diff --git a/README b/README
index cfc85d3..a85f568 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -293,10 +293,11 @@ vicious.widgets.mpd
   - returns 1st value as the currently playing song
 
 vicious.widgets.volume
-  - provides volume levels of requested ALSA mixers
+  - provides volume levels and state of requested ALSA mixers
   - takes the ALSA mixer control as an argument, i.e. "Master",
     optionally append the card ID or other options, i.e. "PCM -c 0"
-  - returns 1st value as the volume level of the requested channel
+  - returns 1st value as the volume level and 2nd as the mute state of
+    the requested channel
 
 vicious.widgets.weather
   - provides weather information for a requested station
diff --git a/bat.lua b/bat.lua
index 66aab4b..e728155 100644
--- a/bat.lua
+++ b/bat.lua
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ local function worker(format, batid)
     -- Apple PMU and ACPI/procfs battery widgets are in the [contrib] branch
     local battery = helpers.pathtotable("/sys/class/power_supply/" .. batid)
     local battery_state = {
-        ["Full\n"] = "↯",
-        ["Unknown\n"] = "⌁",
-        ["Charged\n"] = "↯",
-        ["Charging\n"] = "+",
+        ["Full\n"]        = "↯",
+        ["Unknown\n"]     = "⌁",
+        ["Charged\n"]     = "↯",
+        ["Charging\n"]    = "+",
         ["Discharging\n"] = "-"
     }
 
diff --git a/cpufreq.lua b/cpufreq.lua
index 7c62455..aa36151 100644
--- a/cpufreq.lua
+++ b/cpufreq.lua
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ module("vicious.cpufreq")
 local function worker(format, cpuid)
     local cpufreq = helpers.pathtotable("/sys/devices/system/cpu/"..cpuid.."/cpufreq")
     local governor_state = {
-       ["ondemand\n"] = "↯",
-       ["powersave\n"] = "⌁",
-       ["userspace\n"] = "¤",
-       ["performance\n"] = "⚡",
+       ["ondemand\n"]     = "↯",
+       ["powersave\n"]    = "⌁",
+       ["userspace\n"]    = "¤",
+       ["performance\n"]  = "⚡",
        ["conservative\n"] = "↯"
     }
     -- Default voltage values
diff --git a/volume.lua b/volume.lua
index 37303c9..070f3bf 100644
--- a/volume.lua
+++ b/volume.lua
@@ -7,31 +7,43 @@
 local tonumber = tonumber
 local io = { popen = io.popen }
 local setmetatable = setmetatable
-local string = {
-    find = string.find,
-    match = string.match
-}
+local string = { match = string.match }
 -- }}}
 
 
--- Volume: provides volume levels of requested ALSA mixers
+-- Volume: provides volume levels and state of requested ALSA mixers
 module("vicious.volume")
 
 
 -- {{{ Volume widget type
 local function worker(format, warg)
+    local mixer_state = {
+        ["on"]  = "♫", -- "",
+        ["off"] = "♩"  -- "M"
+    }
+
     -- Get mixer control contents
     local f = io.popen("amixer get " .. warg)
     local mixer = f:read("*all")
     f:close()
 
-    local vol = tonumber(string.match(mixer, "([%d]?[%d]?[%d])%%"))
-    -- If mute return 0 (not "Mute") so we don't break progressbars
-    if string.find(mixer, "%[off%]") or vol == nil then
-        vol = 0
+    -- Capture mixer control state:          [5%] ... ... [on]
+    local volu, mute = string.match(mixer, "([%d]+)%%.*%[([%l]*)")
+    -- Handle mixers without data
+    if volu == nil then
+       return {0, mixer_state["off"]}
     end
 
-    return {vol}
+    -- Handle mixers without mute
+    if mute == "" and volu == "0"
+    -- Handle mixers that are muted
+    or mute == "off" then
+       mute = mixer_state["off"]
+    else
+       mute = mixer_state["on"]
+    end
+
+    return {tonumber(volu), mute}
 end
 -- }}}