diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 77ff358..ea9758d 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ static const unsigned int borderpx  = 1;        /* border pixel of windows */
 static const unsigned int snap      = 32;       /* snap pixel */
 static const Bool showbar           = True;     /* False means no bar */
 static const Bool topbar            = True;     /* False means bottom bar */
+static const Bool extrabar          = True;     /* False means no extra bar */
 
 /* tagging */
 static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ static Key keys[] = {
 	{ MODKEY,                       XK_p,      spawn,          {.v = dmenucmd } },
 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,             XK_Return, spawn,          {.v = termcmd } },
 	{ MODKEY,                       XK_b,      togglebar,      {0} },
+	{ MODKEY,                       XK_b,      toggleextrabar, {0} },
 	{ MODKEY,                       XK_j,      focusstack,     {.i = +1 } },
 	{ MODKEY,                       XK_k,      focusstack,     {.i = -1 } },
 	{ MODKEY,                       XK_i,      incnmaster,     {.i = +1 } },
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 1d78655..b322ff5 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -154,6 +154,13 @@ typedef struct {
 	int monitor;
 } Rule;
 
+typedef struct {
+	int y;
+	Bool show;
+	Window win;
+	char text[256];
+} Bar;
+
 /* function declarations */
 static void applyrules(Client *c);
 static Bool applysizehints(Client *c, int *x, int *y, int *w, int *h, Bool interact);
@@ -229,6 +236,7 @@ static void tagmon(const Arg *arg);
 static int textnw(const char *text, unsigned int len);
 static void tile(Monitor *);
 static void togglebar(const Arg *arg);
+static void toggleextrabar(const Arg *arg);
 static void togglefloating(const Arg *arg);
 static void toggletag(const Arg *arg);
 static void toggleview(const Arg *arg);
@@ -283,6 +291,7 @@ static Display *dpy;
 static DC dc;
 static Monitor *mons = NULL, *selmon = NULL;
 static Window root;
+static Bar eb;
 
 /* configuration, allows nested code to access above variables */
 #include "config.h"
@@ -495,6 +504,8 @@ cleanup(void) {
 	XFreeCursor(dpy, cursor[CurNormal]);
 	XFreeCursor(dpy, cursor[CurResize]);
 	XFreeCursor(dpy, cursor[CurMove]);
+	XUnmapWindow(dpy, eb.win);
+	XDestroyWindow(dpy, eb.win);
 	while(mons)
 		cleanupmon(mons);
 	XSync(dpy, False);
@@ -584,6 +595,7 @@ configurenotify(XEvent *e) {
 			updatebars();
 			for(m = mons; m; m = m->next)
 				XMoveResizeWindow(dpy, m->barwin, m->wx, m->by, m->ww, bh);
+			XMoveResizeWindow(dpy, eb.win, mons->wx, eb.y, mons->ww, bh);
 			focus(NULL);
 			arrange(NULL);
 		}
@@ -762,6 +774,10 @@ drawbar(Monitor *m) {
 			drawtext(NULL, dc.norm, False);
 	}
 	XCopyArea(dpy, dc.drawable, m->barwin, dc.gc, 0, 0, m->ww, bh, 0, 0);
+	dc.x = 0;
+	dc.w = m->ww;
+	drawtext(eb.text, dc.norm, False);
+	XCopyArea(dpy, dc.drawable, eb.win, dc.gc, 0, 0, m->ww, bh, 0, 0);
 	XSync(dpy, False);
 }
 
@@ -1594,6 +1610,7 @@ setup(void) {
 	sw = DisplayWidth(dpy, screen);
 	sh = DisplayHeight(dpy, screen);
 	bh = dc.h = dc.font.height + 2;
+	eb.show = extrabar;
 	updategeom();
 	/* init atoms */
 	wmatom[WMProtocols] = XInternAtom(dpy, "WM_PROTOCOLS", False);
@@ -1736,6 +1753,16 @@ togglebar(const Arg *arg) {
 }
 
 void
+toggleextrabar(const Arg *arg) {
+	if(selmon == mons) {
+		eb.show = !eb.show;
+		updatebarpos(selmon);
+		XMoveResizeWindow(dpy, eb.win, selmon->wx, eb.y, selmon->ww, bh);
+		arrange(selmon);
+	}
+}
+
+void
 togglefloating(const Arg *arg) {
 	if(!selmon->sel)
 		return;
@@ -1833,6 +1860,13 @@ updatebars(void) {
 		XDefineCursor(dpy, m->barwin, cursor[CurNormal]);
 		XMapRaised(dpy, m->barwin);
 	}
+	if(!eb.win) {
+		eb.win = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, mons->wx, eb.y, mons->ww, bh, 0, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen),
+		                       CopyFromParent, DefaultVisual(dpy, screen),
+		                       CWOverrideRedirect|CWBackPixmap|CWEventMask, &wa);
+		XDefineCursor(dpy, eb.win, cursor[CurNormal]);
+		XMapRaised(dpy, eb.win);
+	}
 }
 
 void
@@ -1846,6 +1880,13 @@ updatebarpos(Monitor *m) {
 	}
 	else
 		m->by = -bh;
+	if(m == mons && eb.show) {
+		m->wh -= bh;
+		eb.y = topbar ? m->wy + m->wh : m->wy;
+		m->wy = m->topbar ? m->wy : m->wy + bh;
+	}
+	else
+		eb.y = -bh;
 }
 
 Bool
@@ -2005,8 +2046,21 @@ updatetitle(Client *c) {
 
 void
 updatestatus(void) {
-	if(!gettextprop(root, XA_WM_NAME, stext, sizeof(stext)))
+	char text[512];
+	if(!gettextprop(root, XA_WM_NAME, text, sizeof(text))) {
 		strcpy(stext, "dwm-"VERSION);
+		eb.text[0] = '\0';
+	}
+	else {
+		char *e = strchr(text, ';');
+		if(e) {
+			*e = '\0'; e++;
+			strncpy(eb.text, e, sizeof(eb.text)-1);
+		}
+		else
+			eb.text[0] = '\0';
+		strncpy(stext, text, sizeof(stext)-1);
+	}
 	drawbar(selmon);
 }