diff --git a/README.pod b/README.pod
index b610ab8..f90f42b 100644
--- a/README.pod
+++ b/README.pod
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ Dock the bar at the bottom of the screen.
 
 Force docking without asking the window manager. This is needed if the window manager isn't EWMH compliant.
 
+=item B<-c>
+
+Fix the bar being positioned incorrectly by the window manager. This is only necessary for some window managers. It may break a multi-monitor setup.
+
 =item B<-f> I<font>
 
 Comma separated list of fonts, bar supports a maximum of five fonts (the limit can be tweaked by changing the MAX_FONT_COUNT parameter in the source).
diff --git a/bar.c b/bar.c
index 6c24da0..410ec41 100644
--- a/bar.c
+++ b/bar.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ typedef struct font_t {
 
 typedef struct monitor_t {
     int x, width;
+    int y;
     xcb_window_t window;
     xcb_pixmap_t pixmap;
     struct monitor_t *prev, *next;
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ static int font_count = 0;
 static int font_index = -1;
 static uint32_t attrs = 0;
 static bool dock = false;
+static bool fix_position = false;
 static bool topbar = true;
 static int bw = -1, bh = -1, bx = 0, by = 0;
 static int bu = 1; // Underline height
@@ -606,6 +608,7 @@ monitor_new (int x, int y, int width, int height)
     }
 
     ret->x = x;
+    ret->y = (topbar ? by : height - bh - by) + y;
     ret->width = width;
     ret->next = ret->prev = NULL;
 
@@ -614,7 +617,7 @@ monitor_new (int x, int y, int width, int height)
 
     int depth = (visual == scr->root_visual) ? XCB_COPY_FROM_PARENT : 32;
     xcb_create_window(c, depth, ret->window, scr->root,
-            x, win_y, width, bh, 0,
+            x, ret->y, width, bh, 0,
             XCB_WINDOW_CLASS_INPUT_OUTPUT, visual,
             XCB_CW_BACK_PIXEL | XCB_CW_BORDER_PIXEL | XCB_CW_OVERRIDE_REDIRECT | XCB_CW_EVENT_MASK | XCB_CW_COLORMAP,
             (const uint32_t []){ bgc, bgc, dock, XCB_EVENT_MASK_EXPOSURE | XCB_EVENT_MASK_BUTTON_PRESS, colormap });
@@ -1048,6 +1051,14 @@ init (void)
     for (monitor_t *mon = monhead; mon; mon = mon->next) {
         fill_rect(mon->pixmap, gc[GC_CLEAR], 0, 0, mon->width, bh);
         xcb_map_window(c, mon->window);
+
+        /* Make sure the WM puts the window in the right place, since some don't
+         * take (X,Y) coorinates into account when xcb_create_window is called */
+        if (fix_position)
+        {
+            const uint32_t coords[] = {mon->x,mon->y};
+            xcb_configure_window(c,mon->window,XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_X|XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_Y,coords);
+        }
     }
 
     xcb_flush(c);
@@ -1118,7 +1129,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     ugc = fgc;
 
     char ch;
-    while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "hg:bdf:a:pu:B:F:")) != -1) {
+    while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "hg:bdcf:a:pu:B:F:")) != -1) {
         switch (ch) {
             case 'h':
                 printf ("usage: %s [-h | -g | -b | -d | -f | -a | -p | -u | -B | -F]\n"
@@ -1126,6 +1137,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
                         "\t-g Set the bar geometry {width}x{height}+{xoffset}+{yoffset}\n"
                         "\t-b Put bar at the bottom of the screen\n"
                         "\t-d Force docking (use this if your WM isn't EWMH compliant)\n"
+                        "\t-c Coordinate fix (use if your WM doesn't position the bar correctly)\n"
                         "\t-f Bar font list, comma separated\n"
                         "\t-p Don't close after the data ends\n"
                         "\t-u Set the underline/overline height in pixels\n"
@@ -1136,6 +1148,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
             case 'p': permanent = true; break;
             case 'b': topbar = false; break;
             case 'd': dock = true; break;
+            case 'c': fix_position = true; break;
             case 'f': parse_font_list(optarg); break;
             case 'u': bu = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10); break;
             case 'B': dbgc = bgc = parse_color(optarg, NULL, scr->black_pixel); break;