diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 7054c06..b96107a 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ static const unsigned int borderpx  = 1;        /* border pixel of windows */
 static const unsigned int snap      = 32;       /* snap pixel */
 static const int showbar            = 1;        /* 0 means no bar */
 static const int topbar             = 1;        /* 0 means bottom bar */
+static const int extrabar           = 1;        /* 0 means no extra bar */
 
 /* tagging */
 static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ 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 0362114..9b7cd74 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -141,6 +141,13 @@ typedef struct {
 	int monitor;
 } Rule;
 
+typedef struct {
+	int y;
+	int show;
+	Window win;
+	char text[256];
+} Bar;
+
 /* function declarations */
 static void applyrules(Client *c);
 static int applysizehints(Client *c, int *x, int *y, int *w, int *h, int interact);
@@ -210,6 +217,7 @@ static void tag(const Arg *arg);
 static void tagmon(const Arg *arg);
 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);
@@ -266,6 +274,7 @@ static Display *dpy;
 static Drw *drw;
 static Monitor *mons, *selmon;
 static Window root;
+static Bar eb;
 
 /* configuration, allows nested code to access above variables */
 #include "config.h"
@@ -477,6 +486,8 @@ cleanup(void)
 		while (m->stack)
 			unmanage(m->stack, 0);
 	XUngrabKey(dpy, AnyKey, AnyModifier, root);
+	XUnmapWindow(dpy, eb.win);
+	XDestroyWindow(dpy, eb.win);
 	while (mons)
 		cleanupmon(mons);
 	for (i = 0; i < CurLast; i++)
@@ -578,6 +589,7 @@ 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);
 		}
@@ -751,6 +763,9 @@ drawbar(Monitor *m)
 		}
 	}
 	drw_map(drw, m->barwin, 0, 0, m->ww, bh);
+	drw_setscheme(drw, &scheme[SchemeNorm]);
+	drw_text(drw, 0, 0, mons->ww, bh, eb.text, 0);
+	drw_map(drw, eb.win, 0, 0, mons->ww, bh);
 }
 
 void
@@ -1558,6 +1573,7 @@ setup(void)
 	root = RootWindow(dpy, screen);
 	drw = drw_create(dpy, screen, root, sw, sh);
 	drw_load_fonts(drw, fonts, LENGTH(fonts));
+	eb.show = extrabar;
 	if (!drw->fontcount)
 		die("no fonts could be loaded.\n");
 	bh = drw->fonts[0]->h + 2;
@@ -1699,6 +1715,17 @@ 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)
@@ -1810,6 +1837,13 @@ updatebars(void)
 		XDefineCursor(dpy, m->barwin, cursor[CurNormal]->cursor);
 		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]->cursor);
+		XMapRaised(dpy, eb.win);
+	}
 }
 
 void
@@ -1823,6 +1857,13 @@ updatebarpos(Monitor *m)
 		m->wy = m->topbar ? m->wy + bh : m->wy;
 	} 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;
 }
 
 void
@@ -1992,8 +2033,21 @@ 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);
 }