diff --git a/blocks.def.h b/blocks.def.h
index 9c22d68b..b0454f87 100644
--- a/blocks.def.h
+++ b/blocks.def.h
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ static const Block blocks[] = {
 //sets delimeter between status commands. NULL character ('\0') means no delimeter.
 static char delim[] = " | ";
 static unsigned int delimLen = 5;
+
+// Sets delimiters around the full statusbar. NULL character ('\0') means no delimeter.
+static char leftpad[]  = "   ";
+static char rightpad[] = " ";
diff --git a/dwmblocks.c b/dwmblocks.c
index ded717c1..45fc66ac 100644
--- a/dwmblocks.c
+++ b/dwmblocks.c
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 #define LENGTH(X)               (sizeof(X) / sizeof (X[0]))
 #define CMDLENGTH		50
 #define MIN( a, b ) ( ( a < b) ? a : b )
-#define STATUSLENGTH (LENGTH(blocks) * CMDLENGTH + 1)
+#define STATUSLENGTH (LENGTH(blocks) * CMDLENGTH + 1 + \
+        LENGTH(leftpad) + LENGTH(rightpad))
 
 typedef struct {
 	char* icon;
@@ -119,9 +120,13 @@ int getstatus(char *str, char *last)
 {
 	strcpy(last, str);
 	str[0] = '\0';
+	if (leftpad[0] != '\0')
+		strcat(str, leftpad);
 	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < LENGTH(blocks); i++)
 		strcat(str, statusbar[i]);
 	str[strlen(str)-strlen(delim)] = '\0';
+	if (rightpad[0] != '\0')
+		strcat(str, rightpad);
 	return strcmp(str, last);//0 if they are the same
 }