diff --git a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/basic.less b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/basic.less
index ccec240a4a180867bf524ae1369834418ac9adcd..abb330a152b487070d87e5a3d68c3044da03a60e 100644
--- a/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/basic.less
+++ b/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/css/basic.less
@@ -312,6 +312,10 @@ small {
     font-size: .8em;
 }
 
+wbr {
+    display: inline-block; /* for IE 11 */
+}
+
 /*____________ forms ____________*/
 
 /* for all of the form styles, style.ini colours are not used on purpose (except for fieldset border) */