diff --git a/addressbook/templates/default/app.css b/addressbook/templates/default/app.css
index f91af96726..fdb9338aee 100644
--- a/addressbook/templates/default/app.css
+++ b/addressbook/templates/default/app.css
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ input.et2_radiobox {
 #addressbook-index .filtersContainer select {
 	width: 31.5%;
 }
+/* category filter chosen. !important is neccessary to override the width set by chosen*/
+#addressbook-index .nextmatch_header_row .et2_selectbox.select-cat {min-width:auto;width: 31.5% !important;}
 select#addressbook-index_col_filter\[tid\] {
 	width: 82px;
 }
diff --git a/addressbook/templates/pixelegg/app.css b/addressbook/templates/pixelegg/app.css
index fab1ccb9ac..b473eb7493 100755
--- a/addressbook/templates/pixelegg/app.css
+++ b/addressbook/templates/pixelegg/app.css
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ input.et2_radiobox {
 #addressbook-index .filtersContainer select {
   width: 31.5%;
 }
+/* category filter chosen. !important is neccessary to override the width set by chosen*/
+#addressbook-index .nextmatch_header_row .et2_selectbox.select-cat {
+  min-width: auto;
+  width: 31.5% !important;
+}
 select#addressbook-index_col_filter\[tid\] {
   width: 82px;
 }