diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0845a47..4a3ef10 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ set -g theme_nerd_fonts yes
 set -g theme_show_exit_status yes
 set -g default_user your_normal_user
 set -g theme_color_scheme dark
+set -g fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length 0
+set -g theme_project_dir_length 1
 ```
 
 **Title options**
@@ -103,6 +105,8 @@ set -g theme_color_scheme dark
 - `theme_display_vagrant`. This feature is disabled by default, use `yes` to display Vagrant status in your prompt. Please note that only the VirtualBox and VMWare providers are supported.
 - `theme_show_exit_status`. Set this option to yes to have the prompt show the last exit code if it was non_zero instead of just the exclamation mark.
 - `theme_git_worktree_support`. If you do any git worktree shenanigans, setting this to `yes` will fix incorrect project-relative path display. If you don't do any git worktree shenanigans, leave it disabled. It's faster this way :)
+- `fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length`. bobthefish respects the Fish `$fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length` setting to abbreviate the prompt path. Set to `0` to show the full path, `1` (default) to show only the first character of each parent directory name, or any other number to show up to that many characters.
+- `theme_project_dir_length`. The same as `$fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length`, but for the path relative to the current project root. Defaults to `0`; set to any other number to show an abbreviated path.
 
 **Color scheme options**
 
diff --git a/fish_prompt.fish b/fish_prompt.fish
index 9f06d7f..36cc2f7 100644
--- a/fish_prompt.fish
+++ b/fish_prompt.fish
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #     set -g theme_show_exit_status yes
 #     set -g default_user your_normal_user
 #     set -g theme_color_scheme dark
+#     set -g fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length 0
+#     set -g theme_project_dir_length 1
 
 # ===========================
 # Helper methods
@@ -69,7 +71,24 @@ function __bobthefish_hg_branch -S -d 'Get the current hg branch'
 end
 
 function __bobthefish_pretty_parent -S -a current_dir -d 'Print a parent directory, shortened to fit the prompt'
-  echo -n (dirname $current_dir) | sed -e 's#/private##' -e "s#^$HOME#~#" -e 's#/\(\.\{0,1\}[^/]\)\([^/]*\)#/\1#g' -e 's#/$##'
+  set -q fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length
+    or set -l fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length 1
+
+  # Replace $HOME with ~
+  set -l real_home ~
+  set -l parent_dir (string replace -r '^'"$real_home"'($|/)' '~$1' (dirname $current_dir))
+
+  if [ $parent_dir = "/" ]
+    echo -n /
+    return
+  end
+
+  if [ $fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length -eq 0 ]
+    echo -n "$parent_dir/"
+    return
+  end
+
+  string replace -ar '(\.?[^/]{'"$fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length"'})[^/]*/' '$1/' "$parent_dir/"
 end
 
 function __bobthefish_git_project_dir -S -d 'Print the current git project base directory'
@@ -129,7 +148,17 @@ function __bobthefish_hg_project_dir -S -d 'Print the current hg project base di
 end
 
 function __bobthefish_project_pwd -S -a current_dir -d 'Print the working directory relative to project root'
-  echo "$PWD" | sed -e "s#$current_dir##g" -e 's#^/##'
+  set -q theme_project_dir_length
+    or set -l theme_project_dir_length 0
+
+  set -l project_dir (string replace -r '^'"$current_dir"'($|/)' '' $PWD)
+
+  if [ $theme_project_dir_length -eq 0 ]
+    echo -n $project_dir
+    return
+  end
+
+  string replace -ar '(\.?[^/]{'"$theme_project_dir_length"'})[^/]*/' '$1/' $project_dir
 end
 
 function __bobthefish_git_ahead -S -d 'Print the ahead/behind state for the current branch'
@@ -213,7 +242,6 @@ function __bobthefish_path_segment -S -a current_dir -d 'Display a shortened for
       set directory '~'
     case '*'
       set parent    (__bobthefish_pretty_parent "$current_dir")
-      set parent    "$parent/"
       set directory (basename "$current_dir")
   end