diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_sidebar.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_sidebar.scss
index 17f23f7fce366261ffeabf270e23b627d7cf7d3d..f9ceaec94183ba48e444b4fd8f7082ce4c940acd 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_sidebar.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_sidebar.scss
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ $new-sidebar-width: 220px;
   &:hover {
     background-color: $border-color;
   }
+
+  .project-title,
+  .group-title {
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  }
 }
 
 .settings-avatar {
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/nav/_new_group_sidebar.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/nav/_new_group_sidebar.html.haml
index b7ac04cc3e5f6709931e3bb08453fc792197402d..7b68d11041ed0ec643601a1e57688df6ee684b9d 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/nav/_new_group_sidebar.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/nav/_new_group_sidebar.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .nav-sidebar
-  = link_to group_path(@group), title: 'Group', class: 'context-header' do
+  = link_to group_path(@group), title: @group.name, class: 'context-header' do
     .avatar-container.s40.group-avatar
       = image_tag group_icon(@group), class: "avatar s40 avatar-tile"
     .group-title
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/nav/_new_project_sidebar.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/nav/_new_project_sidebar.html.haml
index 6e483353a2dc02b3d4168055abdbccf11c79db7e..cc731db3cc1f1a19e62b14f0a5d7b8cc422f871e 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/nav/_new_project_sidebar.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/nav/_new_project_sidebar.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .nav-sidebar
   - can_edit = can?(current_user, :admin_project, @project)
-  = link_to project_path(@project), title: 'Project', class: 'context-header' do
+  = link_to project_path(@project), title: @project.name, class: 'context-header' do
     .avatar-container.s40.project-avatar
       = project_icon(@project, alt: @project.name, class: 'avatar s40 avatar-tile')
     .project-title