diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1
index d3ab805..5301910 100644
--- a/dmenu.1
+++ b/dmenu.1
@@ -51,6 +51,24 @@ dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
 .BI \-l " lines"
 dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
 .TP
+.BI \-x " xoffset"
+dmenu is placed at this offset measured from the left side of the monitor.
+Can be negative.
+If option
+.B \-m
+is present, the measurement will use the given monitor.
+.TP
+.BI \-y " yoffset"
+dmenu is placed at this offset measured from the top of the monitor.  If the
+.B \-b
+option is used, the offset is measured from the bottom.  Can be negative.
+If option
+.B \-m
+is present, the measurement will use the given monitor.
+.TP
+.BI \-w " width"
+sets the width of the dmenu window.
+.TP
 .BI \-m " monitor"
 dmenu is displayed on the monitor number supplied. Monitor numbers are starting
 from 0.
diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index a07f8e3..9e0c51c 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ struct item {
 static char text[BUFSIZ] = "";
 static int bh, mw, mh;
 static int sw, sh; /* X display screen geometry width, height */
+static int dmx = 0; /* put dmenu at this x offset */
+static int dmy = 0; /* put dmenu at this y offset (measured from the bottom if topbar is 0) */
+static unsigned int dmw = 0; /* make dmenu this wide */
 static int inputw, promptw;
 static size_t cursor;
 static struct item *items = NULL;
@@ -571,16 +574,16 @@ setup(void)
 				if (INTERSECT(x, y, 1, 1, info[i]))
 					break;
 
-		x = info[i].x_org;
-		y = info[i].y_org + (topbar ? 0 : info[i].height - mh);
-		mw = info[i].width;
+		x = info[i].x_org + dmx;
+		y = info[i].y_org + (topbar ? dmy : info[i].height - mh - dmy);
+		mw = (dmw>0 ? dmw : info[i].width);
 		XFree(info);
 	} else
 #endif
 	{
-		x = 0;
-		y = topbar ? 0 : sh - mh;
-		mw = sw;
+		x = dmx;
+		y = topbar ? dmy : sh - mh - dmy;
+		mw = (dmw>0 ? dmw : sw);
 	}
 	promptw = (prompt && *prompt) ? TEXTW(prompt) : 0;
 	inputw = MIN(inputw, mw/3);
@@ -609,6 +612,7 @@ static void
 usage(void)
 {
 	fputs("usage: dmenu [-b] [-f] [-i] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
+	      "             [-x xoffset] [-y yoffset] [-w width]\n"
 	      "             [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-v]\n", stderr);
 	exit(1);
 }
@@ -635,6 +639,12 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		/* these options take one argument */
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-l"))   /* number of lines in vertical list */
 			lines = atoi(argv[++i]);
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-x"))   /* window x offset */
+			dmx = atoi(argv[++i]);
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-y"))   /* window y offset (from bottom up if -b) */
+			dmy = atoi(argv[++i]);
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-w"))   /* make dmenu this wide */
+			dmw = atoi(argv[++i]);
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-m"))
 			mon = atoi(argv[++i]);
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-p"))   /* adds prompt to left of input field */