diff --git a/calendar/inc/class.calendar_uiviews.inc.php b/calendar/inc/class.calendar_uiviews.inc.php
index b9155c5d35..7e2f23d1c3 100644
--- a/calendar/inc/class.calendar_uiviews.inc.php
+++ b/calendar/inc/class.calendar_uiviews.inc.php
@@ -1809,6 +1809,13 @@ class calendar_uiviews extends calendar_ui
 				(isset($data['border']) ? '&border='.urlencode($data['border']) : ''));
 		}
 */
+		// Add event description to cal event view body if the event is long enough (3 hours or whole day event)
+		// to be able to show some lines of description text
+		if ($event['whole_day'] || ($event['end'] - $event['start']) >= 10800)
+		{
+			$tpl->set_var('bodydescription', !$is_private ? nl2br(html::htmlspecialchars($event['description'])) : '');
+		}
+		
 		$tooltip = $tpl->fp('tooltip','event_tooltip');
 		$html = $tpl->fp('out',$block);
 
diff --git a/calendar/templates/default/event_widget.tpl b/calendar/templates/default/event_widget.tpl
index c2190a7ee2..955ff7a321 100644
--- a/calendar/templates/default/event_widget.tpl
+++ b/calendar/templates/default/event_widget.tpl
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@
 {indent}	{header}
 {indent}	<div class="calendar_calEventIcons">{icons}</div>
 {indent}</div>
-{indent}<div class="calendar_calEventBody{Small}">{title}</div>
+{indent}<div class="calendar_calEventBody{Small}">
+{indent}	<p style="margin: 0px;">
+{indent}		<span class="calendar_calEventTitle">{title}</span>
+{indent}		<br>{bodydescription}
+{indent}	</p>
+{indent}</div>
 <!-- END event_widget -->
 
 <!-- BEGIN event_widget_wholeday_on_top -->