diff --git a/src/spiffs.h b/src/spiffs.h
index 534c3df..c9a7865 100644
--- a/src/spiffs.h
+++ b/src/spiffs.h
@@ -496,6 +496,15 @@ s32_t SPIFFS_remove(spiffs *fs, const char *path);
  */
 s32_t SPIFFS_fremove(spiffs *fs, spiffs_file fh);
 
+/**
+ * Truncates a file at given size
+ * @param fs            the file system struct
+ * @param fh            the filehandle of the file to truncate
+ * @param new_size      the new size, must be less than existing file size
+ * @retval s32_t        error code
+ */
+s32_t SPIFFS_ftruncate(spiffs* fs, spiffs_file fh, u32_t new_size);
+
 /**
  * Gets file status by path
  * @param fs            the file system struct
diff --git a/src/spiffs_hydrogen.c b/src/spiffs_hydrogen.c
index 5719a4d..e937fdf 100644
--- a/src/spiffs_hydrogen.c
+++ b/src/spiffs_hydrogen.c
@@ -724,6 +724,45 @@ s32_t SPIFFS_fremove(spiffs *fs, spiffs_file fh) {
 #endif // SPIFFS_READ_ONLY
 }
 
+s32_t SPIFFS_ftruncate(spiffs* fs, spiffs_file fh, u32_t new_size) {
+#if SPIFFS_READ_ONLY
+  (void)fs; (void)fh; (void)new_size;
+  return SPIFFS_ERR_RO_NOT_IMPL;
+#else
+  SPIFFS_API_CHECK_CFG(fs);
+  SPIFFS_API_CHECK_MOUNT(fs);
+  SPIFFS_LOCK(fs);
+
+  spiffs_fd* fd;
+
+  fh = SPIFFS_FH_UNOFFS(fs, fh);
+  s32_t res = spiffs_fd_get(fs, fh, &fd);
+  SPIFFS_API_CHECK_RES_UNLOCK(fs, res);
+
+  if ((fd->flags & SPIFFS_O_WRONLY) == 0) {
+    res = SPIFFS_ERR_NOT_WRITABLE;
+    SPIFFS_API_CHECK_RES_UNLOCK(fs, res);
+  }
+
+#if SPIFFS_CACHE_WR
+  spiffs_fflush_cache(fs, fh);
+#endif
+
+  s32_t file_size = (fd->size == SPIFFS_UNDEFINED_LEN) ? 0 : fd->size;
+  if (new_size == file_size) {
+    res = SPIFFS_OK;
+  } else if (new_size > file_size) {
+    res = SPIFFS_ERR_END_OF_OBJECT; // Same error we'd get from SPIFFS_lseek
+  } else {
+    res = spiffs_object_truncate(fd, new_size, 0);
+  }
+  SPIFFS_API_CHECK_RES_UNLOCK(fs, res);
+
+  SPIFFS_UNLOCK(fs);
+  return SPIFFS_OK;
+#endif
+}
+
 static s32_t spiffs_stat_pix(spiffs *fs, spiffs_page_ix pix, spiffs_file fh, spiffs_stat *s) {
   (void)fh;
   spiffs_page_object_ix_header objix_hdr;
diff --git a/src/spiffs_nucleus.c b/src/spiffs_nucleus.c
index a33b7c9..9cdc247 100644
--- a/src/spiffs_nucleus.c
+++ b/src/spiffs_nucleus.c
@@ -1019,6 +1019,7 @@ s32_t spiffs_object_update_index_hdr(
   // change name
   if (name) {
     strncpy((char*)objix_hdr->name, (const char*)name, SPIFFS_OBJ_NAME_LEN);
+    objix_hdr->name[SPIFFS_OBJ_NAME_LEN - 1] = '\0';
   }
 #if SPIFFS_OBJ_META_LEN
   if (meta) {