diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 5e417f3b1b..22439c6db6 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ Major new features in 2.8 release
 2.8.10:
 -------
 
+All (GUI):
+
+- Fixed wxHTML's pagebreaks computation in tables (D.J.Stauffer)
+
 All (Unix):
 
 - Return false from wxSingleInstanceChecker::IsAnotherRunning() if an error
diff --git a/src/html/m_layout.cpp b/src/html/m_layout.cpp
index 9073ffc9ec..5cb9daa70b 100644
--- a/src/html/m_layout.cpp
+++ b/src/html/m_layout.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,12 @@ bool wxHtmlPageBreakCell::AdjustPagebreak(int* pagebreak, wxArrayInt& known_page
     // m_PosY is only the vertical offset from the parent. The pagebreak
     // required here is the total page offset, so m_PosY must be added
     // to the parent's offset and height.
-    int total_height = m_PosY + GetParent()->GetPosY() + GetParent()->GetHeight();
+    int total_height = m_PosY;
+    for ( wxHtmlCell *parent = GetParent(); parent; parent = parent->GetParent() )
+    {
+        total_height += parent->GetPosY();
+    }
+
 
     // Search the array of pagebreaks to see whether we've already set
     // a pagebreak here. The standard bsearch() function is appropriate