diff --git a/awesomerc b/awesomerc
index 2f370f57a..4af8e5637 100644
--- a/awesomerc
+++ b/awesomerc
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ screen 0
         layout dwindle { symbol = "[\\]" }
         layout floating { symbol = "><>" }
     }
+    statusbar
+    {
+         position = "top"
+         widget taglist {}
+         widget layoutinfo {}
+         widget focustitle {}
+         widget textbox {}
+    }
 }
 
 rules
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index a5d1facb3..861482e82 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "rules.h"
 #include "screen.h"
+#include "widget.h"
 #include "layouts/tile.h"
 #include "layouts/floating.h"
 #include "layouts/max.h"
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ typedef struct
 } MouseButton;
 
 extern const NameFuncLink UicbList[];
+extern const NameFuncLink WidgetList[];
 
 /** List of keyname and corresponding X11 mask codes */
 static const KeyMod KeyModList[] =
@@ -269,9 +271,14 @@ parse_config(const char *confpatharg, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
         CFG_STR((char *) "tab_border", (char *) "#ff0000", CFGF_NONE),
         CFG_END()
     };
+    static cfg_opt_t widget_opts[] =
+    {
+        CFG_END()
+    };
     static cfg_opt_t statusbar_opts[] =
     {
         CFG_STR((char *) "position", (char *) "top", CFGF_NONE),
+        CFG_SEC((char *) "widget", widget_opts, CFGF_TITLE | CFGF_MULTI),
         CFG_END()
     };
     static cfg_opt_t tag_opts[] =
@@ -382,7 +389,7 @@ parse_config(const char *confpatharg, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
         CFG_END()
     };
     cfg_t *cfg, *cfg_general, *cfg_colors, *cfg_screen, *cfg_statusbar, *cfg_tags,
-          *cfg_layouts, *cfg_rules, *cfg_keys, *cfg_mouse, *cfgsectmp, *cfg_padding;
+          *cfg_layouts, *cfg_rules, *cfg_keys, *cfg_mouse, *cfg_padding, *cfgsectmp;
     int ret, screen;
     unsigned int i = 0;
     const char *tmp, *homedir;
@@ -391,6 +398,8 @@ parse_config(const char *confpatharg, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
     Rule *rule = NULL;
     Layout *layout = NULL;
     Tag *tag = NULL;
+    Widget_ptr widget = NULL;
+    Widget_ptr (*widget_fct)(Statusbar *);
     FILE *defconfig = NULL;
 
     if(confpatharg)
@@ -472,6 +481,22 @@ parse_config(const char *confpatharg, awesome_config *awesomeconf)
             awesomeconf->screens[screen].statusbar.dposition =
             statusbar_get_position_from_str(cfg_getstr(cfg_statusbar, "position"));
 
+        /* Statusbar widgets */
+        if(cfg_size(cfg_statusbar, "widget"))
+            for(i = 0; i < cfg_size(cfg_statusbar, "widget"); i++)
+            {
+                cfgsectmp = cfg_getnsec(cfg_statusbar, "widget", i);
+                widget_fct = (Widget_ptr **) name_func_lookup(cfg_title(cfgsectmp), WidgetList);
+                if(!widget)
+                    awesomeconf->screens[screen].statusbar.widgets = widget =
+                        widget_fct(&awesomeconf->screens[screen].statusbar);
+                else
+                {
+                    widget->next = widget_fct(&awesomeconf->screens[screen].statusbar);
+                    widget = widget->next;
+                }
+            }
+
         /* Layouts */
         if(cfg_size(cfg_layouts, "layout"))
         {
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index dccbb7096..b8e1cb5e7 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct Button
 
 /** Status bar */
 typedef struct Widget Widget;
+typedef Widget * Widget_ptr;
 typedef struct
 {
     /** Bar width */
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ typedef struct
     /** Screen */
     int screen;
     /** Screen */
-    Widget *widgets;
+    Widget_ptr widgets;
 } Statusbar;
 
 typedef struct Client Client; 
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ struct Widget
                 VirtScreen, int, int, int, int);
     Statusbar *statusbar;
     int alignment;
-    Widget *next;
+    Widget_ptr next;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/statusbar.c b/statusbar.c
index 6dd41f574..5587644ee 100644
--- a/statusbar.c
+++ b/statusbar.c
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ statusbar_init(Display *disp, int screen, Statusbar *statusbar, Cursor cursor, X
     XSetWindowAttributes wa;
     int phys_screen = get_phys_screen(disp, screen);
     ScreenInfo *si = get_screen_info(disp, screen, NULL, padding);
-    Widget *widget;
 
     statusbar->height = font->height * 1.5;
 
@@ -121,12 +120,6 @@ statusbar_init(Display *disp, int screen, Statusbar *statusbar, Cursor cursor, X
                                           CWOverrideRedirect | CWBackPixmap | CWEventMask, &wa);
     XDefineCursor(disp, statusbar->window, cursor);
 
-    /* For now, we just create a standard set of widgets by hand. As the refactoring continues,
-     * these will become configurable. */
-    statusbar->widgets = widget = taglist_new(statusbar);
-    widget->next = layoutinfo_new(statusbar); widget = widget->next;
-    widget->next = focustitle_new(statusbar); widget = widget->next;
-    widget->next = textbox_new(statusbar);
     calculate_alignments(statusbar->widgets);
 
     statusbar_update_position(disp, *statusbar, padding);
diff --git a/widget.c b/widget.c
index fe4b7ed7c..40cd9c0f5 100644
--- a/widget.c
+++ b/widget.c
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
+#include "util.h"
 #include "widget.h"
 
+const NameFuncLink WidgetList[] =
+{
+    {"taglist", taglist_new},
+    {"layoutinfo", layoutinfo_new},
+    {"focustitle", focustitle_new},
+    {"textbox", textbox_new}
+};
+
 void
 calculate_alignments(Widget *widget)
 {
diff --git a/widget.h b/widget.h
index fefddce23..2aa7ea6e4 100644
--- a/widget.h
+++ b/widget.h
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@
 
 enum { AlignLeft, AlignRight, AlignFlex };
 
+typedef Widget_ptr (WidgetConstructor)(Statusbar *);
+
 int calculate_offset(int, int, int, int);
 void calculate_alignments(Widget *widget);
 
-Widget *layoutinfo_new(Statusbar*);
-Widget *taglist_new(Statusbar*);
-Widget *textbox_new(Statusbar*);
-Widget *focustitle_new(Statusbar*);
+Widget_ptr layoutinfo_new(Statusbar*);
+Widget_ptr taglist_new(Statusbar*);
+Widget_ptr textbox_new(Statusbar*);
+Widget_ptr focustitle_new(Statusbar*);
 
 #endif