diff --git a/dmenubar/dmenu.c b/dmenubar/dmenu.c
index 314256f..d764658 100644
--- a/dmenubar/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenubar/dmenu.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ drawmenu(void)
 	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
 	drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, text, 0);
 
-	drw_font_getexts(drw->fonts, text, cursor, &curpos, NULL);
+	curpos = TEXTW(text) - TEXTW(&text[cursor]);
 	if ((curpos += lrpad / 2 - 1) < w) {
 		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
 		drw_rect(drw, x + curpos, 2, 2, bh - 4, 1, 0);