diff --git a/app/models/role.rb b/app/models/role.rb
index 38014102e..0a0f1dd6d 100644
--- a/app/models/role.rb
+++ b/app/models/role.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class Role < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   validates_presence_of :name
   validates_uniqueness_of :name
-  validates_length_of :name, :maximum => 30
+  validates_length_of :name, :maximum => 255
   validates_inclusion_of :issues_visibility,
     :in => ISSUES_VISIBILITY_OPTIONS.collect(&:first),
     :if => lambda {|role| role.respond_to?(:issues_visibility) && role.issues_visibility_changed?}
diff --git a/db/migrate/20190620135549_change_roles_name_limit.rb b/db/migrate/20190620135549_change_roles_name_limit.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29f5b03c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20190620135549_change_roles_name_limit.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class ChangeRolesNameLimit < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  def self.up
+    change_column :roles, :name, :string, :limit => 255, :default => ''
+  end
+  
+  def self.down
+    change_column :roles, :name, :string, :limit => 30, :default => ''
+  end
+end