diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b9293012..118c8290 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ The **patch** part changes is incremented if multiple releases happen the same m
 
 * evolinux-base: use separate default config file for rsyslog
 * evocheck: upstream release 23.10
+* add-vm.sh: allow VM name max length > 20
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/kvm-host/files/add-vm.sh b/kvm-host/files/add-vm.sh
index f945d401..6ded1103 100755
--- a/kvm-host/files/add-vm.sh
+++ b/kvm-host/files/add-vm.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ ${DIALOG} \
     "memory" 2 1 "${defaultRAM}" 2 10 20 0 \
     "volRoot" 3 1 "${disks[0]}-${defaultRootSize}" 3 10 20 0 \
     "volHome" 4 1 "${disks[1]}-${defaultHomeSize}" 4 10 20 0 \
-    "vmName" 5 1 "${defaultVmName}" 5 10 20 0 \
+    "vmName" 5 1 "${defaultVmName}" 5 10 20 1024 \
     2> "${DIALOGOUT}"
 
 vCPU=$(sed 1'q;d' "${DIALOGOUT}")