diff --git a/src/ewmh.c b/src/ewmh.c
index 940484a..7fe04d8 100644
--- a/src/ewmh.c
+++ b/src/ewmh.c
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ ewmh_init_hints(void)
      net_atom[wmfs_nmaster]                   = ATOM("_WMFS_NMASTER");
      net_atom[wmfs_function]                  = ATOM("_WMFS_FUNCTION");
      net_atom[wmfs_cmd]                       = ATOM("_WMFS_CMD");
+     net_atom[wmfs_font]                      = ATOM("_WMFS_FONT");
 
      /* Multi atom _WMFS_STATUSTEXT_<screennum> */
      for(j = 0; j < s; ++j)
diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index 0528fc3..21b01e0 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ init_font(void)
           font = XftFontOpenName(dpy, SCREEN, "sans-10");
      }
 
+     /* Set font in _WMFS_FONT for eventual status tools */
+     XChangeProperty(dpy, ROOT, net_atom[wmfs_font], net_atom[utf8_string], 8,
+                    PropModeReplace, (uchar*)&conf.font, strlen(conf.font));
+
      return;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/structs.h b/src/structs.h
index 19288a6..4f8692e 100644
--- a/src/structs.h
+++ b/src/structs.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ enum
      wmfs_screen_count,
      wmfs_function,
      wmfs_cmd,
+     wmfs_font,
      wmfs_statustext,
      net_last
 };