diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 74a3c1fcd..dd719f605 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
    can now be modified as a group (thanks to Bryce Harrington, Eric Fluger).
  + Added feature #679, which makes color rules match project names in a left-
    most fashion, like filters (thanks to ch077179).
+ + Added feature #682, which allows the configuration variable 'defaultheight'
+   to override the assumed height of 24 lines when 'detection' is not enabled
+   (thanks to Steve Rader).
  + Added feature #700, which adds tab-completion of built-in tags.
  + Added feature #710, which adds an attribute modifier prefix to return the
    complement of a filtered set (thanks to Dan White).
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b297d0e63..bc1ff006f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ New configuration options in taskwarrior 2.0.0
     command or value may be.
   - New 'hyphenate' setting controls whether long lines are hyphenated when
     broken during text-wrapping.
+  - New 'defaultheight' setting overrides the assumed 24 lines when 'detection'
+    is disabled.  This setting only affects charts.
 
 Newly deprecated features in taskwarrior 2.0.0
 
diff --git a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
index 3a4f27b27..d3c85811e 100644
--- a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
+++ b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
@@ -169,7 +169,13 @@ using, for text wrapping.
 The width of output used when auto-detection support is not available. Defaults
 to 80.  If set to 0, is interpreted as infinite width, therefore with no
 word-wrapping; useful when redirecting report output to a file for subsequent
-manipulation.
+handling.
+
+.TP
+.B defaultheight=24
+The height of output used when auto-detection support is not available. Defaults
+to 24.  If set to 0, is interpreted as infinite height.  Useful when redirecting
+charts to a file for subsequent handling.
 
 .TP
 .B avoidlastcolumn=no
diff --git a/src/Config.cpp b/src/Config.cpp
index 9f53f0cda..50b97814f 100644
--- a/src/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/Config.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ std::string Config::defaults =
   "# Terminal\n"
   "detection=on                                   # Detects terminal width\n"
   "defaultwidth=80                                # Without detection, assumed width\n"
+  "defaultheight=24                               # Without detection, assumed height\n"
   "avoidlastcolumn=no                             # Fixes Cygwin width problem\n"
   "hyphenate=on                                   # Hyphenates lines wrapped on non-word-breaks\n"
   "#editor=vi                                     # Preferred text editor\n"
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp b/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
index 301182c2e..9a9b80611 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ int CmdShow::execute (std::string& output)
     " default.due"
     " default.priority"
     " default.project"
+    " defaultheight"
     " defaultwidth"
     " dependency.confirmation"
     " dependency.indicator"
diff --git a/src/interactive.cpp b/src/interactive.cpp
index e6ce1ab00..0a61f5c3e 100644
--- a/src/interactive.cpp
+++ b/src/interactive.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,12 @@ int Context::getWidth ()
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int Context::getHeight ()
 {
-  int height = 24;
+  // Determine window size.
+  int height = config.getInteger ("defaultheight");
+
+  // A zero height value means 'infinity', which is approximated here by 2^16.
+  if (height == 0)
+    return 65536;
 
   if (config.getBoolean ("detection"))
   {