diff --git a/iOS/Article/ContextMenuPreviewViewController.swift b/iOS/Article/ContextMenuPreviewViewController.swift
index f3b67be0d..3b7e18219 100644
--- a/iOS/Article/ContextMenuPreviewViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/Article/ContextMenuPreviewViewController.swift
@@ -42,9 +42,24 @@ class ContextMenuPreviewViewController: UIViewController {
 		dateFormatter.timeStyle = .medium
 		dateTimeLabel.text = dateFormatter.string(from: article.logicalDatePublished)
 		
+		// When in landscape the context menu preview will force this controller into a tiny
+		// view space.  If it is documented anywhere what that is, I haven't found it.  This
+		// set of magic numbers is what I worked out by testing a variety of phones.
+		
+		let width: CGFloat
+		let heightPadding: CGFloat
+		if view.bounds.width > view.bounds.height {
+			width = 260
+			heightPadding = 16
+			view.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: width).isActive = true
+		} else {
+			width = view.bounds.width
+			heightPadding = 8
+		}
+		
 		view.setNeedsLayout()
 		view.layoutIfNeeded()
-		preferredContentSize = CGSize(width: view.bounds.width, height: dateTimeLabel.frame.maxY + 8)
+		preferredContentSize = CGSize(width: width, height: dateTimeLabel.frame.maxY + heightPadding)
     }
 
 }