diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 197ad5a6..82b76aea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
 * Add `media_library_hide_album_dates` option to a configuration file.
 * Improve look of the frequency spectrum visualizer.
 * Add `visualizer_spectrum_smooth_look`, `visualizer_spectrum_dft_size`,
-  `visualizer_spectrum_hz_min` and `visualizer_spectrum_hz_max` options to a
-  configuration file for controlling the look of the new spectrum visualizer.
+  `visualizer_spectrum_gain`, `visualizer_spectrum_hz_min` and
+  `visualizer_spectrum_hz_max` options to a configuration file for controlling
+  the look of the new spectrum visualizer.
 * Add `visualizer_autoscale` option to a configuration file.
 * Allow for editing multiple titles in the Tag Editor.
 * Allow setting `visualizer_sync_interval` to 0 (a new default) to disable
diff --git a/doc/config b/doc/config
index 7706d052..517672de 100644
--- a/doc/config
+++ b/doc/config
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@
 #
 #visualizer_spectrum_dft_size = 2
 #
+#visualizer_spectrum_gain = 20
+#
 ## Left-most frequency of visualizer in Hz, must be less than HZ MAX
 #
 #visualizer_spectrum_hz_min = 20
diff --git a/doc/ncmpcpp.1 b/doc/ncmpcpp.1
index 97c6ed25..b3740b52 100644
--- a/doc/ncmpcpp.1
+++ b/doc/ncmpcpp.1
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ For spectrum visualizer, use unicode block characters for a smoother, more conti
 .B visualizer_spectrum_dft_size = NUMBER
 For spectrum visualizer, a value between 0 and 4 inclusive. Specifying a larger value makes the visualizer look at a larger slice of time, which results in less jumpy visualizer output.
 .TP
+.B visualizer_spectrum_gain = dB
+Gain for spectrum visualizer in dB, larger/smaller values shift bars up/down.
+.TP
 .B visualizer_spectrum_hz_min = Hz
 For spectrum visualizer, left-most frequency of visualizer, must be less than HZ MAX.
 .TP
diff --git a/src/screens/visualizer.cpp b/src/screens/visualizer.cpp
index 417c5326..1a146398 100644
--- a/src/screens/visualizer.cpp
+++ b/src/screens/visualizer.cpp
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ Visualizer::Visualizer()
 	,
   DFT_NONZERO_SIZE(1 << Config.visualizer_spectrum_dft_size),
   DFT_TOTAL_SIZE(Config.visualizer_spectrum_dft_size >= MIN_DFT_SIZE ? 1 << (Config.visualizer_spectrum_dft_size) : 1<<MIN_DFT_SIZE),
-  DYNAMIC_RANGE(100),
+  DYNAMIC_RANGE(100-Config.visualizer_spectrum_gain),
   HZ_MIN(Config.visualizer_spectrum_hz_min),
   HZ_MAX(Config.visualizer_spectrum_hz_max),
-  GAIN(0),
+  GAIN(Config.visualizer_spectrum_gain),
   SMOOTH_CHARS(ToWString("▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█"))
 #endif
 {
diff --git a/src/settings.cpp b/src/settings.cpp
index 0bda8dbb..a71055d2 100644
--- a/src/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/settings.cpp
@@ -301,6 +301,12 @@ bool Configuration::read(const std::vector<std::string> &config_paths, bool igno
       boundsCheck<uint32_t>(result, 0, 4);
 			return result + 14;
 			});
+	p.add("visualizer_spectrum_gain", &visualizer_spectrum_gain,
+			"20", [](std::string v) {
+			auto result = verbose_lexical_cast<double>(v);
+			boundsCheck<double>(result, 0, 100);
+			return result;
+			});
 	p.add("visualizer_spectrum_hz_min", &visualizer_spectrum_hz_min,
 			"20", [](std::string v) {
 			auto result = verbose_lexical_cast<double>(v);
diff --git a/src/settings.h b/src/settings.h
index e361d894..c171a9b1 100644
--- a/src/settings.h
+++ b/src/settings.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ struct Configuration
 	bool visualizer_autoscale;
 	bool visualizer_spectrum_smooth_look;
 	uint32_t visualizer_spectrum_dft_size;
+	double visualizer_spectrum_gain;
 	double visualizer_spectrum_hz_min;
 	double visualizer_spectrum_hz_max;