diff --git a/lib/Cake/Network/Email/CakeEmail.php b/lib/Cake/Network/Email/CakeEmail.php
index 9bf4d434e..8237284bb 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Network/Email/CakeEmail.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Network/Email/CakeEmail.php
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ class CakeEmail {
  * @param string $message Message to wrap
  * @return array Wrapped message
  */
-	protected function _wrap($message) {
+	protected function _wrap($message, $wrapLength = CakeEmail::LINE_LENGTH_MUST) {
 		$message = str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r"), "\n", $message);
 		$lines = explode("\n", $message);
 		$formatted = array();
@@ -1248,7 +1248,10 @@ class CakeEmail {
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (!preg_match('/\<[a-z]/i', $line)) {
-				$formatted = array_merge($formatted, explode("\n", wordwrap($line, self::LINE_LENGTH_SHOULD, "\n")));
+				$formatted = array_merge(
+					$formatted,
+					explode("\n", wordwrap($line, $wrapLength, "\n"))
+				);
 				continue;
 			}
 
@@ -1261,7 +1264,7 @@ class CakeEmail {
 					$tag .= $char;
 					if ($char === '>') {
 						$tagLength = strlen($tag);
-						if ($tagLength + $tmpLineLength < self::LINE_LENGTH_SHOULD) {
+						if ($tagLength + $tmpLineLength < $wrapLength) {
 							$tmpLine .= $tag;
 							$tmpLineLength += $tagLength;
 						} else {
@@ -1270,7 +1273,7 @@ class CakeEmail {
 								$tmpLine = '';
 								$tmpLineLength = 0;
 							}
-							if ($tagLength > self::LINE_LENGTH_SHOULD) {
+							if ($tagLength > $wrapLength) {
 								$formatted[] = $tag;
 							} else {
 								$tmpLine = $tag;
@@ -1287,14 +1290,14 @@ class CakeEmail {
 					$tag = '<';
 					continue;
 				}
-				if ($char === ' ' && $tmpLineLength >= self::LINE_LENGTH_SHOULD) {
+				if ($char === ' ' && $tmpLineLength >= $wrapLength) {
 					$formatted[] = $tmpLine;
 					$tmpLineLength = 0;
 					continue;
 				}
 				$tmpLine .= $char;
 				$tmpLineLength++;
-				if ($tmpLineLength === self::LINE_LENGTH_SHOULD) {
+				if ($tmpLineLength === $wrapLength) {
 					$nextChar = $line[$i + 1];
 					if ($nextChar === ' ' || $nextChar === '<') {
 						$formatted[] = trim($tmpLine);
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php
index c4c7a814d..921d33155 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/Email/CakeEmailTest.php
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ class TestCakeEmail extends CakeEmail {
  * Wrap to protected method
  *
  */
-	public function wrap($text) {
-		return parent::_wrap($text);
+	public function wrap($text, $length = CakeEmail::LINE_LENGTH_MUST) {
+		return parent::_wrap($text, $length);
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ class CakeEmailTest extends CakeTestCase {
  */
 	public function testWrap() {
 		$text = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec ac turpis orci, non commodo odio. Morbi nibh nisi, vehicula pellentesque accumsan amet.';
-		$result = $this->CakeEmail->wrap($text);
+		$result = $this->CakeEmail->wrap($text, CakeEmail::LINE_LENGTH_SHOULD);
 		$expected = array(
 			'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec ac turpis orci,',
 			'non commodo odio. Morbi nibh nisi, vehicula pellentesque accumsan amet.',
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ class CakeEmailTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertSame($expected, $result);
 
 		$text = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur < adipiscing elit. Donec ac turpis orci, non commodo odio. Morbi nibh nisi, vehicula > pellentesque accumsan amet.';
-		$result = $this->CakeEmail->wrap($text);
+		$result = $this->CakeEmail->wrap($text, CakeEmail::LINE_LENGTH_SHOULD);
 		$expected = array(
 			'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur < adipiscing elit. Donec ac turpis',
 			'orci, non commodo odio. Morbi nibh nisi, vehicula > pellentesque accumsan',
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ class CakeEmailTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertSame($expected, $result);
 
 		$text = '<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,<br> consectetur adipiscing elit.<br> Donec ac turpis orci, non <b>commodo</b> odio. <br /> Morbi nibh nisi, vehicula pellentesque accumsan amet.<hr></p>';
-		$result = $this->CakeEmail->wrap($text);
+		$result = $this->CakeEmail->wrap($text, CakeEmail::LINE_LENGTH_SHOULD);
 		$expected = array(
 			'<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,<br> consectetur adipiscing elit.<br> Donec ac',
 			'turpis orci, non <b>commodo</b> odio. <br /> Morbi nibh nisi, vehicula',
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ class CakeEmailTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertSame($expected, $result);
 
 		$text = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec ac <a href="http://cakephp.org">turpis</a> orci, non commodo odio. Morbi nibh nisi, vehicula pellentesque accumsan amet.';
-		$result = $this->CakeEmail->wrap($text);
+		$result = $this->CakeEmail->wrap($text, CakeEmail::LINE_LENGTH_SHOULD);
 		$expected = array(
 			'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec ac',
 			'<a href="http://cakephp.org">turpis</a> orci, non commodo odio. Morbi nibh',
@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@ class CakeEmailTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertSame($expected, $result);
 
 		$text = 'Lorem ipsum <a href="http://www.cakephp.org/controller/action/param1/param2" class="nice cool fine amazing awesome">ok</a>';
-		$result = $this->CakeEmail->wrap($text);
+		$result = $this->CakeEmail->wrap($text, CakeEmail::LINE_LENGTH_SHOULD);
 		$expected = array(
 			'Lorem ipsum',
 			'<a href="http://www.cakephp.org/controller/action/param1/param2" class="nice cool fine amazing awesome">',
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ class CakeEmailTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertSame($expected, $result);
 
 		$text = 'Lorem ipsum withonewordverybigMorethanthelineshouldsizeofrfcspecificationbyieeeavailableonieeesite ok.';
-		$result = $this->CakeEmail->wrap($text);
+		$result = $this->CakeEmail->wrap($text, CakeEmail::LINE_LENGTH_SHOULD);
 		$expected = array(
 			'Lorem ipsum',
 			'withonewordverybigMorethanthelineshouldsizeofrfcspecificationbyieeeavailableonieeesite',