diff --git a/public/js/jquery.dataTables.js b/public/js/jquery.dataTables.js
index e1376d932..67ed1a601 100644
--- a/public/js/jquery.dataTables.js
+++ b/public/js/jquery.dataTables.js
@@ -5268,7 +5268,7 @@
 		headerCopy = header.clone().prependTo( table );
 		headerTrgEls = header.find('tr'); // original header is in its own table
 		headerSrcEls = headerCopy.find('tr');
-		headerCopy.find('th, td').removeAttr('tabindex');
+		headerCopy.find('th, td').removeAttr('tabindex').css('minWidth', 'auto');
 	
 	
 		/*
@@ -5339,6 +5339,7 @@
 			// prevents complex headers from having contradictory sizes applied
 			if ( $.inArray( nToSize, dtHeaderCells ) !== -1 ) {
 				nToSize.style.width = headerWidths[i];
+                nToSize.style.minWidth = headerWidths[i];
 			}
 		}, headerTrgEls );
 	
@@ -5597,7 +5598,8 @@
 	
 			for ( i=0 ; i<visibleColumns.length ; i++ ) {
 				column = columns[ visibleColumns[i] ];
-	
+
+                headerCells[i].style.minWidth = 'auto';
 				headerCells[i].style.width = column.sWidthOrig !== null && column.sWidthOrig !== '' ?
 					_fnStringToCss( column.sWidthOrig ) :
 					'';