diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2549d3a..04c2222 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CFLAGS+= -std=c99 -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -pedantic
-LDADD+= -lX11
+LDADD+= -lX11 -lXext
 LDFLAGS=
 PREFIX?= /usr
 BINDIR?= $(PREFIX)/bin
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 864c9a7..1525894 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_H

 #define MOD Mod4Mask
+#define ROUND_CORNERS 20

 const char* menu[]    = {"dmenu_run",      0};
 const char* term[]    = {"st",             0};
diff --git a/sowm.c b/sowm.c
index b9e8867..4c0b3fa 100644
--- a/sowm.c
+++ b/sowm.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
 #include <X11/XF86keysym.h>
 #include <X11/keysym.h>
+#include <X11/extensions/shape.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ static void win_del(Window w);
 static void win_fs();
 static void win_kill();
 static void win_next();
+static void win_round_corners(Window w, int rad);
 static void win_to_ws(const Arg arg);
 static void ws_go(const Arg arg);
 static void ws_save(int i);
@@ -183,6 +185,8 @@ void notify_motion(XEvent *e) {
             attr.width  + (mouse.button==3 ? xd : 0),
             attr.height + (mouse.button==3 ? yd : 0));

+        win_round_corners(mouse.subwindow, ROUND_CORNERS);
+
         for WIN if (c->w == mouse.subwindow) c->f = 0;
     }
 }
@@ -367,9 +367,58 @@ void win_fs() {

         } else
             XMoveResizeWindow(d, cur, c->a.x, c->a.y, c->a.width, c->a.height);
+
+        win_round_corners(cur, c->f ? 0 : ROUND_CORNERS);
     }
 }

+/*
+    Round the corners of the desired window.
+
+    This isn't included in the actual source as it
+    requires the 'shape' extension to Xorg and I'd
+    like to keep the original source simple.
+
+    This is very similar to the rounded corners
+    implementations in the 'dwm' and 'openbox'
+    patches.
+*/
+void win_round_corners(Window w, int rad) {
+    XWindowAttributes attr2;
+    XGetWindowAttributes(d, w, &attr2);
+
+    int dia = 2 * rad;
+    int ww  = attr2.width;
+    int wh  = attr2.height;
+
+    if (ww < dia || wh < dia) return;
+
+    Pixmap mask = XCreatePixmap(d, w, ww, wh, 1);
+
+    if (!mask) return;
+
+    XGCValues xgcv;
+    GC shape_gc = XCreateGC(d, mask, 0, &xgcv);
+
+    if (!shape_gc) {
+        XFreePixmap(d, mask);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    XSetForeground(d, shape_gc, 0);
+    XFillRectangle(d, mask, shape_gc, 0, 0, ww, wh);
+    XSetForeground(d, shape_gc, 1);
+    XFillArc(d, mask, shape_gc, 0, 0, dia, dia, 0, 23040);
+    XFillArc(d, mask, shape_gc, ww-dia-1, 0, dia, dia, 0, 23040);
+    XFillArc(d, mask, shape_gc, 0, wh-dia-1, dia, dia, 0, 23040);
+    XFillArc(d, mask, shape_gc, ww-dia-1, wh-dia-1, dia, dia, 0, 23040);
+    XFillRectangle(d, mask, shape_gc, rad, 0, ww-dia, wh);
+    XFillRectangle(d, mask, shape_gc, 0, rad, ww, wh-dia);
+    XShapeCombineMask(d, w, ShapeBounding, 0, 0, mask, ShapeSet);
+    XFreePixmap(d, mask);
+    XFreeGC(d, shape_gc);
+ }
+
 /*
    This function simply moves the focused window to
    the desired desktop.
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ void map_request(XEvent *e) {
                        EnterWindowMask|FocusChangeMask);
     win_center((Arg){.i = w});
     XMapWindow(d, w);
+    win_round_corners(w, ROUND_CORNERS);
     FOC(w);
     win_add(w);
 }