diff --git a/.changeset/chat-tables-horizontal-scroll.md b/.changeset/chat-tables-horizontal-scroll.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..700dd78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chat-tables-horizontal-scroll.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@jmfederico/pi-web": patch
+---
+
+Let chat markdown tables keep their natural width and scroll horizontally instead of being squeezed into the chat column, making them readable on mobile.
diff --git a/src/client/src/components/shared.ts b/src/client/src/components/shared.ts
index e8a490e..fc603f4 100644
--- a/src/client/src/components/shared.ts
+++ b/src/client/src/components/shared.ts
@@ -465,8 +465,8 @@ export const chatStyles = css`
 export const formattedTextStyles = css`
   :host { display: block; }
   .formatted { white-space: normal; overflow-wrap: anywhere; line-height: 1.45; text-align: start; unicode-bidi: plaintext; }
-  p, ul, ol, pre, blockquote, table, .code-block-wrapper { margin: 0 0 10px; }
-  :is(p, ul, ol, pre, blockquote, table, .code-block-wrapper):last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
+  p, ul, ol, pre, blockquote, .table-scroll, .code-block-wrapper { margin: 0 0 10px; }
+  :is(p, ul, ol, pre, blockquote, .table-scroll, .code-block-wrapper):last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
   ul, ol { padding-left: 22px; }
   li + li { margin-top: 3px; }
   code { border: 1px solid var(--pi-border); border-radius: 4px; background: var(--pi-bg); padding: 1px 4px; font: 13px ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; direction: ltr; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: isolate; }
@@ -484,8 +484,10 @@ export const formattedTextStyles = css`
   h2 { font-size: 17px; }
   h3 { font-size: 15px; }
   h4 { font-size: 14px; }
-  table { border-collapse: collapse; display: block; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: hidden; }
-  th, td { border: 1px solid var(--pi-border); padding: 4px 8px; }
+  .table-scroll { max-width: 100%; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: hidden; overscroll-behavior-x: contain; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; }
+  .table-scroll:focus-visible { outline: 1px solid var(--pi-accent); outline-offset: 2px; }
+  table { border-collapse: collapse; width: max-content; min-width: 100%; max-width: none; }
+  th, td { border: 1px solid var(--pi-border); padding: 4px 8px; max-width: 48ch; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
   th { background: var(--pi-surface); }
 `;
 
diff --git a/src/client/src/formatting/markdown.ts b/src/client/src/formatting/markdown.ts
index 99c5eb7..d7be881 100644
--- a/src/client/src/formatting/markdown.ts
+++ b/src/client/src/formatting/markdown.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ function escapeHtml(text: string): string {
     .replaceAll(">", ">");
 }
 
+const TABLE_SCROLL_CLASS = "table-scroll";
+
 function sanitizeHtml(html: string): string {
   const template = document.createElement("template");
   template.innerHTML = html;
@@ -41,9 +43,25 @@ function sanitizeHtml(html: string): string {
       element.setAttribute("rel", "noreferrer noopener");
     }
   });
+  wrapTablesInScrollRegions(template.content);
   return template.innerHTML;
 }
 
+// Markdown tables stay at their natural width and scroll horizontally instead of
+// being squeezed into the chat column, which is unreadable on narrow screens.
+function wrapTablesInScrollRegions(root: DocumentFragment): void {
+  root.querySelectorAll("table").forEach((table) => {
+    if (table.parentElement?.classList.contains(TABLE_SCROLL_CLASS) === true) return;
+    const wrapper = document.createElement("div");
+    wrapper.className = TABLE_SCROLL_CLASS;
+    wrapper.setAttribute("role", "region");
+    wrapper.setAttribute("aria-label", "Table");
+    wrapper.setAttribute("tabindex", "0");
+    table.before(wrapper);
+    wrapper.append(table);
+  });
+}
+
 function isSafeUrl(url: string): boolean {
   if (url.startsWith("#") || url.startsWith("/")) return true;
   try {