diff --git a/awesomerc b/awesomerc
index 5403b9a3..0ec820ff 100644
--- a/awesomerc
+++ b/awesomerc
@@ -92,8 +92,9 @@ rules
     rule
     {
         name = "Gimp"
-        tags = ""
+        tags = "9"
         float = true
+        screen = 0
     }
     rule
     {
diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
index 8307c895..8c99d6c0 100644
--- a/client.c
+++ b/client.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ loadprops(Client * c, int ntags)
 void
 client_manage(Window w, XWindowAttributes *wa, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
 {
-    int i;
+    int i, newscreen = -1;
     Client *c, *t = NULL;
     Window trans;
     Status rettrans;
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ client_manage(Window w, XWindowAttributes *wa, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
 
     /* loadprops or apply rules if no props */
     if(!loadprops(c, awesomeconf->ntags))
-        applyrules(c, awesomeconf);
+        newscreen = applyrules(c, awesomeconf);
 
     /* should be floating if transsient or fixed) */
     if(!c->isfloating)
@@ -363,6 +363,8 @@ client_manage(Window w, XWindowAttributes *wa, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
 
     /* rearrange to display new window */
     arrange(awesomeconf);
+    if(newscreen != -1)
+        arrange(&awesomeconf[newscreen - awesomeconf->screen]);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index d3139484..1bda7248 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ parse_config(const char *confpatharg, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
         CFG_STR((char *) "name", (char *) "", CFGF_NONE),
         CFG_STR((char *) "tags", (char *) "", CFGF_NONE),
         CFG_BOOL((char *) "float", cfg_false, CFGF_NONE),
+        CFG_INT((char *) "screen", -1, CFGF_NONE),
         CFG_END()
     };
     static cfg_opt_t rules_opts[] =
@@ -452,6 +453,7 @@ parse_config(const char *confpatharg, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
         if(!a_strlen(awesomeconf->rules[i].tags))
             awesomeconf->rules[i].tags = NULL;
         awesomeconf->rules[i].isfloating = cfg_getbool(cfgsectmp, "float");
+        awesomeconf->rules[i].screen = cfg_getint(cfgsectmp, "screen");
     }
 
     compileregs(awesomeconf->rules, awesomeconf->nrules);
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 9ca7ff84..34dbcbd0 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ typedef struct
 {
     char *prop;
     char *tags;
+    int screen;
     Bool isfloating;
     regex_t *propregex;
     regex_t *tagregex;
@@ -165,7 +166,6 @@ struct awesome_config
     int ntags;
     /** Layout list */
     Layout *layouts;
-    /** Number of layouts in *layouts */
     int nlayouts;
     /** Rules list */
     Rule *rules;
diff --git a/tag.c b/tag.c
index 7a2645ec..2fafc867 100644
--- a/tag.c
+++ b/tag.c
@@ -22,14 +22,15 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <X11/Xutil.h>
 
+#include "screen.h"
 #include "layout.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
-void
-applyrules(Client * c, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
+int
+applyrules(Client *c, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
 {
-    int i, j, len = 0;
+    int i, j, screen = -1, len = 0;
     regmatch_t tmp;
     Bool matched = False;
     XClassHint ch = { 0, 0 };
@@ -56,6 +57,14 @@ applyrules(Client * c, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
                 }
                 else
                     c->tags[j] = False;
+            if(awesomeconf->rules[i].screen != -1
+               && awesomeconf->rules[i].screen != awesomeconf->screen)
+            {
+                screen = awesomeconf->rules[i].screen;
+                move_client_to_screen(c,
+                                      &awesomeconf[awesomeconf->rules[i].screen - awesomeconf->screen],
+                                      True);
+            }
         }
     p_delete(&prop);
     if(ch.res_class)
@@ -65,6 +74,8 @@ applyrules(Client * c, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
     if(!matched)
         for(i = 0; i < awesomeconf->ntags; i++)
             c->tags[i] = awesomeconf->tags[i].selected;
+
+    return screen;
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/tag.h b/tag.h
index 1c37cd27..4c5cf0e2 100644
--- a/tag.h
+++ b/tag.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 void compileregs(Rule *, int);
 Bool isvisible(Client *, int, Tag *, int);
-void applyrules(Client * c, awesome_config *);
+int applyrules(Client * c, awesome_config *);
 
 UICB_PROTO(uicb_tag);
 UICB_PROTO(uicb_togglefloating);