diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 838cd7a..d797fbf 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 static int showbar           = 1; /* 0 means no bar */
 static int topbar            = 1; /* 0 means bottom bar */
 static const char *fonts[]   = { "monospace:size=10" };
+static const int user_bh		 = 30; /* 0 means that dam will calculate barheight, >= 1 means dwl will use user_bh as the bar height. */
 static uint32_t colors[][3]  = {
 	/*               fg          bg         */
 	[SchemeNorm] = { 0xbbbbbbff, 0x222222ff },
diff --git a/dam.c b/dam.c
index 08c7911..42456ff 100644
--- a/dam.c
+++ b/dam.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ bar_load_fonts(Bar *bar)
 		die("failed to load fonts");
 
 	bar->lrpad = bar->drw->font->height;
-	bar->height = bar->drw->font->height + 2;
+  bar->height = user_bh ? user_bh : bar->drw->font->height + 2;
 	if (bar->layer_surface) {
 		zwlr_layer_surface_v1_set_size(bar->layer_surface, 0, bar->height / bar->scale);
 		zwlr_layer_surface_v1_set_exclusive_zone(bar->layer_surface, bar->height / bar->scale);