diff --git a/cypress/integration/rendering/flowchart.spec.js b/cypress/integration/rendering/flowchart.spec.js
index c88129ddc..1a7c41163 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/rendering/flowchart.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/rendering/flowchart.spec.js
@@ -640,4 +640,16 @@ describe('Flowchart', () => {
       { flowchart: { htmlLabels: false } }
     );
   });
+
+  it('31: should not slice off edges that are to the left of the left-most vertex', () => {
+    imgSnapshotTest(
+      `graph TD
+      work --> sleep
+      sleep --> work
+      eat --> sleep
+      work --> eat
+      `,
+      { flowchart: { htmlLabels: false } }
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.js b/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.js
index e572f9188..bfe407b16 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.js
@@ -380,10 +380,6 @@ export const draw = function(text, id) {
   const svgBounds = svg.node().getBBox();
   const width = svgBounds.width + padding * 2;
   const height = svgBounds.height + padding * 2;
-  logger.debug(
-    `new ViewBox 0 0 ${width} ${height}`,
-    `translate(${padding - g._label.marginx}, ${padding - g._label.marginy})`
-  );
 
   if (conf.useMaxWidth) {
     svg.attr('width', '100%');
@@ -393,10 +389,10 @@ export const draw = function(text, id) {
     svg.attr('width', width);
   }
 
-  svg.attr('viewBox', `0 0 ${width} ${height}`);
-  svg
-    .select('g')
-    .attr('transform', `translate(${padding - g._label.marginx}, ${padding - svgBounds.y})`);
+  // Ensure the viewBox includes the whole svgBounds area with extra space for padding
+  const vBox = `${svgBounds.x - padding} ${svgBounds.y - padding} ${width} ${height}`;
+  logger.debug(`viewBox ${vBox}`);
+  svg.attr('viewBox', vBox);
 
   // Index nodes
   flowDb.indexNodes('subGraph' + i);