diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 4f59424..9f13490 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@ static const char *colors[][3]      = {
 	[SchemeSel]  = { col_gray4, col_cyan,  col_cyan  },
 };
 
+/* full tag indicator variables */
+static const int fti_top              = 1; /* 0 means bottom indicator                           */
+static const int fti_border           = 1; /* 0 means no border                                  */
+static const unsigned int fti_height  = 4; /* indicator height (as px)                           */
+static const unsigned int fti_ptop    = 0; /* top padding                                        */
+static const unsigned int fti_pbot    = 0; /* bottom padding                                     */
+static const unsigned int fti_plef    = 0; /* left padding                                       */
+static const unsigned int fti_prig    = 0; /* right padding                                      */
+static const char fti_color_nor[]     = "#222222"; /* indicator color (not selected tag)         */
+static const char fti_color_sel[]     = "#eeeeee"; /* indicator color (selected tag)             */
+static const char fti_color_nor_inv[] = "#bbbbbb"; /* inverse indicator color (not selected tag) */
+static const char fti_color_sel_inv[] = "#005577"; /* inverse indicator color (selected tag)     */
+
 /* tagging */
 static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
 
diff --git a/drw.c b/drw.c
index c41e6af..fe4734d 100644
--- a/drw.c
+++ b/drw.c
@@ -221,6 +221,32 @@ drw_rect(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, int filled, int
 		XDrawRectangle(drw->dpy, drw->drawable, drw->gc, x, y, w - 1, h - 1);
 }
 
+/* full tag indicator draw function (it does almost the same as drw_rect, check the
+ * https://github.com/nasccped/dwm-fulltag-indicator) */
+void
+drw_fti(Drw *drw, int x_pos, int y_pos, unsigned int wid, unsigned int hei, const char *bg, const char *border)
+{
+	if (!drw || !drw->scheme)
+		return;
+	XSetForeground(drw->dpy, drw->gc, get_colorpixel(drw->dpy, bg));
+	XFillRectangle(drw->dpy, drw->drawable, drw->gc, x_pos, y_pos, wid, hei);
+	XSetForeground(drw->dpy, drw->gc, get_colorpixel(drw->dpy, border));
+	XDrawRectangle(drw->dpy, drw->drawable, drw->gc, x_pos, y_pos, wid - 1, hei - 1);
+}
+
+/* full tag indicator utility: convert a string hex to a valid X server color (unsigned long) */
+unsigned long
+get_colorpixel(Display *dpy, const char *hex)
+{
+	if (!dpy || !hex) return 0;
+	XColor color;
+	int screen = DefaultScreen(dpy);
+	Colormap cmap = DefaultColormap(dpy, screen);
+	if (!XParseColor(dpy, cmap, hex, &color)) return BlackPixel(dpy, screen);
+	if (!XAllocColor(dpy, cmap, &color)) return BlackPixel(dpy, screen);
+	return color.pixel;
+}
+
 int
 drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, unsigned int lpad, const char *text, int invert)
 {
diff --git a/drw.h b/drw.h
index 6471431..77bc431 100644
--- a/drw.h
+++ b/drw.h
@@ -54,5 +54,9 @@ void drw_setscheme(Drw *drw, Clr *scm);
 void drw_rect(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, int filled, int invert);
 int drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, unsigned int lpad, const char *text, int invert);
 
+/* full tag indicator functions */
+void drw_fti(Drw *drw, int x_pos, int y_pos, unsigned int wid, unsigned int hei, const char *bg, const char *border);
+unsigned long get_colorpixel(Display *dpy, const char *hex);
+
 /* Map functions */
 void drw_map(Drw *drw, Window win, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h);
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index b1c1c4f..bf77d40 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ static Display *dpy;
 static Drw *drw;
 static Monitor *mons, *selmon;
 static Window root, wmcheckwin;
+static int fti_x, fti_y;                          /* full tag indicator x and y position                       */
+static int fti_wid;                               /* full tag indicator width (calculated at drawbar function) */
+static const char *fti_bg_color, *fti_bord_color; /* full tag indicator colors                                  */
 
 /* configuration, allows nested code to access above variables */
 #include "config.h"
@@ -723,10 +726,33 @@ drawbar(Monitor *m)
 		w = TEXTW(tags[i]);
 		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[m->tagset[m->seltags] & 1 << i ? SchemeSel : SchemeNorm]);
 		drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, tags[i], urg & 1 << i);
-		if (occ & 1 << i)
-			drw_rect(drw, x + boxs, boxs, boxw, boxw,
-				m == selmon && selmon->sel && selmon->sel->tags & 1 << i,
-				urg & 1 << i);
+		if (occ & 1 << i) {
+			// if negative space
+			if (0
+			|| (fti_plef + fti_prig >= w)
+			|| (fti_top && (fti_ptop + fti_height >= bh))
+			|| (!fti_top && (fti_pbot + fti_height >= bh))) {
+				x += w;
+				continue;
+			}
+			// set x position
+			fti_x = x + fti_plef;
+			// set width
+			fti_wid = w - fti_plef - fti_prig;
+			// set y position
+			fti_y = topbar
+				? fti_top ? m->wy - bh + fti_ptop : m->wy - fti_height - fti_pbot
+				: fti_top ? m->wy + fti_ptop : m->wy + bh - fti_height - fti_pbot;
+			// set colors for bg and border
+			fti_bg_color = (m == selmon && selmon->sel && selmon->sel->tags & 1 << i)
+				? ((urg & 1 << i) ? fti_color_sel_inv : fti_color_sel)
+				: ((urg & 1 << i) ? fti_color_nor_inv : fti_color_nor);
+			fti_bord_color = fti_border
+				? ((urg & 1 << i) ? fti_color_sel_inv : fti_color_sel)
+				: fti_bg_color;
+			// draw indicator
+			drw_fti(drw, fti_x, fti_y, fti_wid, fti_height, fti_bg_color, fti_bord_color);
+		}
 		x += w;
 	}
 	w = TEXTW(m->ltsymbol);