diff --git a/jquery.expander.js b/jquery.expander.js
index 85fe6bd..b4cd3ce 100644
--- a/jquery.expander.js
+++ b/jquery.expander.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       expandAfterSummary: false,
 
       // Possible word endings to test against for when preserveWords: true
-      wordEnd: /(&(?:[^;]+;)?|[a-zA-Z\u00C0-\u0100]+|[^\u0000-\u007F]+)$/,
+      wordEnd: /(&(?:[^;]+;)?|[0-9a-zA-Z\u00C0-\u0100]+|[^\u0000-\u007F]+)$/,
 
       // class names for summary element and detail element
       summaryClass: 'summary',
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index 19f4457..f49e947 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ <h2 id="qunit-userAgent"></h2>
 <div id="wordcountesc">
   They wake up every day dreading the sunrise. Knowing every time... the gap between us becomes &amp; is too small for &nbsp; -thier- &nbsp; comfort.
 </div>
+<div id="preserveNumbers">
+Lorem ipsum ....... bla bla 1234567890 dolor sit amet
+</div>
 <div id="wordcountsp">
   They wake up every day dreading the sunrise. Knowing that every time, the gap between us becomes greater  ,   ,   ,   ,   , spaced  ,  ~  , and  .  sparce  ... - every day.
 </div>
diff --git a/test/tests.js b/test/tests.js
index 092476c..73bf525 100644
--- a/test/tests.js
+++ b/test/tests.js
@@ -321,12 +321,18 @@ module('odd html', {
 
     $('#hidden-container').children('p').expander();
     this.hiddenContainer = $('#hidden-container');
+    this.preserveNumbers = $('#preserveNumbers').expander({
+      slicePoint: 35,
+      preserveWords: true
+    });
   },
   teardown: function() {
     this.endinghr.expander('destroy');
     this.sametag.expander('destroy');
     this.ampbr.expander('destroy');
     this.htmlescape.expander('destroy');
+    this.preserveNumbers.expander('destroy');
+
     $('#hidden-container').children('p').expander('destroy');
   }
 });
@@ -383,6 +389,12 @@ test('split html escapes', function() {
   equal(( this.htmlescape.text().charAt(97) !== '&'), true, 'correctly shifts stray "nbsp;" out of detailText');
 });
 
+test('preserve numbers as words', function() {
+  equal(this.preserveNumbers.find('.details').length, 1, 'created detail');
+  this.preserveNumbers.find('.read-more, .details').remove();
+  equal( $.trim(this.preserveNumbers.text()).length, 27, 'split at 27 characters, preserving the long number');
+});
+
 /* PRESET ELEMENTS */
 module('Preset Elements', {
   setup: function() {