diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index a2ac963..e485712 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ static const char *colors[][3]      = {
 	[SchemeSel]  = { col_gray4, col_cyan,  col_cyan  },
 };
 
+/* staticstatus */
+static const int statmonval = 0;
+
 /* tagging */
 static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
 
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 5e4d494..e5fa599 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static Cur *cursor[CurLast];
 static Clr **scheme;
 static Display *dpy;
 static Drw *drw;
-static Monitor *mons, *selmon;
+static Monitor *mons, *selmon, *statmon;
 static Window root, wmcheckwin;
 
 /* configuration, allows nested code to access above variables */
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ buttonpress(XEvent *e)
 			arg.ui = 1 << i;
 		} else if (ev->x < x + blw)
 			click = ClkLtSymbol;
-		else if (ev->x > selmon->ww - (int)TEXTW(stext))
+		else if (m == statmon && ev->x > selmon->ww - (int)TEXTW(stext))
 			click = ClkStatusText;
 		else
 			click = ClkWinTitle;
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ drawbar(Monitor *m)
 	Client *c;
 
 	/* draw status first so it can be overdrawn by tags later */
-	if (m == selmon) { /* status is only drawn on selected monitor */
+	if (m == statmon) { /* status is only drawn on user-defined status monitor */
 		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
 		tw = TEXTW(stext) - lrpad + 2; /* 2px right padding */
 		drw_text(drw, m->ww - tw, 0, tw, bh, 0, stext, 0);
@@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ updategeom(void)
 				else
 					mons = createmon();
 			}
-			for (i = 0, m = mons; i < nn && m; m = m->next, i++)
+			for (i = 0, m = mons; i < nn && m; m = m->next, i++){
 				if (i >= n
 				|| unique[i].x_org != m->mx || unique[i].y_org != m->my
 				|| unique[i].width != m->mw || unique[i].height != m->mh)
@@ -1892,6 +1892,10 @@ updategeom(void)
 					m->mh = m->wh = unique[i].height;
 					updatebarpos(m);
 				}
+				if(i == statmonval)
+					statmon = m;
+			}
+
 		} else { /* less monitors available nn < n */
 			for (i = nn; i < n; i++) {
 				for (m = mons; m && m->next; m = m->next);
@@ -1905,6 +1909,8 @@ updategeom(void)
 				}
 				if (m == selmon)
 					selmon = mons;
+				if (m == statmon)
+					statmon = mons;
 				cleanupmon(m);
 			}
 		}
@@ -1992,7 +1998,7 @@ updatestatus(void)
 {
 	if (!gettextprop(root, XA_WM_NAME, stext, sizeof(stext)))
 		strcpy(stext, "dwm-"VERSION);
-	drawbar(selmon);
+	drawbar(statmon);
 }
 
 void