diff --git a/share/templates/latex/base.tex.j2 b/share/templates/latex/base.tex.j2
index 493130b07..3f814615f 100644
--- a/share/templates/latex/base.tex.j2
+++ b/share/templates/latex/base.tex.j2
@@ -164,7 +164,26 @@ override this.-=))
     \newcommand{\AttributeTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.49,0.56,0.16}{{#1}}}
     \newcommand{\InformationTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.38,0.63,0.69}{\textbf{\textit{{#1}}}}}
     \newcommand{\WarningTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.38,0.63,0.69}{\textbf{\textit{{#1}}}}}
-
+    \makeatletter
+    \newsavebox\pandoc@box
+    \newcommand*\pandocbounded[1]{%
+      \sbox\pandoc@box{#1}%
+      % scaling factors for width and height
+      \Gscale@div\@tempa\textheight{\dimexpr\ht\pandoc@box+\dp\pandoc@box\relax}%
+      \Gscale@div\@tempb\linewidth{\wd\pandoc@box}%
+      % select the smaller of both
+      \ifdim\@tempb\p@<\@tempa\p@
+        \let\@tempa\@tempb
+      \fi
+      % scaling accordingly (\@tempa < 1)
+      \ifdim\@tempa\p@<\p@
+        \scalebox{\@tempa}{\usebox\pandoc@box}%
+      % scaling not needed, use as it is
+      \else
+        \usebox{\pandoc@box}%
+      \fi
+    }
+    \makeatother
 
     % Define a nice break command that doesn't care if a line doesn't already
     % exist.