diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 1c0b587..8595a71 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 	{ MODKEY,                       KEY,      view,           {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
 	{ MODKEY|ControlMask,           KEY,      toggleview,     {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,             KEY,      tag,            {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
-	{ MODKEY|ControlMask|ShiftMask, KEY,      toggletag,      {.ui = 1 << TAG} },
+	{ MODKEY|ControlMask|ShiftMask, KEY,      toggletag,      {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
+        { ALTMOD,                       KEY,      focusnthmon,    {.i  = TAG } }, \
+        { ALTMOD|ShiftMask,             KEY,      tagnthmon,      {.i  = TAG } },
+
 
 /* helper for spawning shell commands in the pre dwm-5.0 fashion */
 #define SHCMD(cmd) { .v = (const char*[]){ "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL } }
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index b0b3466..96fa0bd 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ static void destroynotify(XEvent *e);
 static void detach(Client *c);
 static void detachstack(Client *c);
 static Monitor *dirtomon(int dir);
+static Monitor *numtomon(int num);
 static void drawbar(Monitor *m);
 static void drawbars(void);
 static void enternotify(XEvent *e);
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ static void expose(XEvent *e);
 static void focus(Client *c);
 static void focusin(XEvent *e);
 static void focusmon(const Arg *arg);
+static void focusnthmon(const Arg *arg);
 static void focusstack(const Arg *arg);
 static Atom getatomprop(Client *c, Atom prop);
 static int getrootptr(int *x, int *y);
@@ -209,6 +211,7 @@ static void sigchld(int unused);
 static void spawn(const Arg *arg);
 static void tag(const Arg *arg);
 static void tagmon(const Arg *arg);
+static void tagnthmon(const Arg *arg);
 static void tile(Monitor *);
 static void togglebar(const Arg *arg);
 static void togglefloating(const Arg *arg);
@@ -693,6 +696,18 @@ dirtomon(int dir)
 	return m;
 }
 
+Monitor *
+numtomon(int num)
+{
+	Monitor *m = NULL;
+	int i = 0;
+
+	for(m = mons, i=0; m->next && i < num; m = m->next){
+		i++;
+	}
+	return m;
+}
+
 void
 drawbar(Monitor *m)
 {
@@ -830,6 +845,21 @@ focusmon(const Arg *arg)
 	focus(NULL);
 }
 
+void
+focusnthmon(const Arg *arg)
+{
+	Monitor *m;
+
+	if (!mons->next)
+		return;
+
+	if ((m = numtomon(arg->i)) == selmon)
+		return;
+	unfocus(selmon->sel, 0);
+	selmon = m;
+	focus(NULL);
+}
+
 void
 focusstack(const Arg *arg)
 {
@@ -1671,6 +1701,14 @@ tagmon(const Arg *arg)
 	sendmon(selmon->sel, dirtomon(arg->i));
 }
 
+void
+tagnthmon(const Arg *arg)
+{
+	if (!selmon->sel || !mons->next)
+		return;
+	sendmon(selmon->sel, numtomon(arg->i));
+}
+
 void
 tile(Monitor *m)
 {