diff --git a/Classes/ViewHelpers/Format/ICalendarDescriptionViewHelper.php b/Classes/ViewHelpers/Format/ICalendarDescriptionViewHelper.php
index 2c76f286c..2435c6ca5 100644
--- a/Classes/ViewHelpers/Format/ICalendarDescriptionViewHelper.php
+++ b/Classes/ViewHelpers/Format/ICalendarDescriptionViewHelper.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 /**
  * ICalendar Description viewhelper. Note, this ViewHelper does not escape output and should only be used
- * to process the iCal description field.
+ * to process the iCal description field and any other foldable ICal text fields.
  */
 class ICalendarDescriptionViewHelper extends AbstractViewHelper
 {
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public function initializeArguments()
     {
         parent::initializeArguments();
         $this->registerArgument('description', 'string', 'The description', false);
+        $this->registerArgument('substractChars', 'integer', 'Amount of chars to substract from 75 in first line', false, 12);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ public function initializeArguments()
     public function render(): string
     {
         $description = $this->arguments['description'] ?? null;
+        $substractChars = $this->arguments['substractChars'] ?? 0;
+        $firstLineMaxChars = 75 - $substractChars;
         if ($description === null) {
             $description = $this->renderChildren();
         }
@@ -51,10 +54,10 @@ public function render(): string
         $tmpDescription = str_replace(chr(13), '\n\n', $tmpDescription);
         // Strip new lines
         $tmpDescription = str_replace(chr(10), '', $tmpDescription);
-        // Glue everything together, so every line is max 75 chars
-        if (mb_strlen($tmpDescription) > 63) {
-            $newDescription = mb_substr($tmpDescription, 0, 63) . chr(10);
-            $tmpDescription = mb_substr($tmpDescription, 63);
+        // Glue everything together, so every line is max 75 chars respecting max. length of first line
+        if (mb_strlen($tmpDescription) > $firstLineMaxChars) {
+            $newDescription = mb_substr($tmpDescription, 0, $firstLineMaxChars) . chr(10);
+            $tmpDescription = mb_substr($tmpDescription, $firstLineMaxChars);
             $arrPieces = mb_str_split($tmpDescription, 75);
             foreach ($arrPieces as &$value) {
                 $value = ' ' . $value;
diff --git a/Tests/Unit/ViewHelpers/Format/ICalendarDescriptionViewHelperTest.php b/Tests/Unit/ViewHelpers/Format/ICalendarDescriptionViewHelperTest.php
index 68501ebec..50bc97a54 100644
--- a/Tests/Unit/ViewHelpers/Format/ICalendarDescriptionViewHelperTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Unit/ViewHelpers/Format/ICalendarDescriptionViewHelperTest.php
@@ -24,28 +24,39 @@ public function iCalendarDescriptionDataProvider(): array
         return [
             'emptyValue' => [
                 '',
+                12,
                 '',
             ],
             'shortDescriptionLess75Chars' => [
                 'This is just a short text with less than 75 chars',
+                12,
                 'This is just a short text with less than 75 chars',
             ],
             'shortDescriptionLess75CharsWithHtml' => [
                 'This is just a short text <b>with</b> less&nbsp;than 75 chars',
+                12,
                 'This is just a short text with less than 75 chars',
             ],
             'shortDescriptionLess75CharsWithHtmlAndLineBreak' => [
                 'This is just a short text <b>with</b> less&nbsp;than 75 chars' . chr(13) . ' and some more text',
+                12,
                 'This is just a short text with less than 75 chars\n\n and some ' . chr(10) . ' more text',
             ],
             'longDescriptionWithoutLineBreaks' => [
                 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam',
+                12,
                 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed di' . chr(10) . ' am nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, s' . chr(10) . ' ed diam',
             ],
             'longDescriptionWithLineBreaks' => [
                 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam ' . chr(13) . 'nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam',
+                12,
                 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed di' . chr(10) . ' am \n\nnonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam era' . chr(10) . ' t, sed diam',
             ],
+            'longDescriptionWithDifferentSubstractCharsOption' => [
+                'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam',
+                48,
+                'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,' . chr(10) . '  consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut lab' . chr(10) . ' ore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam',
+            ],
         ];
     }
 
@@ -57,12 +68,13 @@ public function iCalendarDescriptionDataProvider(): array
      * @dataProvider iCalendarDescriptionDataProvider
      *
      * @param mixed $value
+     * @param mixed $substractChars
      * @param mixed $expected
      */
-    public function viewHelperReturnsExpectedValues($value, $expected)
+    public function viewHelperReturnsExpectedValues($value, $substractChars, $expected)
     {
         $viewHelper = new ICalendarDescriptionViewHelper();
-        $viewHelper->setArguments(['description' => $value]);
+        $viewHelper->setArguments(['description' => $value, 'substractChars' => $substractChars]);
         $actual = $viewHelper->render();
         self::assertEquals($expected, $actual);
     }