diff --git a/crates/collab/src/tests/editor_tests.rs b/crates/collab/src/tests/editor_tests.rs
index 99ef30b21c3d3617d067fc9737459bee973007ae..1706cb4a8b986e7bb17acfdf4bf0618e7288c290 100644
--- a/crates/collab/src/tests/editor_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/collab/src/tests/editor_tests.rs
@@ -2006,6 +2006,7 @@ async fn test_git_blame_is_forwarded(cx_a: &mut TestAppContext, cx_b: &mut TestA
     let inline_blame_off_settings = Some(InlineBlameSettings {
         enabled: false,
         delay_ms: None,
+        min_column: None,
     });
     cx_a.update(|cx| {
         cx.update_global(|store: &mut SettingsStore, cx| {
diff --git a/crates/editor/src/element.rs b/crates/editor/src/element.rs
index f327787263d848238a4c6a3f4a295949b6682b7d..199d0294e60915d11ddddc111c7570ab724b728d 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/element.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/element.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ use smallvec::SmallVec;
 use std::{
     any::TypeId,
     borrow::Cow,
-    cmp::{self, Ordering},
+    cmp::{self, max, Ordering},
     fmt::Write,
     iter, mem,
     ops::Range,
@@ -1141,8 +1141,17 @@ impl EditorElement {
         let start_x = {
             const INLINE_BLAME_PADDING_EM_WIDTHS: f32 = 6.;
 
-            let line_width = line_layout.line.width;
-            content_origin.x + line_width + (em_width * INLINE_BLAME_PADDING_EM_WIDTHS)
+            let padded_line_width =
+                line_layout.line.width + (em_width * INLINE_BLAME_PADDING_EM_WIDTHS);
+
+            let min_column = ProjectSettings::get_global(cx)
+                .git
+                .inline_blame
+                .and_then(|settings| settings.min_column)
+                .map(|col| self.column_pixels(col as usize, cx))
+                .unwrap_or(px(0.));
+
+            content_origin.x + max(padded_line_width, min_column)
         };
 
         let absolute_offset = point(start_x, start_y);
diff --git a/crates/project/src/project_settings.rs b/crates/project/src/project_settings.rs
index 579c8e6156723e7604df65ea9efab6925e2abbb4..b49331545545983ca2ede07749f481675907757b 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/project_settings.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/project_settings.rs
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ pub struct InlineBlameSettings {
     ///
     /// Default: 0
     pub delay_ms: Option<u64>,
+    /// The minimum column number to show the inline blame information at
+    ///
+    /// Default: 0
+    pub min_column: Option<u32>,
 }
 
 const fn true_value() -> bool {