diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index a185427..16ce759 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 Bool viewontag         = True;
 static const char *fonts[]          = { 
     "Hack Nerd Font Mono:size=12",
     "Noto Color Emoji:size=12"
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index d2c2e16..703cd07 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -2040,6 +2040,8 @@ tag(const Arg *arg)
 		selmon->sel->tags = arg->ui & TAGMASK;
 		focus(NULL);
 		arrange(selmon);
+		if(viewontag)
+			view(arg);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/patches/dwm-r1522-viewontag.diff b/patches/dwm-r1522-viewontag.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f87cd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/dwm-r1522-viewontag.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff -r 0d86faf4b05c config.def.h
+--- a/config.def.h	Sun Jul 25 09:58:25 2010 +0100
++++ b/config.def.h	Sun Jul 25 16:32:38 2010 +0200
+@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
+ static const unsigned int snap      = 32;       /* snap pixel */
+ static const Bool showbar           = True;     /* False means no bar */
+ static const Bool topbar            = True;     /* False means bottom bar */
++static const Bool viewontag         = True;     /* Switch view on tag switch */
+ 
+ /* tagging */
+ static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
+diff -r 0d86faf4b05c dwm.c
+--- a/dwm.c	Sun Jul 25 09:58:25 2010 +0100
++++ b/dwm.c	Sun Jul 25 16:32:38 2010 +0200
+@@ -1613,6 +1613,8 @@
+ 	if(selmon->sel && arg->ui & TAGMASK) {
+ 		selmon->sel->tags = arg->ui & TAGMASK;
+ 		arrange(selmon);
++		if(viewontag)
++			view(arg);
+ 	}
+ }
+