diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 875885b..222745d 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ static const Bool showbar           = True;     /* False means no bar */
 static const Bool topbar            = True;     /* False means bottom bar */
 
 /* tagging */
-static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
+#define MAX_TAGNAME_LEN 14		/* excludes TAG_PREPEND */
+#define TAG_PREPEND "%1i:"		/* formatted as 2 chars */
+#define MAX_TAGLEN 16			/* altogether */
+static char tags[][MAX_TAGLEN] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
 
 static const Rule rules[] = {
 	/* xprop(1):
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@ static Key keys[] = {
 	{ MODKEY,                       XK_period, focusmon,       {.i = +1 } },
 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,             XK_comma,  tagmon,         {.i = -1 } },
 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,             XK_period, tagmon,         {.i = +1 } },
+	{ MODKEY,                       XK_n,      nametag,        {0} },
 	TAGKEYS(                        XK_1,                      0)
 	TAGKEYS(                        XK_2,                      1)
 	TAGKEYS(                        XK_3,                      2)
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 1bbb4b3..fefdd69 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ static void maprequest(XEvent *e);
 static void monocle(Monitor *m);
 static void motionnotify(XEvent *e);
 static void movemouse(const Arg *arg);
+static void nametag(const Arg *arg);
 static Client *nexttiled(Client *c);
 static void pop(Client *);
 static void propertynotify(XEvent *e);
@@ -1174,6 +1175,34 @@ movemouse(const Arg *arg) {
 	}
 }
 
+void
+nametag(const Arg *arg) {
+	char *p, name[MAX_TAGNAME_LEN];
+	FILE *f;
+	int i;
+
+	errno = 0; // popen(3p) says on failure it "may" set errno
+	if(!(f = popen("dmenu < /dev/null", "r"))) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "dwm: popen 'dmenu < /dev/null' failed%s%s\n", errno ? ": " : "", errno ? strerror(errno) : "");
+		return;
+	}
+	if (!(p = fgets(name, MAX_TAGNAME_LEN, f)) && (i = errno) && ferror(f))
+		fprintf(stderr, "dwm: fgets failed: %s\n", strerror(i));
+	if (pclose(f) < 0)
+		fprintf(stderr, "dwm: pclose failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+	if(!p)
+		return;
+	if((p = strchr(name, '\n')))
+		*p = '\0';
+
+	for(i = 0; i < LENGTH(tags); i++)
+		if(selmon->tagset[selmon->seltags] & (1 << i)) {
+			sprintf(tags[i], TAG_PREPEND, i+1);
+			strcat(tags[i], name);
+		}
+	drawbars();
+}
+
 Client *
 nexttiled(Client *c) {
 	for(; c && (c->isfloating || !ISVISIBLE(c)); c = c->next);