diff --git a/lib/db/migrate2utf8.xml b/lib/db/migrate2utf8.xml
index df8ad789c89..7811e61f20a 100755
--- a/lib/db/migrate2utf8.xml
+++ b/lib/db/migrate2utf8.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     
 	<TABLE name="capabilities">
 	  <FIELDS>
-	    <FIELD name="name" method="NO_CONV" type="varchar" length="150" dropindex="name" addindex ="name(name(150))" />
+	    <FIELD name="name" method="NO_CONV" type="varchar" length="255" dropindex="name" addindex ="name(name(150))" />
 		<FIELD name="captype" method="NO_CONV" type="varchar" length="50" />
 		<FIELD name="component" method="NO_CONV" type="varchar" length="100" />		
       </FIELDS>
diff --git a/lib/db/mysql.php b/lib/db/mysql.php
index b610b609c41..56117a1167f 100644
--- a/lib/db/mysql.php
+++ b/lib/db/mysql.php
@@ -2052,7 +2052,7 @@ function main_upgrade($oldversion=0) {
                             
         execute_sql("CREATE TABLE {$CFG->prefix}capabilities ( 
                               `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, 
-                              `name` varchar(150) NOT NULL default '', 
+                              `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '', 
                               `captype` varchar(50) NOT NULL default '', 
                               `contextlevel` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', 
                               `component` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '', 
diff --git a/lib/db/mysql.sql b/lib/db/mysql.sql
index 0657b86eef5..7737809e858 100644
--- a/lib/db/mysql.sql
+++ b/lib/db/mysql.sql
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ CREATE TABLE prefix_role_deny_grant (
 
 CREATE TABLE prefix_capabilities ( 
   `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, 
-  `name` varchar(150) NOT NULL default '', 
+  `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '', 
   `captype` varchar(50) NOT NULL default '', 
   `contextlevel` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', 
   `component` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '', 
diff --git a/lib/db/postgres7.php b/lib/db/postgres7.php
index c33ce8706aa..ab36a4c56a1 100644
--- a/lib/db/postgres7.php
+++ b/lib/db/postgres7.php
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ function main_upgrade($oldversion=0) {
                                 
         modify_database('', "CREATE TABLE prefix_capabilities ( 
                               id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
-                              name varchar(150) NOT NULL default '', 
+                              name varchar(255) NOT NULL default '', 
                               captype varchar(50) NOT NULL default '', 
                               contextlevel integer NOT NULL default 0, 
                               component varchar(100) NOT NULL default ''
diff --git a/lib/db/postgres7.sql b/lib/db/postgres7.sql
index c31ede62884..320081a5e71 100644
--- a/lib/db/postgres7.sql
+++ b/lib/db/postgres7.sql
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ CREATE UNIQUE INDEX prefix_role_deny_grant_roleidunviewableroleid_idx ON prefix_
        
 CREATE TABLE prefix_capabilities (   
   id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,     
-  name varchar(150) NOT NULL default '',     
+  name varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',     
   captype varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',   
   contextlevel integer NOT NULL default 0,   
   component varchar(100) NOT NULL default ''