diff --git a/man/compton.1.asciidoc b/man/compton.1.asciidoc
index 74423fb6..5d127225 100644
--- a/man/compton.1.asciidoc
+++ b/man/compton.1.asciidoc
@@ -389,6 +389,9 @@ Following per window-type options are available: ::
   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.
 
+  redir-ignore:::
+    Controls whether this type window should cause screen to become redirected again after been unredirected. If you have *--unredir-if-possible* set, and doesn't want certain window to cause unnecessary screen redirection, you can set this to `true`.
+
 SIGNALS
 -------
 
diff --git a/src/compton.c b/src/compton.c
index 5bd1b833..0379ba14 100644
--- a/src/compton.c
+++ b/src/compton.c
@@ -1333,7 +1333,12 @@ paint_preprocess(session_t *ps, win *list) {
     w->flags = 0;
     w->prev_trans = t;
     t = w;
-    is_highest = false;
+
+    // If the screen is not redirected and the window has redir_ignore set,
+    // this window should not cause the screen to become redirected
+    if (!(ps->o.wintype_option[w->window_type].redir_ignore && !ps->redirected)) {
+      is_highest = false;
+    }
 
   skip_window:
     reg_ignore_valid = reg_ignore_valid && w->reg_ignore_valid;
@@ -1375,8 +1380,7 @@ paint_preprocess(session_t *ps, win *list) {
         ev_timer_start(ps->loop, &ps->unredir_timer);
       }
     }
-  }
-  else {
+  } else {
     ev_timer_stop(ps->loop, &ps->unredir_timer);
     redir_start(ps);
   }
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index d7b7a384..18ce5c65 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -376,6 +376,10 @@ void parse_config(session_t *ps, bool *shadow_enable, bool *fading_enable,
       winopt_mask[i].full_shadow = true;
       ps->o.wintype_option[i].full_shadow = false;
     }
+    if (!winopt_mask[i].redir_ignore) {
+      winopt_mask[i].redir_ignore = true;
+      ps->o.wintype_option[i].redir_ignore = false;
+    }
     if (!winopt_mask[i].opacity) {
       winopt_mask[i].opacity = true;
       // Opacity is not set to a concrete number here because the opacity logic
diff --git a/src/config_libconfig.c b/src/config_libconfig.c
index bf8bd8fa..bc4a1770 100644
--- a/src/config_libconfig.c
+++ b/src/config_libconfig.c
@@ -260,8 +260,7 @@ void parse_config_libconfig(session_t *ps, bool *shadow_enable,
   // -m (menu_opacity)
   if (config_lookup_float(&cfg, "menu-opacity", &dval)) {
     printf_errf("(): option `menu-opacity` is deprecated, and will be removed.\n"
-      "Please use the wintype option `opacity` of `popup_menu` and\n"
-      "`dropdown_menu` instead.");
+      "Please use the wintype option `opacity` of `popup_menu` and `dropdown_menu` instead.");
     ps->o.wintype_option[WINTYPE_DROPDOWN_MENU].opacity = dval;
     ps->o.wintype_option[WINTYPE_POPUP_MENU].opacity = dval;
     winopt_mask[WINTYPE_DROPDOWN_MENU].opacity = true;
@@ -420,6 +419,10 @@ void parse_config_libconfig(session_t *ps, bool *shadow_enable,
         o->full_shadow = ival;
         mask->full_shadow = true;
       }
+      if (config_setting_lookup_bool(setting, "redir-ignore", &ival)) {
+        o->redir_ignore = ival;
+        mask->redir_ignore = true;
+      }
 
       double fval;
       if (config_setting_lookup_float(setting, "opacity", &fval)) {