diff --git a/fvwm/icons.c b/fvwm/icons.c
index 676229522..ab427706f 100644
--- a/fvwm/icons.c
+++ b/fvwm/icons.c
@@ -1812,8 +1812,16 @@ void AutoPlaceIcon(
 	break;
       }
       /* get the screen dimensions for the icon box */
-      FScreenGetScrRect(fscr, FSCREEN_CURRENT,
+      if (strcmp(icon_boxes_ptr->IconScreen, "global") == 0) {
+	      ref.x = 0;
+	      ref.y = 0;
+	      ref.width = monitor_get_all_widths();
+	      ref.height = monitor_get_all_heights();
+      } else {
+	      fscr->name = icon_boxes_ptr->IconScreen;
+	      FScreenGetScrRect(fscr, FSCREEN_BY_NAME,
 		        &ref.x, &ref.y, &ref.width, &ref.height);
+      }
       dim[1].screen_offset = ref.y;
       dim[1].screen_dimension = ref.height;
       dim[2].screen_offset = ref.x;