diff --git a/docs/userguide b/docs/userguide
index 851d66c3..d97ef6ae 100644
--- a/docs/userguide
+++ b/docs/userguide
@@ -1134,9 +1134,19 @@ mode_toggle::
 
 For moving, use +move left+, +move right+, +move down+ and +move up+.
 
+*Syntax*:
+-----------------------------------
+focus <left|right|down|up>
+focus <parent|child|floating|tiling|mode_toggle>
+move <left|right|down|up> [<px> px]
+-----------------------------------
+
+Note that the amount of pixels you can specify for the +move+ command is only
+relevant for floating containers. The default amount is 10 pixels.
+
 *Examples*:
 ----------------------
-# Focus clients on the left, bottom, top, right:
+# Focus container on the left, bottom, top, right:
 bindsym mod+j focus left
 bindsym mod+k focus down
 bindsym mod+l focus up
@@ -1148,11 +1158,15 @@ bindsym mod+u focus parent
 # Focus last floating/tiling container
 bindsym mod+g focus mode_toggle
 
-# Move client to the left, bottom, top, right:
+# Move container to the left, bottom, top, right:
 bindsym mod+j move left
 bindsym mod+k move down
 bindsym mod+l move up
 bindsym mod+semicolon move right
+
+# Move container, but make floating containers
+# move more than the default
+bindsym mod+j move left 20 px
 ----------------------
 
 === Changing (named) workspaces/moving to workspaces
diff --git a/src/cmdparse.y b/src/cmdparse.y
index 3eb33426..0144524b 100644
--- a/src/cmdparse.y
+++ b/src/cmdparse.y
@@ -734,10 +734,27 @@ border_style:
     ;
 
 move:
-    TOK_MOVE direction
+    TOK_MOVE direction resize_px
     {
-        printf("moving in direction %d\n", $2);
-        tree_move($2);
+        int direction = $2;
+        int px = $3;
+
+        /* TODO: make 'move' work with criteria. */
+        printf("moving in direction %d\n", direction);
+        if (con_is_floating(focused)) {
+            printf("floating move with %d pixels\n", px);
+            if (direction == TOK_LEFT) {
+                focused->parent->rect.x -= px;
+            } else if (direction == TOK_RIGHT) {
+                focused->parent->rect.x += px;
+            } else if (direction == TOK_UP) {
+                focused->parent->rect.y -= px;
+            } else if (direction == TOK_DOWN) {
+                focused->parent->rect.y += px;
+            }
+        } else {
+            tree_move(direction);
+        }
 
         tree_render();
     }
diff --git a/testcases/t/124-move.t b/testcases/t/124-move.t
index 4df3a2a1..a6eb6164 100644
--- a/testcases/t/124-move.t
+++ b/testcases/t/124-move.t
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 # 4) move a container in a different direction so that we need to go up in tree
 #
 use i3test;
+use X11::XCB::Connection;
 
+my $x = X11::XCB::Connection->new;
 my $i3 = i3(get_socket_path());
 
 my $tmp = fresh_workspace;
@@ -24,13 +26,13 @@ is(@{$old_content}, 1, 'one container on this workspace');
 
 my $first = $old_content->[0]->{id};
 
-#cmd 'move before h';
-#cmd 'move before v';
-#cmd 'move after v';
-#cmd 'move after h';
+cmd 'move left';
+cmd 'move right';
+cmd 'move up';
+cmd 'move down';
 
 my $content = get_ws_content($tmp);
-#is_deeply($old_content, $content, 'workspace unmodified after useless moves');
+is_deeply($old_content, $content, 'workspace unmodified after useless moves');
 
 ######################################################################
 # 2) move a container before another single container
@@ -131,4 +133,75 @@ cmd "move right";
 $content = get_ws_content($otmp);
 is(@{$content}, 1, 'only one nodes on this workspace');
 
+######################################################################
+# 5) test moving floating containers.
+######################################################################
+
+$tmp = fresh_workspace;
+my $floatwin = open_floating_window($x);
+my ($absolute_before, $top_before) = $floatwin->rect;
+
+cmd 'move left';
+
+my ($absolute, $top) = $floatwin->rect;
+
+is($absolute->x, ($absolute_before->x - 10), 'moved 10 px to the left');
+is($absolute->y, $absolute_before->y, 'y not changed');
+is($absolute->width, $absolute_before->width, 'width not changed');
+is($absolute->height, $absolute_before->height, 'height not changed');
+
+$absolute_before = $absolute;
+$top_before = $top;
+
+cmd 'move right';
+
+($absolute, $top) = $floatwin->rect;
+
+is($absolute->x, ($absolute_before->x + 10), 'moved 10 px to the right');
+is($absolute->y, $absolute_before->y, 'y not changed');
+is($absolute->width, $absolute_before->width, 'width not changed');
+is($absolute->height, $absolute_before->height, 'height not changed');
+
+$absolute_before = $absolute;
+$top_before = $top;
+
+cmd 'move up';
+
+($absolute, $top) = $floatwin->rect;
+
+is($absolute->x, $absolute_before->x, 'x not changed');
+is($absolute->y, ($absolute_before->y - 10), 'moved 10 px up');
+is($absolute->width, $absolute_before->width, 'width not changed');
+is($absolute->height, $absolute_before->height, 'height not changed');
+
+$absolute_before = $absolute;
+$top_before = $top;
+
+cmd 'move down';
+
+($absolute, $top) = $floatwin->rect;
+
+is($absolute->x, $absolute_before->x, 'x not changed');
+is($absolute->y, ($absolute_before->y + 10), 'moved 10 px up');
+is($absolute->width, $absolute_before->width, 'width not changed');
+is($absolute->height, $absolute_before->height, 'height not changed');
+
+$absolute_before = $absolute;
+$top_before = $top;
+
+######################################################################
+# 6) test moving floating containers with a specific amount of px
+######################################################################
+
+cmd 'move left 20 px';
+
+($absolute, $top) = $floatwin->rect;
+
+is($absolute->x, ($absolute_before->x - 20), 'moved 10 px to the left');
+is($absolute->y, $absolute_before->y, 'y not changed');
+is($absolute->width, $absolute_before->width, 'width not changed');
+is($absolute->height, $absolute_before->height, 'height not changed');
+
+
+
 done_testing;