diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 53787a3..4e7719f 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ static const char *colors[][3]      = {
 static const XPoint stickyicon[]    = { {0,0}, {4,0}, {4,8}, {2,6}, {0,8}, {0,0} }; /* represents the icon as an array of vertices */
 static const XPoint stickyiconbb    = {4,8};	/* defines the bottom right corner of the polygon's bounding box (speeds up scaling) */
 
+/* staticstatus */
+static const int statmonval = 0;
+
 /* tagging */
 static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
 
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 626bda6..2ca5d4e 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ static const char *fonts[]          = { "Iosevka:pixelsize=14:antialias=true:aut
 static const XPoint stickyicon[]    = { {0,0}, {4,0}, {4,8}, {2,6}, {0,8}, {0,0} }; /* represents the icon as an array of vertices */
 static const XPoint stickyiconbb    = {4,8};	/* defines the bottom right corner of the polygon's bounding box (speeds up scaling) */
 
+/* staticstatus */
+static const int statmonval = 0;
+
 /* tagging */
 static const char *tags[] = { "irc", "www", "dev", "doc", "mus", "gme", "trm", "sys", "msc" };
 
@@ -34,6 +37,13 @@ static const Rule rules[] = {
 	{ "st-256color",   "st",       "pulsemixer",   0,          1,           -1 },
 };
 
+/* monitor rules */
+static const MonitorRule monrules[] = {
+	/* monitor layout  mfact  nmaster  showbar  topbar */
+	{  1,      0,      -1,    0,       -1,      -1     }, // use a different layout for the second monitor
+	{  -1,     0,      -1,    -1,      -1,      -1     }, // default
+};
+
 /* layout(s) */
 static const float mfact        = 0.5;   /* factor of master area size [0.05..0.95] */
 static const int nmaster        = 1;     /* number of clients in master area */
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index c86a90a..9be9a6e 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static Cur *cursor[CurLast];
 static Clr **scheme;
 static Display *dpy;
 static Drw *drw;
-static Monitor *mons, *selmon;
+static Monitor *mons, *selmon, *statmon;
 static Window root, wmcheckwin;
 
 /* configuration, allows nested code to access above variables */
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ buttonpress(XEvent *e)
 			arg.ui = 1 << i;
 		} else if (ev->x < x + TEXTW(selmon->ltsymbol))
 			click = ClkLtSymbol;
-		else if (ev->x > selmon->ww - (int)TEXTW(stext))
+    else if (m == statmon && ev->x > selmon->ww - (int)TEXTW(stext))
 			click = ClkStatusText;
 		else
 			click = ClkWinTitle;
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ drawbar(Monitor *m)
 		return;
 
 	/* draw status first so it can be overdrawn by tags later */
-	if (m == selmon) { /* status is only drawn on selected monitor */
+  if (m == statmon) { /* status is only drawn on user-defined status monitor */
 		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
 		tw = TEXTW(stext) - lrpad + 2; /* 2px right padding */
 		drw_text(drw, m->ww - tw, 0, tw, bh, 0, stext, 0);
@@ -2087,7 +2087,7 @@ updategeom(void)
 			else
 				mons = createmon();
 		}
-		for (i = 0, m = mons; i < nn && m; m = m->next, i++)
+    for (i = 0, m = mons; i < nn && m; m = m->next, i++){
 			if (i >= n
 			|| unique[i].x_org != m->mx || unique[i].y_org != m->my
 			|| unique[i].width != m->mw || unique[i].height != m->mh)
@@ -2100,6 +2100,9 @@ updategeom(void)
 				m->mh = m->wh = unique[i].height;
 				updatebarpos(m);
 			}
+      if(i == statmonval)
+        statmon = m;
+    }
 		/* removed monitors if n > nn */
 		for (i = nn; i < n; i++) {
 			for (m = mons; m && m->next; m = m->next);
@@ -2111,8 +2114,8 @@ updategeom(void)
 				attachbottom(c);
 				attachstack(c);
 			}
-			if (m == selmon)
-				selmon = mons;
+      if (m == statmon)
+        statmon = mons;
 			cleanupmon(m);
 		}
 		free(unique);
@@ -2200,7 +2203,7 @@ updatestatus(void)
 {
 	if (!gettextprop(root, XA_WM_NAME, stext, sizeof(stext)))
 		strcpy(stext, "dwm-"VERSION);
-	drawbar(selmon);
+	drawbar(statmon);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/patches/dwm-staticstatus-20211010-a786211.diff b/patches/dwm-staticstatus-20211010-a786211.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fc4422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/dwm-staticstatus-20211010-a786211.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
+index a2ac963..e485712 100644
+--- a/config.def.h
++++ b/config.def.h
+@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ static const char *colors[][3]      = {
+ 	[SchemeSel]  = { col_gray4, col_cyan,  col_cyan  },
+ };
+ 
++/* staticstatus */
++static const int statmonval = 0;
++
+ /* tagging */
+ static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
+ 
+diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
+index 5e4d494..e5fa599 100644
+--- a/dwm.c
++++ b/dwm.c
+@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static Cur *cursor[CurLast];
+ static Clr **scheme;
+ static Display *dpy;
+ static Drw *drw;
+-static Monitor *mons, *selmon;
++static Monitor *mons, *selmon, *statmon;
+ static Window root, wmcheckwin;
+ 
+ /* configuration, allows nested code to access above variables */
+@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ buttonpress(XEvent *e)
+ 			arg.ui = 1 << i;
+ 		} else if (ev->x < x + blw)
+ 			click = ClkLtSymbol;
+-		else if (ev->x > selmon->ww - (int)TEXTW(stext))
++		else if (m == statmon && ev->x > selmon->ww - (int)TEXTW(stext))
+ 			click = ClkStatusText;
+ 		else
+ 			click = ClkWinTitle;
+@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ drawbar(Monitor *m)
+ 	Client *c;
+ 
+ 	/* draw status first so it can be overdrawn by tags later */
+-	if (m == selmon) { /* status is only drawn on selected monitor */
++	if (m == statmon) { /* status is only drawn on user-defined status monitor */
+ 		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
+ 		tw = TEXTW(stext) - lrpad + 2; /* 2px right padding */
+ 		drw_text(drw, m->ww - tw, 0, tw, bh, 0, stext, 0);
+@@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ updategeom(void)
+ 				else
+ 					mons = createmon();
+ 			}
+-			for (i = 0, m = mons; i < nn && m; m = m->next, i++)
++			for (i = 0, m = mons; i < nn && m; m = m->next, i++){
+ 				if (i >= n
+ 				|| unique[i].x_org != m->mx || unique[i].y_org != m->my
+ 				|| unique[i].width != m->mw || unique[i].height != m->mh)
+@@ -1892,6 +1892,10 @@ updategeom(void)
+ 					m->mh = m->wh = unique[i].height;
+ 					updatebarpos(m);
+ 				}
++				if(i == statmonval)
++					statmon = m;
++			}
++
+ 		} else { /* less monitors available nn < n */
+ 			for (i = nn; i < n; i++) {
+ 				for (m = mons; m && m->next; m = m->next);
+@@ -1905,6 +1909,8 @@ updategeom(void)
+ 				}
+ 				if (m == selmon)
+ 					selmon = mons;
++				if (m == statmon)
++					statmon = mons;
+ 				cleanupmon(m);
+ 			}
+ 		}
+@@ -1992,7 +1998,7 @@ updatestatus(void)
+ {
+ 	if (!gettextprop(root, XA_WM_NAME, stext, sizeof(stext)))
+ 		strcpy(stext, "dwm-"VERSION);
+-	drawbar(selmon);
++	drawbar(statmon);
+ }
+ 
+ void