diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 0bc7b655f..755695398 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ The contributors that suggested a given feature are shown in []. Thanks!
 
 ****  Fix expand optimization slowing --lint-only. Closes #2091. [Thomas Watts]
 
+****  Fix %{number}s with strings. #2093. [agrobman]
+
 
 * Verilator 4.024 2019-12-08
 
diff --git a/include/verilated.cpp b/include/verilated.cpp
index 4bfae8d4c..07a880837 100644
--- a/include/verilated.cpp
+++ b/include/verilated.cpp
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ void _vl_vsformat(std::string& output, const char* formatp, va_list ap) VL_MT_SA
             case '@': {  // Verilog/C++ string
                 va_arg(ap, int);  // # bits is ignored
                 const std::string* cstrp = va_arg(ap, const std::string*);
+                if (width > cstrp->size()) output += std::string(width - cstrp->size(), ' ');
                 output += *cstrp;
                 break;
             }
@@ -713,13 +714,17 @@ void _vl_vsformat(std::string& output, const char* formatp, va_list ap) VL_MT_SA
                     output += charval;
                     break;
                 }
-                case 's':
+                case 's': {
+                    std::string field;
                     for (; lsb>=0; --lsb) {
                         lsb = (lsb / 8) * 8;  // Next digit
                         IData charval = VL_BITRSHIFT_W(lwp, lsb) & 0xff;
-                        output += (charval==0)?' ':charval;
+                        field += (charval==0)?' ':charval;
                     }
+                    if (width > field.size()) output += std::string(width - field.size(), ' ');
+                    output += field;
                     break;
+                }
                 case 'd': {  // Signed decimal
                     int digits;
                     std::string append;
diff --git a/src/V3Number.cpp b/src/V3Number.cpp
index 1f060cecf..65f579654 100644
--- a/src/V3Number.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Number.cpp
@@ -496,11 +496,18 @@ bool V3Number::displayedFmtLegal(char format) {
     default: return false;
     }
 }
+
+string V3Number::displayPad(size_t fmtsize, char pad, const string& in) {
+    string prefix;
+    if (in.length() < fmtsize) prefix = string(fmtsize - in.length(), pad);
+    return prefix + in;
+}
+
 string V3Number::displayed(AstNode* nodep, const string& vformat) const {
     return displayed(nodep->fileline(), vformat);
 }
 
-string V3Number::displayed(FileLine*fl, const string& vformat) const {
+string V3Number::displayed(FileLine* fl, const string& vformat) const {
     string::const_iterator pos = vformat.begin();
     UASSERT(pos != vformat.end() && pos[0]=='%',
             "$display-like function with non format argument "<<*this);
@@ -566,6 +573,8 @@ string V3Number::displayed(FileLine*fl, const string& vformat) const {
                 if (fmtsize != "0") str += ' ';
             }
         }
+        size_t fmtsizen = static_cast<size_t>(atoi(fmtsize.c_str()));
+        str = displayPad(fmtsizen, ' ', str);
         return str;
     }
     case '~':  // Signed decimal
@@ -592,12 +601,10 @@ string V3Number::displayed(FileLine*fl, const string& vformat) const {
                 str = cvtToStr(toUQuad());
             }
         }
-        int intfmtsize = atoi(fmtsize.c_str());
         bool zeropad = fmtsize.length()>0 && fmtsize[0]=='0';
-        while (static_cast<int>(str.length()) < intfmtsize) {
-            if (zeropad) str.insert(0, "0");
-            else str.insert(0, " ");
-        }
+        // fmtsize might have changed since we parsed the %fmtsize
+        size_t fmtsizen = static_cast<size_t>(atoi(fmtsize.c_str()));
+        str = displayPad(fmtsizen, (zeropad ? '0' : ' '), str);
         return str;
     }
     case 'e':
@@ -643,7 +650,9 @@ string V3Number::displayed(FileLine*fl, const string& vformat) const {
         return str;
     }
     case '@': {  // Packed string
-        return toString();
+        size_t fmtsizen = static_cast<size_t>(atoi(fmtsize.c_str()));
+        str = displayPad(fmtsizen, ' ', toString());
+        return str;
     }
     default:
         fl->v3fatalSrc("Unknown $display-like format code for number: %"<<pos[0]);
diff --git a/src/V3Number.h b/src/V3Number.h
index 339d29495..508a8db9a 100644
--- a/src/V3Number.h
+++ b/src/V3Number.h
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ private:
         for (int i=0; i<words(); i++) m_value[i] = m_valueX[i] = 0;
     }
     void setNames(AstNode* nodep);
+    static string displayPad(size_t fmtsize, char pad, const string& in);
     string displayed(FileLine* fl, const string& vformat) const;
     string displayed(const string& vformat) const {
         return displayed(m_fileline, vformat);
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_display.out b/test_regress/t/t_display.out
index 10667f059..a06c167d4 100644
--- a/test_regress/t/t_display.out
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_display.out
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 [0] %t=                   0 %03t=  0 %0t=0
 
 [0] %s=! %s= what! %s= hmmm!1234
+[0] %6s=:     !: %6s=: what!: %6s=: hmmm!1234:
+[0] %8s=:  sv-str:
 [0] hello, from a very long string. Percent %s are literally substituted in.
 hello, from a concatenated string.
 hello, from a concatenated format string [0].
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_display.v b/test_regress/t/t_display.v
index da6ab3f7c..691660ee6 100644
--- a/test_regress/t/t_display.v
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_display.v
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ module t;
       // Not testing %0s, it does different things in different simulators
       $display("[%0t] %%s=%s %%s=%s %%s=%s", $time,
                str2[7:0], str2, str3);
+      $display("[%0t] %%6s=:%6s: %%6s=:%6s: %%6s=:%6s:", $time,
+               str2[7:0], str2, str3);
+      $display("[%0t] %%8s=:%8s:", $time,
+               svs);
 
       $display("[%0t] %s%s%s", $time,
                "hel", "lo, fr", "om a very long string. Percent %s are literally substituted in.");