diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
index 353822498..5f16e84ff 100644
--- a/client.c
+++ b/client.c
@@ -330,20 +330,44 @@ client_stack(void)
             if(client_layer_translator(node->client) == layer)
                 config_win_vals[0] = client_stack_below(node->client, config_win_vals[0]);
 
-    /* then stack statusbar window */
+    /* then stack ontop statusbar window */
     for(screen = 0; screen < globalconf.nscreen; screen++)
         for(int i = 0; i < globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.len; i++)
         {
             wibox_t *sb = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.tab[i];
-            xcb_configure_window(globalconf.connection,
-                                 sb->sw.window,
-                                 XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_SIBLING | XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_STACK_MODE,
-                                 config_win_vals);
-            config_win_vals[0] = sb->sw.window;
+            if(sb->ontop)
+            {
+                xcb_configure_window(globalconf.connection,
+                                     sb->sw.window,
+                                     XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_SIBLING | XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_STACK_MODE,
+                                     config_win_vals);
+                config_win_vals[0] = sb->sw.window;
+            }
         }
 
     /* finally stack everything else */
-    for(layer = LAYER_FULLSCREEN - 1; layer >= LAYER_DESKTOP; layer--)
+    for(layer = LAYER_FULLSCREEN - 1; layer >= LAYER_TILE; layer--)
+        for(node = globalconf.stack; node; node = node->next)
+            if(client_layer_translator(node->client) == layer)
+                config_win_vals[0] = client_stack_below(node->client, config_win_vals[0]);
+
+    /* then stack not ontop statusbar window */
+    for(screen = 0; screen < globalconf.nscreen; screen++)
+        for(int i = 0; i < globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.len; i++)
+        {
+            wibox_t *sb = globalconf.screens[screen].statusbars.tab[i];
+            if(!sb->ontop)
+            {
+                xcb_configure_window(globalconf.connection,
+                                     sb->sw.window,
+                                     XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_SIBLING | XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_STACK_MODE,
+                                     config_win_vals);
+                config_win_vals[0] = sb->sw.window;
+            }
+        }
+
+    /* finally stack everything else */
+    for(layer = LAYER_TILE - 1; layer >= LAYER_DESKTOP; layer--)
         for(node = globalconf.stack; node; node = node->next)
             if(client_layer_translator(node->client) == layer)
                 config_win_vals[0] = client_stack_below(node->client, config_win_vals[0]);
diff --git a/structs.h b/structs.h
index ece2d4a24..9ad531e5d 100644
--- a/structs.h
+++ b/structs.h
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ typedef struct
 {
     /** Ref count */
     int refcount;
+    /** Ontop */
+    bool ontop;
     /** Wibox type */
     wibox_type_t type;
     /** Window */
diff --git a/wibox.c b/wibox.c
index fe554c806..0f4e63e1a 100644
--- a/wibox.c
+++ b/wibox.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ luaA_wibox_new(lua_State *L)
  * \lfield fg Foreground color.
  * \lfield bg Background color.
  * \lfield position The position.
+ * \lfield ontop On top of other windows.
  */
 static int
 luaA_wibox_index(lua_State *L)
@@ -166,6 +167,9 @@ luaA_wibox_index(lua_State *L)
       case A_TK_POSITION:
         lua_pushstring(L, position_tostr((*wibox)->position));
         break;
+      case A_TK_ONTOP:
+        lua_pushboolean(L, (*wibox)->ontop);
+        break;
       default:
         return 0;
     }
@@ -209,6 +213,8 @@ luaA_wibox_newindex(lua_State *L)
 
     switch((tok = a_tokenize(attr, len)))
     {
+        bool b;
+
       case A_TK_FG:
         if((buf = luaL_checklstring(L, 3, &len)))
             if(xcolor_init_reply(xcolor_init_unchecked(&(*wibox)->colors.fg, buf, len)))
@@ -276,6 +282,14 @@ luaA_wibox_newindex(lua_State *L)
             statusbar_attach(*wibox, &globalconf.screens[screen]);
         }
         break;
+      case A_TK_ONTOP:
+        b = luaA_checkboolean(L, 3);
+        if(b != (*wibox)->ontop)
+        {
+            (*wibox)->ontop = b;
+            client_stack();
+        }
+        break;
       default:
         switch((*wibox)->type)
         {