diff --git a/draw.c b/draw.c
index a5480d803..7b8397d47 100644
--- a/draw.c
+++ b/draw.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ drawcircle(Display *disp, int screen, int x, int y, int r, Drawable drawable, in
 }
 
 void
-draw_rotate(Display *disp, int screen, Drawable drawable, int dw, int dh, double angle)
+draw_rotate(Display *disp, int screen, Drawable drawable, int dw, int dh, double angle, int tx, int ty)
 {
     cairo_surface_t *surface, *source;
     cairo_t *cr;
@@ -134,11 +134,12 @@ draw_rotate(Display *disp, int screen, Drawable drawable, int dw, int dh, double
     surface = cairo_xlib_surface_create(disp, drawable, DefaultVisual(disp, screen), dw, dw);
     source = cairo_xlib_surface_create(disp, drawable, DefaultVisual(disp, screen), dw, dw);
     cr = cairo_create (surface);
-    cairo_rotate(cr, M_PI / 2);
-    cairo_translate(cr, 0.0, -dh);
+
+    cairo_rotate(cr, angle);
+    cairo_translate(cr, tx, ty);
 
     cairo_set_source_surface(cr, source, 0.0, 0.0);
-    cairo_paint_with_alpha(cr, 1.0);
+    cairo_paint(cr);
 
     cairo_destroy(cr);
     cairo_surface_destroy(source);
diff --git a/draw.h b/draw.h
index 52487f4b2..252b7c7d7 100644
--- a/draw.h
+++ b/draw.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 void drawtext(Display *, int, int, int, int, int, Drawable, int, int, XftFont *, const char *, XColor []);
 void drawrectangle(Display *, int, int, int, int, int, Drawable, int, int, Bool, XColor);
 void drawcircle(Display *, int, int, int, int, Drawable, int, int, Bool, XColor);
-void draw_rotate(Display *, int, Drawable, int, int, double);
+void draw_rotate(Display *, int, Drawable, int, int, double, int, int);
 unsigned short textwidth(Display *, XftFont *, char *);
 #endif
 // vim: filetype=c:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:encoding=utf-8:textwidth=99
diff --git a/statusbar.c b/statusbar.c
index 760039710..03b7c7b75 100644
--- a/statusbar.c
+++ b/statusbar.c
@@ -161,9 +161,16 @@ drawstatusbar(awesome_config *awesomeconf)
     if(awesomeconf->statusbar.position == BarRight
        || awesomeconf->statusbar.position == BarLeft)
     {
-        draw_rotate(awesomeconf->display, awesomeconf->phys_screen,
-                    awesomeconf->statusbar.drawable, awesomeconf->statusbar.width,
-                    awesomeconf->statusbar.height, M_PI * 1.5);
+        if(awesomeconf->statusbar.position == BarRight)
+            draw_rotate(awesomeconf->display, awesomeconf->phys_screen,
+                        awesomeconf->statusbar.drawable, awesomeconf->statusbar.width,
+                        awesomeconf->statusbar.height, M_PI * 0.5,
+                        0, -awesomeconf->statusbar.height);
+        else
+            draw_rotate(awesomeconf->display, awesomeconf->phys_screen,
+                        awesomeconf->statusbar.drawable, awesomeconf->statusbar.width,
+                        awesomeconf->statusbar.height, M_PI * 0.5,
+                        0, -awesomeconf->statusbar.height);
         XCopyArea(awesomeconf->display, awesomeconf->statusbar.drawable,
                   awesomeconf->statusbar.window,
                   DefaultGC(awesomeconf->display, awesomeconf->phys_screen), 0, 0,
@@ -250,7 +257,7 @@ updatebarpos(Display *disp, Statusbar statusbar)
         XMoveWindow(disp, statusbar.window, si[statusbar.screen].x_org, si[statusbar.screen].y_org);
         break;
       case BarRight:
-        XMoveWindow(disp, statusbar.window, si[statusbar.screen].width - statusbar.width, si[statusbar.screen].y_org);
+        XMoveWindow(disp, statusbar.window, si[statusbar.screen].width - statusbar.height, si[statusbar.screen].y_org);
         break;
       case BarBot:
         XMoveWindow(disp, statusbar.window, si[statusbar.screen].x_org, si[statusbar.screen].height - statusbar.height);