diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c70f22..ff2c4ab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Refer to [https://dwm.suckless.org/](https://dwm.suckless.org/) for details on t
 
 ### Changelog:
 
-2019-10-24 - Added dragmfact and extrabar patches
+2019-10-24 - Added dragmfact, extrabar and nodmenu patches
 
 2019-10-22 - Added ispermanent and swallow patches
 
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ Refer to [https://dwm.suckless.org/](https://dwm.suckless.org/) for details on t
    - [noborder](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/noborder/)
       - removes the border when there is only one window visible
 
+   - [nodmenu](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/nodmenu/)
+      - enable modifying dmenu in config.def.h which resulted previously in a compilation error because two lines of code hardcode dmenu into dwm
+      - allows complete removal of dmenu, should you want to do that
+
    - [onlyquitonempty](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/onlyquitonempty/)
       - makes it so dwm will only exit via quit() if no windows are open (in order to prevent accidental loss of work)
 
diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 73c0164..9aeee95 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -488,8 +488,12 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 #define SHCMD(cmd) { .v = (const char*[]){ "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL } }
 
 /* commands */
+#if NODMENU_PATCH
+static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", normbgcolor, "-nf", normfgcolor, "-sb", selbgcolor, "-sf", selfgcolor, NULL };
+#else
 static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn() */
 static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", normbgcolor, "-nf", normfgcolor, "-sb", selbgcolor, "-sf", selfgcolor, NULL };
+#endif
 static const char *termcmd[]  = { "st", NULL };
 
 #if SCRATCHPAD_PATCH
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 629d3f8..274c36c 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -2929,8 +2929,10 @@ sigchld(int unused)
 void
 spawn(const Arg *arg)
 {
+	#if !NODMENU_PATCH
 	if (arg->v == dmenucmd)
 		dmenumon[0] = '0' + selmon->num;
+	#endif // NODMENU_PATCH
 	#if SCRATCHPAD_PATCH
 	selmon->tagset[selmon->seltags] &= ~scratchtag;
 	#endif // SCRATCHPAD_PATCH
diff --git a/patches.h b/patches.h
index 33db1b1..d9b3d03 100644
--- a/patches.h
+++ b/patches.h
@@ -282,6 +282,12 @@
  */
 #define NOBORDER_PATCH 0
 
+/* Enable modifying or removing dmenu in config.def.h which resulted previously in a
+ * compilation error because two lines of code hardcode dmenu into dwm.
+ * https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/nodmenu/
+ */
+#define NODMENU_PATCH 0
+
 /* This patch makes it so dwm will only exit via quit() if no windows are open.
  * This is to prevent you accidentally losing all your work.
  * https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/onlyquitonempty/