diff --git a/plugins/javatemplates/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/java/simple/TextAreaHandler.java b/plugins/javatemplates/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/java/simple/TextAreaHandler.java
index 6274096c5..6b1cfa149 100644
--- a/plugins/javatemplates/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/java/simple/TextAreaHandler.java
+++ b/plugins/javatemplates/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/java/simple/TextAreaHandler.java
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ public class TextAreaHandler extends AbstractTagHandler implements TagGenerator
                 .addIfExists("id", params.get("id"))
                 .addIfExists("class", params.get("cssClass"))
                 .addIfExists("style", params.get("cssStyle"))
-                .addIfExists("title", params.get("title"));
+                .addIfExists("title", params.get("title"))
+                .addIfExists("minlength", params.get("minlength"))
+                .addIfExists("maxlength", params.get("maxlength"));
         start("textarea", attrs);
         String value = (String) params.get("nameValue");
         if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(value))