diff --git a/src/dwm.c b/src/dwm.c
index 6d82cba..9f19db8 100644
--- a/src/dwm.c
+++ b/src/dwm.c
@@ -1132,6 +1132,10 @@ manage(Window w, XWindowAttributes *wa)
 	c->bw = borderpx;
 
 	wc.border_width = c->bw;
+
+	if(c->x == selmon->wx) c->x += (c->mon->ww - WIDTH(c)) / 2 - c->bw;
+	if(c->y == selmon->wy) c->y += (c->mon->wh - HEIGHT(c)) / 2 - c->bw;
+
 	XConfigureWindow(dpy, w, CWBorderWidth, &wc);
 	XSetWindowBorder(dpy, w, scheme[SchemeNorm][ColBorder].pixel);
 	configure(c); /* propagates border_width, if size doesn't change */