diff --git a/src/MEGASync/platform/linux/LinuxPlatform.cpp b/src/MEGASync/platform/linux/LinuxPlatform.cpp
index 3a49e80e1d..19a2f85be5 100644
--- a/src/MEGASync/platform/linux/LinuxPlatform.cpp
+++ b/src/MEGASync/platform/linux/LinuxPlatform.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ bool LinuxPlatform::isStartOnStartupActive()
 bool LinuxPlatform::isTilingWindowManager()
 {
     static const QSet<QString> tiling_wms = {
-        QString::fromUtf8("i3")
+        QString::fromUtf8("i3"),
+        QString::fromUtf8("xmonad")
     };
 
     return getValue("MEGASYNC_ASSUME_TILING_WM", false)