diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index a2ac963..ae54a10 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ static const char *colors[][3]      = {
 /* tagging */
 static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
 
+#include "scratchtagwins.c"
+
 static const Rule rules[] = {
 	/* xprop(1):
 	 *	WM_CLASS(STRING) = instance, class
@@ -29,6 +31,15 @@ static const Rule rules[] = {
 	/* class      instance    title       tags mask     isfloating   monitor */
 	{ "Gimp",     NULL,       NULL,       0,            1,           -1 },
 	{ "Firefox",  NULL,       NULL,       1 << 8,       0,           -1 },
+	SCRATCHTAGWIN_RULE (scratchtagwin1, 1),
+	SCRATCHTAGWIN_RULE (scratchtagwin2, 2),
+	SCRATCHTAGWIN_RULE (scratchtagwin3, 3),
+	SCRATCHTAGWIN_RULE (scratchtagwin4, 4),
+	SCRATCHTAGWIN_RULE (scratchtagwin5, 5),
+	SCRATCHTAGWIN_RULE (scratchtagwin6, 6),
+	SCRATCHTAGWIN_RULE (scratchtagwin7, 7),
+	SCRATCHTAGWIN_RULE (scratchtagwin8, 8),
+	SCRATCHTAGWIN_RULE (scratchtagwin9, 9),
 };
 
 /* layout(s) */
@@ -60,10 +71,31 @@ static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn()
 static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_cyan, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
 static const char *termcmd[]  = { "st", NULL };
 
+SCRATCHTAGWIN (scratchtagwin1, 1);
+SCRATCHTAGWIN (scratchtagwin2, 2);
+SCRATCHTAGWIN (scratchtagwin3, 3);
+SCRATCHTAGWIN (scratchtagwin4, 4);
+SCRATCHTAGWIN (scratchtagwin5, 5);
+SCRATCHTAGWIN (scratchtagwin6, 6);
+SCRATCHTAGWIN (scratchtagwin7, 7);
+SCRATCHTAGWIN (scratchtagwin8, 8);
+SCRATCHTAGWIN (scratchtagwin9, 9);
+
 static Key keys[] = {
 	/* modifier                     key        function        argument */
 	{ MODKEY,                       XK_p,      spawn,          {.v = dmenucmd } },
 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,             XK_Return, spawn,          {.v = termcmd } },
+	SCRATCHTAGWIN_KEY (scratchtagwin1, 1)
+	SCRATCHTAGWIN_KEY (scratchtagwin2, 2)
+	SCRATCHTAGWIN_KEY (scratchtagwin3, 3)
+	SCRATCHTAGWIN_KEY (scratchtagwin4, 4)
+	SCRATCHTAGWIN_KEY (scratchtagwin5, 5)
+	SCRATCHTAGWIN_KEY (scratchtagwin6, 6)
+	SCRATCHTAGWIN_KEY (scratchtagwin7, 7)
+	SCRATCHTAGWIN_KEY (scratchtagwin8, 8)
+	SCRATCHTAGWIN_KEY (scratchtagwin9, 9)
+	{ MODKEY|AltMask|ShiftMask,     XK_0,  makescratchtagwin,  {.i = 0} },
+	{ MODKEY|AltMask|ShiftMask,     XK_s,  makescratchtagwin,  {.i = 's'} },
 	{ MODKEY,                       XK_b,      togglebar,      {0} },
 	{ MODKEY,                       XK_j,      focusstack,     {.i = +1 } },
 	{ MODKEY,                       XK_k,      focusstack,     {.i = -1 } },
diff --git a/scratchtagwins.c b/scratchtagwins.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf43b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scratchtagwins.c
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <X11/XF86keysym.h>
+
+# define SCRATCHTAGWIN(name, id)								\
+	static const char * name [] = { # id,						\
+		"tabbed",												\
+			"-p", "s+1",										\
+			"-n", # name,										\
+			"-g", "1195x672",									\
+			"-c", "st", "-w",									\
+		NULL													\
+	}															\
+
+# define SCRATCHTAGWIN_RULE(name, id)																	\
+	{ NULL,       # name, NULL,       0,            1,           1,           -1,      '0' + id }		\
+
+# define SCRATCHTAGWIN_KEY(name, id)														\
+	{ MODKEY|AltMask,          XK_ ## id,      togglescratch,  {.v = name } },				\
+	{ MODKEY|AltMask|ShiftMask,XK_ ## id,      makescratchtagwin,{.i = '0' + id } },		\
+
+static void makescratchtagwin (const Arg * arg)
+{
+	if (selmon -> sel)
+	{
+		if (arg -> i != 0)
+		{
+			_Bool exists = 0;
+
+			for (Client * c = selmon -> clients; c; c = c -> next)
+				if (c -> scratchkey == arg -> i)
+				{
+					exists = 1;
+					break;
+				}
+
+			if (exists) return;
+		}
+
+		selmon -> sel -> scratchkey = arg -> i;
+		if (arg -> i != 0)
+		{
+			selmon -> sel -> tags = 0,
+			selmon -> sel -> isfloating = 1;
+		}
+		else
+			selmon -> sel -> tags = selmon -> tagset [selmon -> seltags];
+		focus (selmon -> sel);
+		arrange (selmon);
+	}
+}