diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c6a9d27..8c3b4cc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 CC	?= gcc
-CFLAGS = -std=c99 -Os
-LDFLAGS = -lxcb -lxcb-xinerama -lxcb-randr
+CFLAGS += -std=c99 -Os
+LDFLAGS += -lxcb -lxcb-xinerama -lxcb-randr
 CFDEBUG = -g3 -pedantic -Wall -Wunused-parameter -Wlong-long\
 		  -Wsign-conversion -Wconversion -Wimplicit-function-declaration
 
diff --git a/bar.c b/bar.c
index 6c24da0..ed272ce 100644
--- a/bar.c
+++ b/bar.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ enum {
 };
 
 #define MAX_FONT_COUNT 5
+#define WIN_TITLE "bar"
+#define WIN_TITLE_MAXLEN 128 /* should be enough for sane usage */
 
 static xcb_connection_t *c;
 static xcb_screen_t *scr;
@@ -591,6 +593,7 @@ set_ewmh_atoms (void)
         xcb_change_property(c, XCB_PROP_MODE_REPLACE, mon->window, atom_list[NET_WM_DESKTOP], XCB_ATOM_CARDINAL, 32, 1, (const uint32_t []){ -1 } );
         xcb_change_property(c, XCB_PROP_MODE_REPLACE, mon->window, atom_list[NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL], XCB_ATOM_CARDINAL, 32, 12, strut);
         xcb_change_property(c, XCB_PROP_MODE_REPLACE, mon->window, atom_list[NET_WM_STRUT], XCB_ATOM_CARDINAL, 32, 4, strut);
+        xcb_change_property(c, XCB_PROP_MODE_REPLACE, mon->window, XCB_ATOM_WM_NAME, XCB_ATOM_STRING, 8, strnlen(WIN_TITLE, WIN_TITLE_MAXLEN), WIN_TITLE);
     }
 }