diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 200a6fe2f3..4d4b51852b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-08-08  Tom Hacohen
+
+	* Evas textblock:  Make the ellipsis format the same as the surrounding.
+
 2013-08-07  Tom Hacohen
 
 	* Evas textblock: Use max ascent/descent at the edges of the textblock.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0a6f9fcac5..c717434883 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Additions:
      - Use eina_file_virtualize() for evas_object_image_memfile_set().
      - Change mapping policy for image loader.
      - textblock: Use max ascent/descent at the edges of the textblock.
+     - textblock: Make the ellipsis format the same as the surrounding.
     * Ecore_X:
      - Add window profile support.
        ECORE_X_ATOM_E_WINDOW_PROFILE_SUPPORTED
diff --git a/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c b/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
index ec58bf6de1..9dfb7b0663 100644
--- a/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
+++ b/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
@@ -4206,8 +4206,7 @@ _layout_ellipsis_item_new(Ctxt *c, const Evas_Object_Textblock_Item *cur_it)
 
    /* We can free it here, cause there's only one ellipsis item per tb. */
    if (c->o->ellip_ti) _item_free(c->obj, NULL, _ITEM(c->o->ellip_ti));
-   c->o->ellip_ti = ellip_ti = _layout_text_item_new(c,
-         eina_list_data_get(eina_list_last(c->format_stack)));
+   c->o->ellip_ti = ellip_ti = _layout_text_item_new(c, cur_it->format);
    ellip_ti->parent.text_node = cur_it->text_node;
    ellip_ti->parent.text_pos = cur_it->text_pos;
    script = evas_common_language_script_type_get(_ellip_str, len);