diff --git a/templates/kt3/fields/text.smarty b/templates/kt3/fields/text.smarty
index f9e36b6..b036f2b 100644
--- a/templates/kt3/fields/text.smarty
+++ b/templates/kt3/fields/text.smarty
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
       <p class="errorMessage"></p>
       {/if}
       
-      <textarea name="{$name}" {if $has_id}id="{$id}"{/if}>{if $has_value}{$value}{/if}</textarea>
+      <textarea name="{$name}"
+        {if $has_id} id="{$id}"{/if}
+        {if $options.rows} rows="{$options.rows}"{/if}
+        {if $options.cols} cols="{$options.cols}"{/if}
+      >{if $has_value}{$value}{/if}</textarea>
       <input type="hidden" name="kt_core_fieldsets_expect[{$name}]" value ="1"  />
-     </div>
\ No newline at end of file
+     </div>