diff --git a/Packages/ComposeUI/Sources/ComposeUI/Views/NewMainTextView.swift b/Packages/ComposeUI/Sources/ComposeUI/Views/NewMainTextView.swift
index 9eb42ce7a4..eccd7f7716 100644
--- a/Packages/ComposeUI/Sources/ComposeUI/Views/NewMainTextView.swift
+++ b/Packages/ComposeUI/Sources/ComposeUI/Views/NewMainTextView.swift
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ struct NewMainTextView: View {
     
     var body: some View {
         NewMainTextViewRepresentable(value: $value, becomeFirstResponder: $becomeFirstResponder, handleAttachmentDrop: handleAttachmentDrop)
+            .frame(minHeight: Self.minHeight)
             .focused($focusedField, equals: .body)
             .modifier(FocusedInputModifier())
             .overlay(alignment: .topLeading) {
@@ -58,6 +59,10 @@ private struct NewMainTextViewRepresentable: UIViewRepresentable {
             .font: UIFontMetrics.default.scaledFont(for: .systemFont(ofSize: 20)),
         ]
         view.backgroundColor = nil
+        // on iOS 15, this is needed to prevent the text view from growing horizontally
+        if #unavailable(iOS 16.0) {
+            view.setContentCompressionResistancePriority(.defaultLow, for: .horizontal)
+        }
         
 //        view.layer.cornerRadius = 5
 //        view.layer.cornerCurve = .continuous