diff --git a/blocks.def.h b/blocks.def.h
index dbb33054..dda84c0e 100644
--- a/blocks.def.h
+++ b/blocks.def.h
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ static const Block blocks[] = {
 //sets delimiter between status commands. NULL character ('\0') means no delimiter.
 static char delim[] = " | ";
 static unsigned int delimLen = 5;
+
+/* Maximum length of status text */
+#define CMDLENGTH		50
diff --git a/dwmblocks.c b/dwmblocks.c
index befd252d..3fde45dc 100644
--- a/dwmblocks.c
+++ b/dwmblocks.c
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 #define SIGMINUS		SIGRTMIN
 #endif
 #define LENGTH(X)               (sizeof(X) / sizeof (X[0]))
-#define CMDLENGTH		50
 #define MIN( a, b ) ( ( a < b) ? a : b )
-#define STATUSLENGTH (LENGTH(blocks) * CMDLENGTH + 1)
 
 typedef struct {
 	char* icon;
@@ -49,6 +47,7 @@ static void (*writestatus) () = pstdout;
 
 
 #include "blocks.h"
+#define STATUSLENGTH (LENGTH(blocks) * CMDLENGTH + 1)
 
 static char statusbar[LENGTH(blocks)][CMDLENGTH] = {0};
 static char statusstr[2][STATUSLENGTH];