diff --git a/lib/awful/widget/graph.lua.in b/lib/awful/widget/graph.lua.in
index b4997ca9..e0e48a28 100644
--- a/lib/awful/widget/graph.lua.in
+++ b/lib/awful/widget/graph.lua.in
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ function new(args)
 
     local graph = {}
     graph.widget = capi.widget(args)
+    graph.widget.resize = false
 
     data[graph] = { width = width, height = height, values = {}, max_value = 1 }
 
diff --git a/lib/awful/widget/progressbar.lua.in b/lib/awful/widget/progressbar.lua.in
index 0d2a2ef3..0676126a 100644
--- a/lib/awful/widget/progressbar.lua.in
+++ b/lib/awful/widget/progressbar.lua.in
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ function new(args)
     local pbar = {}
 
     pbar.widget = capi.widget(args)
+    pbar.widget.resize = false
 
     data[pbar] = { width = width, height = height, value = 0 }