
 "Language-Team: CMB2 Team hello@cmb2.io\n"
 "X-Generator: grunt-wp-i18n 0.4.9\n"
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Your text may be truncated."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: includes/CMB2_Field.php:1566
+#: includes/CMB2_Field.php:1567
 msgid "Sorry, this field does not have a cmb_id specified."
 msgstr ""