diff --git a/tdrop b/tdrop
index f11238c..d7d8bca 100755
--- a/tdrop
+++ b/tdrop
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ options:
 			for width or height to values relative to the size of the
 			current monitor and force resizing of the dropdown when
 			the monitor changes (default: false)
+	-t		use mouse pointer location for detecting which monitor is the current
+			one
 	--wm		set the window manager name to mimic another window manager
 			(for use with -a)
 	--class name	manually specify the class of the window (can be obtained with xprop)
@@ -91,11 +93,12 @@ clearwid=false
 cancel_auto_show=true
 auto_detect_wm=false
 monitor_aware=false
+pointer_monitor_detection=false
 wm=
 user_set_wm=false
 class=
 name=
-while getopts :h:w:x:y:s:n:c:C:l:L:p:P:u:U:d:f:-:am opt
+while getopts :h:w:x:y:s:n:c:C:l:L:p:P:u:U:d:f:-:amt opt
 do
 	case $opt in
 	h) height=$OPTARG;;
@@ -118,8 +121,9 @@ do
 	f) program_flags=$OPTARG;;
 	a) auto_detect_wm=true;;
 	m) monitor_aware=true;;
+	t) pointer_monitor_detection=true;;
 	-)
-		if [[ $OPTARG =~ ^(auto-detect-wm|monitor-aware|clear|no-cancel|help)$ ]] || \
+		if [[ $OPTARG =~ ^(auto-detect-wm|monitor-aware|pointer-monitor-detection|clear|no-cancel|help)$ ]] || \
 			[[ $OPTARG == *=* ]]; then
 			OPTION=${OPTARG%%=*}
 			OPTARG=${OPTARG#*=}
@@ -150,6 +154,7 @@ do
 		program-flags) program_flags=$OPTARG;;
 		auto-detect-wm) auto_detect_wm=true;;
 		monitor-aware) monitor_aware=true;;
+		pointer-monitor-detection) pointer_monitor_detection=true;;
 		wm) wm=$OPTARG
 			user_set_wm=true;;
 		class) class=$OPTARG;;
@@ -268,16 +273,26 @@ update_geometry_settings_for_monitor() {
 		x_width=$(echo "$monitor_geo" | gawk -F 'x' '{print $1}')
 		y_height=$(echo "$monitor_geo" | gawk -F 'x|+' '{print $2}')
 	else
-		local wid wininfo window_x window_y monitors_info x_end y_end
-		# determine current monitor in generic way
-		wid=$(xdotool getactivewindow)
-		if [[ -z $wid ]]; then
-			# will try again after remapping or creating the dropdown
-			return 1
+		local current_x current_y monitors_info x_end y_end
+		if ! $pointer_monitor_detection; then
+			# determine current monitor using active window
+			local wid wininfo
+			wid=$(xdotool getactivewindow)
+			if [[ -z $wid ]]; then
+				# will try again after remapping or creating the dropdown
+				return 1
+			fi
+
+			wininfo=$(xwininfo -id "$wid")
+			current_x=$(echo "$wininfo" | gawk '/Absolute.*X/ {print $4}')
+			current_y=$(echo "$wininfo" | gawk '/Absolute.*Y/ {print $4}')
+		else
+			# determine current monitor using pointer location
+			local pointerinfo
+			pointerinfo=$(xdotool getmouselocation --shell)
+			current_x=$(echo "$pointerinfo" | sed -n 's/X=//p')
+			current_y=$(echo "$pointerinfo" | sed -n 's/Y=//p')
 		fi
-		wininfo=$(xwininfo -id "$wid")
-		window_x=$(echo "$wininfo" | gawk '/Absolute.*X/ {print $4}')
-		window_y=$(echo "$wininfo" | gawk '/Absolute.*Y/ {print $4}')
 		monitors_info=$(xrandr --query | gawk '/ connected/ {gsub("primary ",""); print}')
 		while read -r monitor; do
 			monitor_geo=$(echo "$monitor" | gawk '{print $3}')
@@ -288,8 +303,8 @@ update_geometry_settings_for_monitor() {
 				y_height=$(echo "$monitor_geo" | gawk -F 'x|+' '{print $2}')
 				x_end=$((x_begin+x_width))
 				y_end=$((y_begin+y_height))
-				if [[ $window_x -ge $x_begin ]] && [[ $window_x -lt $x_end ]] && \
-					[[ $window_y -ge $y_begin ]] && [[ $window_y -lt $y_end ]]; then
+				if [[ $current_x -ge $x_begin ]] && [[ $current_x -lt $x_end ]] && \
+					[[ $current_y -ge $y_begin ]] && [[ $current_y -lt $y_end ]]; then
 					current_monitor=$(echo "$monitor" | gawk '{print $1}')
 					break
 				fi
diff --git a/tdrop.1 b/tdrop.1
index e3e3b22..6fc2e65 100644
--- a/tdrop.1
+++ b/tdrop.1
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ If there are available settings for the detected window manager for the -l, -L,
 \fB-m\fR, \fB --monitor-aware\fR
 This option only applies for dropdowns (not auto-hiding and auto-showing). Specify that geometry values should be relative to the current monitor. For example, if the width is a percentage or negative value, the pixel width will be calculated as a percentage of the current monitor's width (instead of the combined width of all monitors). If the monitor changes, this option will cause a dropdown to be resized to fit the given percentages. Note that this option assumes xrandr is being used and requires xrandr to work. (default: false)
 .TP
+\fB-t\fR, \fB --pointer-monitor-detection\fR
+Use mouse pointer location for detecting which monitor is the current one so terminal will be displayed on it. Without this option, the monitor with currently active window is considered the current one. This option is only effective if -m / --monitor-aware option is enabled.
+.TP
 \fB --wm=NAME\fR
 Specify the window manager name (which determines the default settings when -a is specified). This may be useful if you've change the name of your window manager using wmname as this will prevent tdrop from correctly detecting the real window manager name. This could also potentially be useful if the all the default -a settings for another window manager work with the current one (e.g. if using a similar but differently named fork of some window manager). (default: automatically detected)
 .TP