diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 9d1b5a5..7d3ce31 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ static const int showbar            = 1;        /* 0 means no standard bar */
 static const int topbar             = 1;        /* 0 means standard bar at bottom */
 static const int extrabar           = 1;        /* 0 means no extra bar */
 static const char statussep         = ';';      /* separator between statuses */
+static const int user_bh            = 2;        /* 2 is the default spacing around the bar's font */
 static const char *fonts[]          = { "monospace:size=10" };
 static const char dmenufont[]       = "monospace:size=10";
 static const char col_gray1[]       = "#222222";
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 943d1cd..142e344 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ setup(void)
 	if (!drw_fontset_create(drw, fonts, LENGTH(fonts)))
 		die("no fonts could be loaded.");
 	lrpad = drw->fonts->h;
-	bh = drw->fonts->h + 2;
+	bh = drw->fonts->h + user_bh;
 	updategeom();
 	/* init atoms */
 	utf8string = XInternAtom(dpy, "UTF8_STRING", False);
diff --git a/patches/bar/appearance/dwm-bar-height-spacing-6.3.diff b/patches/bar/appearance/dwm-bar-height-spacing-6.3.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbdeb9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/bar/appearance/dwm-bar-height-spacing-6.3.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
+index 1c0b587..9814500 100644
+--- a/config.def.h
++++ b/config.def.h
+@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ static const unsigned int borderpx  = 1;        /* border pixel of windows */
+ static const unsigned int snap      = 32;       /* snap pixel */
+ static const int showbar            = 1;        /* 0 means no bar */
+ static const int topbar             = 1;        /* 0 means bottom bar */
++static const int user_bh            = 2;        /* 2 is the default spacing around the bar's font */
+ static const char *fonts[]          = { "monospace:size=10" };
+ static const char dmenufont[]       = "monospace:size=10";
+ static const char col_gray1[]       = "#222222";
+diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
+index 4465af1..2c27cb3 100644
+--- a/dwm.c
++++ b/dwm.c
+@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ setup(void)
+ 	if (!drw_fontset_create(drw, fonts, LENGTH(fonts)))
+ 		die("no fonts could be loaded.");
+ 	lrpad = drw->fonts->h;
+-	bh = drw->fonts->h + 2;
++	bh = drw->fonts->h + user_bh;
+ 	updategeom();
+ 	/* init atoms */
+ 	utf8string = XInternAtom(dpy, "UTF8_STRING", False);