diff --git a/src/archy_dwm.c b/src/archy_dwm.c
index fb32d1e..c2668c1 100644
--- a/src/archy_dwm.c
+++ b/src/archy_dwm.c
@@ -641,12 +641,9 @@ void drawbar(Monitor *m) {
   if (showsystray && m == systraytomon(m) && !systrayonleft)
     stw = getsystraywidth();
 
-  /* draw status first so it can be overdrawn by tags later */
-  if (m == selmon) { /* status is only drawn on selected monitor */
-    drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-    tw = TEXTW(stext) - lrpad / 2 + 2; /* 2px extra right padding */
-    drw_text(drw, m->ww - tw - stw, 0, tw, bh, lrpad / 2 - 2, stext, 0);
-  }
+  char *mstext;
+  char *rstext;
+  int msx;
 
   resizebarwin(m);
   for (c = m->clients; c; c = c->next) {
@@ -670,9 +667,19 @@ void drawbar(Monitor *m) {
   drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
   x = drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, m->ltsymbol, 0);
 
-  if ((w = m->ww - tw - stw - x) > bh) {
-    drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-    drw_rect(drw, x, 0, w, bh, 1, 1);
+  drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
+  drw_rect(drw, x, 0, m->ww - x, bh, 1, 1);
+
+  if (m == selmon) { /* status is only drawn on selected monitor */
+    rstext = strdup(stext);
+    if (splitstatus) {
+      mstext = strsep(&rstext, splitdelim);
+      msx = (m->ww - TEXTW(mstext) + lrpad) /
+            2; /* x position of middle status text */
+      drw_text(drw, msx, 0, TEXTW(mstext) - lrpad, bh, 0, mstext, 0);
+    }
+    tw = TEXTW(rstext) - lrpad + 2; /* 2px right padding */
+    drw_text(drw, m->ww - tw, 0, tw, bh, 0, rstext, 0);
   }
   drw_map(drw, m->barwin, 0, 0, m->ww - stw, bh);
 }
diff --git a/src/config/config.h b/src/config/config.h
index 71829ad..3cb9c44 100644
--- a/src/config/config.h
+++ b/src/config/config.h
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ static const unsigned int systrayspacing = 2; /* systray spacing */
 static const int systraypinningfailfirst =
     1; /* 1: if pinning fails, display systray on the first monitor, False:
           display systray on the last monitor*/
-static const int showsystray = 1; /* 0 means no systray */
-static const int showbar = 1;     /* 0 means no bar */
-static const int topbar = 0;      /* 0 means bottom bar */
+static const int showsystray = 1;    /* 0 means no systray */
+static const int showbar = 1;        /* 0 means no bar */
+static const int topbar = 0;         /* 0 means bottom bar */
+static const int splitstatus = 1;    /* 1 for split status items */
+static const char *splitdelim = ";"; /* Character used for separating status */
 static const char *fonts[] = {
     "monospace:size=6", "Noto Color Emoji:size=7",
     "Nerd Font Mono:size=10:antialias=true:hinting=true"};