diff --git a/src/catch2/internal/catch_console_width.hpp b/src/catch2/internal/catch_console_width.hpp
index ad868e33..7156ec4e 100644
--- a/src/catch2/internal/catch_console_width.hpp
+++ b/src/catch2/internal/catch_console_width.hpp
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 #ifndef CATCH_CONSOLE_WIDTH_HPP_INCLUDED
 #define CATCH_CONSOLE_WIDTH_HPP_INCLUDED
 
+// This include must be kept so that user's configured value for CONSOLE_WIDTH
+// is used before we attempt to provide a default value
+#include <catch2/catch_user_config.hpp>
+
 #ifndef CATCH_CONFIG_CONSOLE_WIDTH
 #define CATCH_CONFIG_CONSOLE_WIDTH 80
 #endif