diff --git a/js/maxlength.js b/js/maxlength.js
index d8c3fbb..29978f1 100644
--- a/js/maxlength.js
+++ b/js/maxlength.js
@@ -547,6 +547,12 @@
     }
   };
 
+  ml.ckeditorWordChange = function (e)
+  {
+    var options = $.extend({}, ml.options[e.editor.element.getId()]);
+    ml.calculateWords($('#' + e.editor.element.getId()), options, ml.strip_tags(ml.ckeditorGetData(e)).length, e, 'ckeditorGetData', 'ckeditorSetData');
+  };
+
   // Gets the data from the ckeditor.
   ml.ckeditorGetData = function(e) {
     return e.editor.getData();