diff --git a/compton.sample.conf b/compton.sample.conf
index bc6ad51..18f61ff 100644
--- a/compton.sample.conf
+++ b/compton.sample.conf
@@ -83,5 +83,5 @@ glx-swap-method = "undefined";
 # Window type settings
 wintypes:
 {
-  tooltip = { fade = true; shadow = true; opacity = 0.75; focus = true; };
+  tooltip = { fade = true; shadow = true; opacity = 0.75; focus = true; full-shadow = false; };
 };
diff --git a/man/compton.1.asciidoc b/man/compton.1.asciidoc
index dd89681..d2cbb3b 100644
--- a/man/compton.1.asciidoc
+++ b/man/compton.1.asciidoc
@@ -372,11 +372,25 @@ compton uses general libconfig configuration file format. A sample configuration
 ------------
 wintypes:
 {
-  WINDOW_TYPE = { fade = BOOL; shadow = BOOL; opacity = FLOAT; focus = BOOL; };
+  WINDOW_TYPE = { fade = BOOL; shadow = BOOL; opacity = FLOAT; focus = BOOL; full-shadow = BOOL; };
 };
 ------------
 
-'WINDOW_TYPE' is one of the 15 window types defined in EWMH standard: "unknown", "desktop", "dock", "toolbar", "menu", "utility", "splash", "dialog", "normal", "dropdown_menu", "popup_menu", "tooltip", "notify", "combo", and "dnd". "fade" and "shadow" controls window-type-specific shadow and fade settings. "opacity" controls default opacity of the window type. "focus" controls whether the window of this type is to be always considered focused. (By default, all window types except "normal" and "dialog" has this on.)
+'WINDOW_TYPE' is one of the 15 window types defined in EWMH standard: "unknown", "desktop", "dock", "toolbar", "menu", "utility", "splash", "dialog", "normal", "dropdown_menu", "popup_menu", "tooltip", "notify", "combo", and "dnd".
+
+Following per window-type options are available: ::
+
+  fade, shadow:::
+    Controls window-type-specific shadow and fade settings.
+
+  opacity:::
+    Controls default opacity of the window type.
+
+  focus:::
+    Controls whether the window of this type is to be always considered focused. (By default, all window types except "normal" and "dialog" has this on.)
+
+  full-shadow:::
+    Controls whether shadow is drawn under the parts of the window that you normally won't be able to see. Useful when the window has parts of it transparent, and you want shadows in those areas.
 
 SIGNALS
 -------
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index adf297a..126973c 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ typedef struct options_t {
   // === Shadow ===
   /// Enable/disable shadow for specific window types.
   bool wintype_shadow[NUM_WINTYPES];
+  bool wintype_full_shadow[NUM_WINTYPES];
   /// Red, green and blue tone of the shadow.
   double shadow_red, shadow_green, shadow_blue;
   int shadow_radius;
diff --git a/src/compton.c b/src/compton.c
index 1542a66..5e22b5c 100644
--- a/src/compton.c
+++ b/src/compton.c
@@ -1915,10 +1915,11 @@ paint_all(session_t *ps, region_t *region, const region_t *region_real, win * co
         w->g.x + w->shadow_dx, w->g.y + w->shadow_dy,
         w->shadow_width, w->shadow_height);
 
-      // Mask out the body of the window from the shadow
+      // Mask out the body of the window from the shadow if needed
       // Doing it here instead of in make_shadow() for saving GPU
       // power and handling shaped windows (XXX unconfirmed)
-      pixman_region32_subtract(&reg_tmp, &reg_tmp, &bshape);
+      if (!ps->o.wintype_full_shadow[w->window_type])
+        pixman_region32_subtract(&reg_tmp, &reg_tmp, &bshape);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XINERAMA
       if (ps->o.xinerama_shadow_crop && w->xinerama_scr >= 0 &&
@@ -4228,6 +4229,7 @@ get_cfg(session_t *ps, int argc, char *const *argv, bool first_pass) {
   cfgtmp.menu_opacity = normalize_d(cfgtmp.menu_opacity);
   ps->o.refresh_rate = normalize_i_range(ps->o.refresh_rate, 0, 300);
   ps->o.alpha_step = normalize_d_range(ps->o.alpha_step, 0.01, 1.0);
+
   if (shadow_enable)
     wintype_arr_enable(ps->o.wintype_shadow);
   ps->o.wintype_shadow[WINTYPE_DESKTOP] = false;
@@ -4237,6 +4239,7 @@ get_cfg(session_t *ps, int argc, char *const *argv, bool first_pass) {
     ps->o.wintype_shadow[WINTYPE_DND] = false;
   if (fading_enable)
     wintype_arr_enable(ps->o.wintype_fade);
+
   if (!safe_isnan(cfgtmp.menu_opacity)) {
     ps->o.wintype_opacity[WINTYPE_DROPDOWN_MENU] = cfgtmp.menu_opacity;
     ps->o.wintype_opacity[WINTYPE_POPUP_MENU] = cfgtmp.menu_opacity;
@@ -5049,6 +5052,7 @@ session_init(session_t *ps_old, int argc, char **argv) {
       .vsync_aggressive = false,
 
       .wintype_shadow = { false },
+      .wintype_full_shadow = { false },
       .shadow_red = 0.0,
       .shadow_green = 0.0,
       .shadow_blue = 0.0,
diff --git a/src/config_libconfig.c b/src/config_libconfig.c
index 5d58e1b..f29a878 100644
--- a/src/config_libconfig.c
+++ b/src/config_libconfig.c
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ parse_config(session_t *ps, struct options_tmp *pcfgtmp) {
 
   // Wintype settings
 
+  // XXX ! Refactor all the wintype_* arrays into a struct
   for (wintype_t i = 0; i < NUM_WINTYPES; ++i) {
     char *str = mstrjoin("wintypes.", WINTYPES[i]);
     config_setting_t *setting = config_lookup(&cfg, str);
@@ -385,6 +386,8 @@ parse_config(session_t *ps, struct options_tmp *pcfgtmp) {
         ps->o.wintype_fade[i] = (bool) ival;
       if (config_setting_lookup_bool(setting, "focus", &ival))
         ps->o.wintype_focus[i] = (bool) ival;
+      if (config_setting_lookup_bool(setting, "full-shadow", &ival))
+        ps->o.wintype_full_shadow[i] = ival;
 
       double fval;
       if (config_setting_lookup_float(setting, "opacity", &fval))