diff --git a/src/conky.c b/src/conky.c
index 1379f574..52a64112 100644
--- a/src/conky.c
+++ b/src/conky.c
@@ -3023,6 +3023,9 @@ int draw_each_line_inner(char *s, int special_index, int last_special_applied)
 									specials[special_index].first_colour);
 						}
 						colour_idx = 0;
+
+						int og, g = -1; // dmr's here..
+
 						for (i = w - 2; i > -1; i--) {
 							if (specials[special_index].last_colour != 0
 									|| specials[special_index].first_colour != 0) {
@@ -3056,11 +3059,21 @@ int draw_each_line_inner(char *s, int special_index, int last_special_applied)
 									set_foreground_color(tmpcolour[colour_idx++]);
 								}
 							}
+
+							og = g;
+							g = round_to_int((double)by + h - specials[special_index].graph[j] *
+											 (h - 1) / specials[special_index].graph_scale);
+
+							if (!~og) {
+								og = g;
+							}
+
 							/* this is mugfugly, but it works */
 							XDrawLine(display, window.drawable, window.gc,
-									cur_x + i + 1, by + h, cur_x + i + 1,
-									round_to_int((double)by + h - specials[special_index].graph[j] *
-										(h - 1) / specials[special_index].graph_scale));
+									  cur_x + i + 1,
+									  specials[special_index].dotgraph ? og : by + h,
+									  cur_x + i + 1,
+									  g);
 							++j;
 						}
 						if (tmpcolour) free(tmpcolour);
@@ -5974,7 +5987,7 @@ static void signal_handler(int sig)
 {
 	/* signal handler is light as a feather, as it should be.
 	 * we will poll g_signal_pending with each loop of conky
-	 * and do any signal processing there, NOT here (except 
+	 * and do any signal processing there, NOT here (except
 	 * SIGALRM because this is caused when conky is hanging) */
 	if(sig == SIGALRM) {
 		alarm_handler();
diff --git a/src/specials.c b/src/specials.c
index dc0dfa32..a9f69654 100644
--- a/src/specials.c
+++ b/src/specials.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct graph {
 	int width, height;
 	unsigned int first_colour, last_colour;
 	unsigned int scale, showaslog;
-	char tempgrad;
+	char tempgrad, dotgraph;
 };
 
 struct stippled_hr {
@@ -161,11 +161,15 @@ char *scan_graph(struct text_object *obj, const char *args, int defscale)
 	g->last_colour = 0;
 	g->scale = defscale;
 	g->tempgrad = FALSE;
+	g->dotgraph = FALSE;
 	g->showaslog = FALSE;
 	if (args) {
 		if (strstr(args, " "TEMPGRAD) || strncmp(args, TEMPGRAD, strlen(TEMPGRAD)) == 0) {
 			g->tempgrad = TRUE;
 		}
+		if (strstr(args, " "DOTGRAPH) || strncmp(args, DOTGRAPH, strlen(DOTGRAPH)) == 0) {
+			g->dotgraph = TRUE;
+		}
 		if (strstr(args, " "LOGGRAPH) || strncmp(args, LOGGRAPH, strlen(LOGGRAPH)) == 0) {
 			g->showaslog = TRUE;
 		}
@@ -428,6 +432,7 @@ void new_graph(struct text_object *obj, char *buf, int buf_max_size, double val)
 		s->show_scale = 1;
 	}
 	s->tempgrad = g->tempgrad;
+	s->dotgraph = g->dotgraph;
 #ifdef MATH
 	if (g->showaslog) {
 		s->graph_scale = log10(s->graph_scale + 1);
diff --git a/src/specials.h b/src/specials.h
index dfa20fdd..fe8f5a04 100644
--- a/src/specials.h
+++ b/src/specials.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 // don't use spaces in LOGGRAPH or NORMGRAPH if you change them
 #define LOGGRAPH "-l"
 #define TEMPGRAD "-t"
+#define DOTGRAPH "-d"
 
 enum special_types {
 	NONSPECIAL = 0,
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ struct special_t {
 	unsigned long first_colour;	// for graph gradient
 	unsigned long last_colour;
 	short font_added;
-	char tempgrad;
+	char tempgrad, dotgraph;
 };
 
 /* direct access to the registered specials (FIXME: bad encapsulation) */