diff --git a/packages/views/editor/extensions/index.ts b/packages/views/editor/extensions/index.ts
index 64531ecaa..aac3f459c 100644
--- a/packages/views/editor/extensions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/views/editor/extensions/index.ts
@@ -180,7 +180,12 @@ export function createEditorExtensions(
     // markdownPaste's handlePaste is a catch-all that returns true.
     LinkExtension,
     ImageExtension,
-    Table.configure({ resizable: false }),
+    // renderWrapper wraps the table in `<div class="tableWrapper">` (the same
+    // wrapper the resizable NodeView emits), which prose.css styles with
+    // `overflow-x: auto`. Without it a wide table is a bare <table> that can't
+    // shrink below min-content, so the horizontal scrollbar lands on the
+    // page-level scroll container instead of the table itself.
+    Table.configure({ resizable: false, renderWrapper: true }),
     TableRow,
     TableHeader,
     TableCell,