diff --git a/i3.config.keycodes b/i3.config.keycodes
index f0170459..e986ffb3 100644
--- a/i3.config.keycodes
+++ b/i3.config.keycodes
@@ -145,3 +145,7 @@ mode "resize" {
 }
 
 bindcode $mod+27 mode "resize"
+
+# Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status
+# finds out, if available)
+exec i3status | i3bar -d