diff --git a/CPUMeter.c b/CPUMeter.c
index 5fd7cc0f..28fb730a 100644
--- a/CPUMeter.c
+++ b/CPUMeter.c
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ const MeterClass AllCPUs2Meter_class = {
    },
    .updateValues = AllCPUsMeter_updateValues,
    .defaultMode = CUSTOM_METERMODE,
+   .isMultiColumn = true,
    .total = 100.0,
    .attributes = CPUMeter_attributes,
    .name = "AllCPUs2",
@@ -401,6 +402,7 @@ const MeterClass LeftCPUsMeter_class = {
    },
    .updateValues = AllCPUsMeter_updateValues,
    .defaultMode = CUSTOM_METERMODE,
+   .isMultiColumn = true,
    .total = 100.0,
    .attributes = CPUMeter_attributes,
    .name = "LeftCPUs",
@@ -421,6 +423,7 @@ const MeterClass RightCPUsMeter_class = {
    },
    .updateValues = AllCPUsMeter_updateValues,
    .defaultMode = CUSTOM_METERMODE,
+   .isMultiColumn = true,
    .total = 100.0,
    .attributes = CPUMeter_attributes,
    .name = "RightCPUs",
@@ -441,6 +444,7 @@ const MeterClass LeftCPUs2Meter_class = {
    },
    .updateValues = AllCPUsMeter_updateValues,
    .defaultMode = CUSTOM_METERMODE,
+   .isMultiColumn = true,
    .total = 100.0,
    .attributes = CPUMeter_attributes,
    .name = "LeftCPUs2",
@@ -461,6 +465,7 @@ const MeterClass RightCPUs2Meter_class = {
    },
    .updateValues = AllCPUsMeter_updateValues,
    .defaultMode = CUSTOM_METERMODE,
+   .isMultiColumn = true,
    .total = 100.0,
    .attributes = CPUMeter_attributes,
    .name = "RightCPUs2",
@@ -481,6 +486,7 @@ const MeterClass AllCPUs4Meter_class = {
    },
    .updateValues = AllCPUsMeter_updateValues,
    .defaultMode = CUSTOM_METERMODE,
+   .isMultiColumn = true,
    .total = 100.0,
    .attributes = CPUMeter_attributes,
    .name = "AllCPUs4",
@@ -501,6 +507,7 @@ const MeterClass LeftCPUs4Meter_class = {
    },
    .updateValues = AllCPUsMeter_updateValues,
    .defaultMode = CUSTOM_METERMODE,
+   .isMultiColumn = true,
    .total = 100.0,
    .attributes = CPUMeter_attributes,
    .name = "LeftCPUs4",
@@ -521,6 +528,7 @@ const MeterClass RightCPUs4Meter_class = {
    },
    .updateValues = AllCPUsMeter_updateValues,
    .defaultMode = CUSTOM_METERMODE,
+   .isMultiColumn = true,
    .total = 100.0,
    .attributes = CPUMeter_attributes,
    .name = "RightCPUs4",
@@ -541,6 +549,7 @@ const MeterClass AllCPUs8Meter_class = {
    },
    .updateValues = AllCPUsMeter_updateValues,
    .defaultMode = CUSTOM_METERMODE,
+   .isMultiColumn = true,
    .total = 100.0,
    .attributes = CPUMeter_attributes,
    .name = "AllCPUs8",
@@ -561,6 +570,7 @@ const MeterClass LeftCPUs8Meter_class = {
    },
    .updateValues = AllCPUsMeter_updateValues,
    .defaultMode = CUSTOM_METERMODE,
+   .isMultiColumn = true,
    .total = 100.0,
    .attributes = CPUMeter_attributes,
    .name = "LeftCPUs8",
@@ -581,6 +591,7 @@ const MeterClass RightCPUs8Meter_class = {
    },
    .updateValues = AllCPUsMeter_updateValues,
    .defaultMode = CUSTOM_METERMODE,
+   .isMultiColumn = true,
    .total = 100.0,
    .attributes = CPUMeter_attributes,
    .name = "RightCPUs8",
diff --git a/Header.c b/Header.c
index 8940b368..26cd9236 100644
--- a/Header.c
+++ b/Header.c
@@ -212,7 +212,10 @@ void Header_draw(const Header* this) {
          Meter* meter = (Meter*) Vector_get(meters, i);
 
          float actualWidth = colWidth;
-         if (meter->mode == TEXT_METERMODE) {
+
+         /* Let meters in text mode expand to the right on empty neighbors;
+            except for multi column meters. */
+         if (meter->mode == TEXT_METERMODE && !Meter_isMultiColumn(meter)) {
             for (int j = 1; j < meter->columnWidthCount; j++) {
                actualWidth += (float)width * HeaderLayout_layouts[this->headerLayout].widths[col + j] / 100.0F;
             }
diff --git a/MemorySwapMeter.c b/MemorySwapMeter.c
index ffd57331..612549d1 100644
--- a/MemorySwapMeter.c
+++ b/MemorySwapMeter.c
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ const MeterClass MemorySwapMeter_class = {
    },
    .updateValues = MemorySwapMeter_updateValues,
    .defaultMode = CUSTOM_METERMODE,
+   .isMultiColumn = true,
    .name = "MemorySwap",
    .uiName = "Memory & Swap",
    .description = "Combined memory and swap usage",
diff --git a/Meter.h b/Meter.h
index da5792f9..0e6b3f9f 100644
--- a/Meter.h
+++ b/Meter.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ typedef struct MeterClass_ {
    const char* const caption;              /* prefix in the actual header */
    const char* const description;          /* optional meter description in header setup menu */
    const uint8_t maxItems;
+   const bool isMultiColumn;               /* whether the meter draws multiple sub-columns (defaults to false) */
 } MeterClass;
 
 #define As_Meter(this_)                ((const MeterClass*)((this_)->super.klass))
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ typedef struct MeterClass_ {
 #define Meter_attributes(this_)        As_Meter(this_)->attributes
 #define Meter_name(this_)              As_Meter(this_)->name
 #define Meter_uiName(this_)            As_Meter(this_)->uiName
+#define Meter_isMultiColumn(this_)     As_Meter(this_)->isMultiColumn
 
 typedef struct GraphData_ {
    struct timeval time;