diff --git a/babel/util.py b/babel/util.py
index 605695b1f..bff9bd6dd 100644
--- a/babel/util.py
+++ b/babel/util.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import re
 import textwrap
 from collections.abc import Generator, Iterable
+from itertools import chain
 from typing import IO, Any, TypeVar
 
 from babel import dates, localtime
@@ -205,6 +206,24 @@ class TextWrapper(textwrap.TextWrapper):
         r'(?<=[\w\!\"\'\&\.\,\?])-{2,}(?=\w))',   # em-dash
     )
 
+    # e.g. '\u2068foo bar.py\u2069:42'
+    _enclosed_filename_re = re.compile(r'(\u2068[^\u2068]+?\u2069(?::-?\d+)?)')
+
+    def _split(self, text):
+        """Splits the text into indivisible chunks while ensuring that file names
+        containing spaces are not broken up.
+        """
+        enclosed_filename_start = '\u2068'
+        if enclosed_filename_start not in text:
+            # There are no file names which contain spaces, fallback to the default implementation
+            return super()._split(text)
+
+        super_ = super() #  Python 3.9 fix, super() does not work in list comprehension
+        chunks = re.split(self._enclosed_filename_re, text)
+        chunks = [[c] if c.startswith(enclosed_filename_start) else super_._split(c) for c in chunks]
+        chunks = [c for c in chain.from_iterable(chunks) if c]
+        return chunks
+
 
 def wraptext(text: str, width: int = 70, initial_indent: str = '', subsequent_indent: str = '') -> list[str]:
     """Simple wrapper around the ``textwrap.wrap`` function in the standard
diff --git a/tests/messages/test_pofile.py b/tests/messages/test_pofile.py
index c0ded1296..74728ec66 100644
--- a/tests/messages/test_pofile.py
+++ b/tests/messages/test_pofile.py
@@ -896,6 +896,19 @@ def test_tab_in_location_already_enclosed(self):
 msgstr ""'''
 
 
+    def test_wrap_with_enclosed_file_locations(self):
+        # Ensure that file names containing white space are not wrapped regardless of the --width parameter
+        catalog = Catalog()
+        catalog.add('foo', locations=[('\u2068test utils.py\u2069', 1)])
+        catalog.add('foo', locations=[('\u2068test utils.py\u2069', 3)])
+        buf = BytesIO()
+        pofile.write_po(buf, catalog, omit_header=True, include_lineno=True, width=1)
+        assert buf.getvalue().strip() == b'''#: \xe2\x81\xa8test utils.py\xe2\x81\xa9:1
+#: \xe2\x81\xa8test utils.py\xe2\x81\xa9:3
+msgid "foo"
+msgstr ""'''
+
+
 class RoundtripPoTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_enclosed_filenames_in_location_comment(self):