diff --git a/common/tokenize.gperf b/common/tokenize.gperf
index d168737e..3e9d5d64 100644
--- a/common/tokenize.gperf
+++ b/common/tokenize.gperf
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ east
 ellipsize
 end
 fg
+fixed
 flex
 floating
 focus
diff --git a/draw.c b/draw.c
index d0c6d7b8..6b076445 100644
--- a/draw.c
+++ b/draw.c
@@ -677,8 +677,8 @@ draw_text_extents(draw_text_context_t *data)
 }
 
 /** Transform a string to a alignment_t type.
- * Recognized string are flex, left, center or right. Everything else will be
- * recognized as AlignLeft.
+ * Recognized string are flex, fixed, left, center or right. Everything else
+ * will be recognized as AlignLeft.
  * \param align Atring with align text.
  * \param len The string length.
  * \return An alignment_t type.
@@ -691,6 +691,7 @@ draw_align_fromstr(const char *align, ssize_t len)
       case A_TK_CENTER: return AlignCenter;
       case A_TK_RIGHT:  return AlignRight;
       case A_TK_FLEX:   return AlignFlex;
+      case A_TK_FIXED:  return AlignFixed;
       case A_TK_TOP:    return AlignTop;
       case A_TK_BOTTOM: return AlignBottom;
       default:          return AlignLeft;
@@ -710,6 +711,7 @@ draw_align_tostr(alignment_t a)
       case AlignCenter: return "center";
       case AlignRight:  return "right";
       case AlignFlex:   return "flex";
+      case AlignFixed:  return "fixed";
       case AlignBottom: return "bottom";
       case AlignTop:    return "top";
       default:          return NULL;
diff --git a/draw.h b/draw.h
index aca90d21..fde0e760 100644
--- a/draw.h
+++ b/draw.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ typedef enum
     AlignTop    = (1 << 2),
     AlignBottom = (1 << 3),
     AlignFlex   = (1 << 4),
+    AlignFixed  = (1 << 5),
 } alignment_t;
 
 typedef struct vector_t vector_t;
diff --git a/widget.c b/widget.c
index a2d7534a..ffd3d850 100644
--- a/widget.c
+++ b/widget.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ widget_calculate_offset(int barwidth, int widgetwidth, int offset, int alignment
     {
       case AlignLeft:
       case AlignFlex:
+      case AlignFixed:
         return offset;
     }
     return barwidth - offset - widgetwidth;
@@ -235,13 +236,14 @@ widget_render(widget_node_array_t *widgets, draw_context_t *ctx, xcb_gcontext_t
     /* save left value */
     int fake_left = left;
 
-    /* compute width of flex aligned widgets that does not support it */
+    /* compute width of flex or fixed aligned widgets */
     int flex = 0;
     for(int i = 0; i < widgets->len; i++)
-        if(widgets->tab[i].widget->align == AlignFlex
+        if(widgets->tab[i].widget->align & (AlignFlex | AlignFixed)
           && widgets->tab[i].widget->isvisible)
         {
-            if(widgets->tab[i].widget->align_supported & AlignFlex)
+            if(widgets->tab[i].widget->align_supported & AlignFlex
+              && widgets->tab[i].widget->align == AlignFlex)
                 flex++;
             else
                 fake_left += widgets->tab[i].widget->geometry(widgets->tab[i].widget,
@@ -252,10 +254,11 @@ widget_render(widget_node_array_t *widgets, draw_context_t *ctx, xcb_gcontext_t
     /* now compute everybody together! */
     int flex_rendered = 0;
     for(int i = 0; i < widgets->len; i++)
-        if(widgets->tab[i].widget->align == AlignFlex
+        if(widgets->tab[i].widget->align & (AlignFlex | AlignFixed)
           && widgets->tab[i].widget->isvisible)
         {
-            if(widgets->tab[i].widget->align_supported & AlignFlex)
+            if(widgets->tab[i].widget->align_supported & AlignFlex
+              && widgets->tab[i].widget->align == AlignFlex)
             {
                 int width = (ctx->width - (right + fake_left)) / flex;
                 /* give last pixels to last flex to be rendered */
@@ -269,7 +272,7 @@ widget_render(widget_node_array_t *widgets, draw_context_t *ctx, xcb_gcontext_t
             else
                 widgets->tab[i].geometry = widgets->tab[i].widget->geometry(widgets->tab[i].widget,
                                                                             screen, ctx->height,
-                                                                            ctx->width - (left + right)); 
+                                                                            ctx->width - (left + right));
             widgets->tab[i].geometry.x = left;
             left += widgets->tab[i].geometry.width;
         }
@@ -389,7 +392,7 @@ luaA_widget_new(lua_State *L)
     w->type = wc;
 
     align = luaA_getopt_lstring(L, 2, "align", "left", &len);
-    w->align_supported |= AlignLeft | AlignRight;
+    w->align_supported |= AlignLeft | AlignRight | AlignFixed;
     w->align = draw_align_fromstr(align, len);
 
     /* Set visible by default. */