diff --git a/src/format.rs b/src/format.rs
index de5cbfe..10b82f1 100644
--- a/src/format.rs
+++ b/src/format.rs
@@ -474,6 +474,25 @@ impl Printf for &str {
         if spec.conversion_type == ConversionType::String {
             let mut s = String::new();
 
+            // Take care of precision, putting the truncated string in `content`
+            let precision: usize = match spec.precision {
+                NumericParam::Literal(p) => p,
+                _ => {
+                    return Err(PrintfError::Unknown); // should not happen at this point!!
+                }
+            }
+            .try_into()
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+            let content_len = {
+                let mut content_len = precision.min(self.len());
+                while !self.is_char_boundary(content_len) {
+                    content_len -= 1;
+                }
+                content_len
+            };
+            let content = &self[..content_len];
+
+            // Pad to width if needed, putting the padded string in `s`
             let width: usize = match spec.width {
                 NumericParam::Literal(w) => w,
                 _ => {
@@ -482,18 +501,18 @@ impl Printf for &str {
             }
             .try_into()
             .unwrap_or_default();
-
             if spec.left_adj {
-                s.push_str(self);
+                s.push_str(content);
                 while s.len() < width {
                     s.push(' ');
                 }
             } else {
-                while s.len() + self.len() < width {
+                while s.len() + content.len() < width {
                     s.push(' ');
                 }
-                s.push_str(self);
+                s.push_str(content);
             }
+
             Ok(s)
         } else {
             Err(PrintfError::WrongType)
diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index 62f5ac2..b69d66b 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ fn take_conversion_specifier(s: &str) -> Result<(ConversionSpecifier, &str)> {
         space_sign: false,
         force_sign: false,
         width: NumericParam::Literal(0),
-        precision: NumericParam::Literal(6),
+        precision: NumericParam::FromArgument, // Placeholder - must not be returned!
         // ignore length modifier
         conversion_type: ConversionType::DecInt,
     };
@@ -203,6 +203,18 @@ fn take_conversion_specifier(s: &str) -> Result<(ConversionSpecifier, &str)> {
         }
     };
 
+    if spec.precision == NumericParam::FromArgument {
+        // If precision is not specified, set to default value
+        let p = if spec.conversion_type == ConversionType::String {
+            // Default to max limit (aka no limit) for strings
+            i32::MAX
+        } else {
+            // Default to 6 for all other types
+            6
+        };
+        spec.precision = NumericParam::Literal(p);
+    }
+
     Ok((spec, &s[1..]))
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/compare_to_libc.rs b/tests/compare_to_libc.rs
index a76c8fd..f40cda0 100644
--- a/tests/compare_to_libc.rs
+++ b/tests/compare_to_libc.rs
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ fn test_float() {
 #[test]
 fn test_str() {
     check_fmt_s("test %% with string: %s yay\n", "FOO");
+    check_fmt_s(
+        "%s",
+        "testing with a slightly longer string to make sure it doesn't truncate",
+    );
     check_fmt("test char %c", '~');
     let c_string = CString::new("test").unwrap();
     check_fmt("%s", c_string.as_c_str());
@@ -120,6 +124,20 @@ fn test_str() {
     check_fmt_s("%4s", "𒀀"); // multi-byte character test (4 bytes)
     check_fmt_s("%-4sX", "A");
     check_fmt_s("%-4sX", "𒀀"); // multi-byte character test (4 bytes)
+    check_fmt_s("%1.3s", "ABCDEFG");
+    check_fmt_s("%1.4s", "𒀀𒀀"); // multi-byte character test (4 bytes per char)
+    check_fmt_s("%8.4s", "ABCDEFG");
+
+    // glibc does not handle UTF-8 strings correctly when truncating, but we cannot produce malformed UTF-8
+    // strings in Rust. Instead, we round down to the nearest character boundary.
+    assert_eq!(sprintf!("%1.1s", "𒀀𒀀𒀀").unwrap(), " ");
+    assert_eq!(sprintf!("%1.2s", "𒀀𒀀𒀀").unwrap(), " ");
+    assert_eq!(sprintf!("%1.3s", "𒀀𒀀𒀀").unwrap(), " ");
+    assert_eq!(sprintf!("%1.4s", "𒀀𒀀𒀀").unwrap(), "𒀀");
+    assert_eq!(sprintf!("%1.5s", "𒀀𒀀𒀀").unwrap(), "𒀀");
+    assert_eq!(sprintf!("%1.6s", "𒀀𒀀𒀀").unwrap(), "𒀀");
+    assert_eq!(sprintf!("%1.7s", "𒀀𒀀𒀀").unwrap(), "𒀀");
+    assert_eq!(sprintf!("%1.8s", "𒀀𒀀𒀀").unwrap(), "𒀀𒀀");
 }
 
 #[test]