diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e1bc066..2e1b0e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Refer to [https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/](https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/)
 
 ### Changelog:
 
-2020-08-05 - Added the grid, highlight, dynamic options and numbers patches
+2020-08-05 - Added the grid, highlight, highpriority, dynamic options and numbers patches
 
 2020-06-13 - Added the pango patch
 
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ Refer to [https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/](https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/)
    - [highlight](https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/highlight/)
       - this patch highlights the individual characters of matched text for each dmenu list entry
 
+   - [highpriority](https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/highpriority/)
+      - this patch will automatically sort the search result so that high priority items are shown first
+
    - [incremental](https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/incremental/)
       - this patch causes dmenu to print out the current text each time a key is pressed
 
diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 2ad816f..ce9ccfc 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ static const char *colors[][2] =
 	[SchemeSelHighlight]  = { "#ffc978", "#005577" },
 	[SchemeNormHighlight] = { "#ffc978", "#222222" },
 	#endif // HIGHLIGHT_PATCH | FUZZYHIGHLIGHT_PATCH
+	#if HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
+	[SchemeHp]   = { "#bbbbbb", "#333333" },
+	#endif // HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
 };
 /* -l option; if nonzero, dmenu uses vertical list with given number of lines */
 static unsigned int lines      = 0;
diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index d8998ec..f233bcb 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ enum {
 	SchemeNormHighlight,
 	SchemeSelHighlight,
 	#endif // HIGHLIGHT_PATCH || FUZZYHIGHLIGHT_PATCH
+	#if HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
+	SchemeHp,
+	#endif // HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
 	SchemeLast,
 }; /* color schemes */
 
@@ -54,6 +57,9 @@ struct item {
 	struct item *next;
 	#endif // NON_BLOCKING_STDIN_PATCH
 	int out;
+	#if HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
+	int hp;
+	#endif // HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
 	#if FUZZYMATCH_PATCH
 	double distance;
 	#endif // FUZZYMATCH_PATCH
@@ -217,6 +223,10 @@ drawitem(struct item *item, int x, int y, int w)
 	int r;
 	if (item == sel)
 		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeSel]);
+	#if HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
+	else if (item->hp)
+		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeHp]);
+	#endif // HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
 	else if (item->out)
 		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeOut]);
 	else
@@ -470,6 +480,9 @@ match(void)
 	int i, tokc = 0;
 	size_t len, textsize;
 	struct item *item, *lprefix, *lsubstr, *prefixend, *substrend;
+	#if HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
+	struct item *lhpprefix, *hpprefixend;
+	#endif // HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
 	#if NON_BLOCKING_STDIN_PATCH
 	int preserve = 0;
 	#endif // NON_BLOCKING_STDIN_PATCH
@@ -493,6 +506,9 @@ match(void)
 	matches = lprefix = lsubstr = matchend = prefixend = substrend = NULL;
 	textsize = strlen(text) + 1;
 	#endif // PREFIXCOMPLETION_PATCH
+	#if HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
+	lhpprefix = hpprefixend = NULL;
+	#endif // HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
 	#if NON_BLOCKING_STDIN_PATCH
 	for (item = items; item; item = item->next)
 	#else
@@ -509,9 +525,17 @@ match(void)
 		if (i != tokc) /* not all tokens match */
 			continue;
 		#endif // DYNAMIC_OPTIONS_PATCH
+		#if HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
+		/* exact matches go first, then prefixes with high priority, then prefixes, then substrings */
+		#else
 		/* exact matches go first, then prefixes, then substrings */
+		#endif // HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
 		if (!tokc || !fstrncmp(text, item->text, textsize))
 			appenditem(item, &matches, &matchend);
+		#if HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
+		else if (item->hp && !fstrncmp(tokv[0], item->text, len))
+			appenditem(item, &lhpprefix, &hpprefixend);
+		#endif // HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
 		else if (!fstrncmp(tokv[0], item->text, len))
 			appenditem(item, &lprefix, &prefixend);
 		#if PREFIXCOMPLETION_PATCH
@@ -525,6 +549,16 @@ match(void)
 			preserve = 1;
 		#endif // NON_BLOCKING_STDIN_PATCH
 	}
+	#if HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
+	if (lhpprefix) {
+		if (matches) {
+			matchend->right = lhpprefix;
+			lhpprefix->left = matchend;
+		} else
+			matches = lhpprefix;
+		matchend = hpprefixend;
+	}
+	#endif // HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
 	if (lprefix) {
 		if (matches) {
 			matchend->right = lprefix;
@@ -958,6 +992,9 @@ readstdin(void)
 		if (!(items[i].text = strdup(buf)))
 			die("cannot strdup %u bytes:", strlen(buf) + 1);
 		items[i].out = 0;
+		#if HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
+		items[i].hp = arrayhas(hpitems, hplength, items[i].text);
+		#endif // HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
 		#if PANGO_PATCH
 		drw_font_getexts(drw->font, buf, strlen(buf), &tmpmax, NULL, True);
 		#else
@@ -1278,7 +1315,7 @@ usage(void)
 		#endif // GRID_PATCH
 		"[-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]"
 		"\n             [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid]"
-		#if ALPHA_PATCH || BORDER_PATCH || INITIALTEXT_PATCH || LINE_HEIGHT_PATCH || NAVHISTORY_PATCH || XYW_PATCH || DYNAMIC_OPTIONS_PATCH
+		#if ALPHA_PATCH || BORDER_PATCH || HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH || INITIALTEXT_PATCH || LINE_HEIGHT_PATCH || NAVHISTORY_PATCH || XYW_PATCH || DYNAMIC_OPTIONS_PATCH
 		"\n            "
 		#endif
 		#if DYNAMIC_OPTIONS_PATCH
@@ -1290,6 +1327,9 @@ usage(void)
 		#if BORDER_PATCH
 		" [-bw width]"
 		#endif // BORDER_PATCH
+		#if HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
+		" [-hb color] [-hf color] [-hp items]"
+		#endif // HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
 		#if INITIALTEXT_PATCH
 		" [-it text]"
 		#endif // INITIALTEXT_PATCH
@@ -1422,6 +1462,14 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			colors[SchemeSel][ColBg] = argv[++i];
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-sf"))  /* selected foreground color */
 			colors[SchemeSel][ColFg] = argv[++i];
+		#if HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-hb"))  /* high priority background color */
+			colors[SchemeHp][ColBg] = argv[++i];
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-hf")) /* low priority background color */
+			colors[SchemeHp][ColFg] = argv[++i];
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-hp"))
+			hpitems = tokenize(argv[++i], ",", &hplength);
+ 		#endif // HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
 		#if HIGHLIGHT_PATCH || FUZZYHIGHLIGHT_PATCH
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-nhb")) /* normal hi background color */
 			colors[SchemeNormHighlight][ColBg] = argv[++i];
diff --git a/patch/dynamicoptions.c b/patch/dynamicoptions.c
index 71ddd18..82c3e5a 100644
--- a/patch/dynamicoptions.c
+++ b/patch/dynamicoptions.c
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ readstream(FILE* stream)
 		if (!(items[i].text = strdup(buf)))
 			die("cannot strdup %u bytes:", strlen(buf) + 1);
 		items[i].out = 0;
+		#if HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
+		items[i].hp = arrayhas(hpitems, hplength, items[i].text);
+		#endif // HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
 		#if PANGO_PATCH
 		drw_font_getexts(drw->font, buf, strlen(buf), &tmpmax, NULL, True);
 		#else
diff --git a/patch/highpriority.c b/patch/highpriority.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..568c705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patch/highpriority.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+static char **hpitems = NULL;
+static int hplength = 0;
+
+static char**
+tokenize(char *source, const char *delim, int *llen) {
+	int listlength = 0;
+	char **list = malloc(1 * sizeof(char*));
+	char *token = strtok(source, delim);
+
+	while (token) {
+		if (!(list = realloc(list, sizeof(char*) * (listlength + 1))))
+			die("Unable to realloc %d bytes\n", sizeof(char*) * (listlength + 1));
+		if (!(list[listlength] = strdup(token)))
+			die("Unable to strdup %d bytes\n", strlen(token) + 1);
+		token = strtok(NULL, delim);
+		listlength++;
+	}
+
+	*llen = listlength;
+	return list;
+}
+
+static int
+arrayhas(char **list, int length, char *item) {
+	for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+		int len1 = strlen(list[i]);
+		int len2 = strlen(item);
+		if (fstrncmp(list[i], item, len1 > len2 ? len2 : len1) == 0)
+			return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/patch/include.c b/patch/include.c
index 1b38790..65576a6 100644
--- a/patch/include.c
+++ b/patch/include.c
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 #if FUZZYMATCH_PATCH
 #include "fuzzymatch.c"
 #endif
+#if HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
+#include "highpriority.c"
+#endif
 #if MOUSE_SUPPORT_PATCH
 #include "mousesupport.c"
 #endif
diff --git a/patches.def.h b/patches.def.h
index 75448e2..758f5e2 100644
--- a/patches.def.h
+++ b/patches.def.h
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@
  */
 #define HIGHLIGHT_PATCH 0
 
+/* This will automatically sort the search result so that high priority items are shown first.
+ * https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/highpriority/
+ */
+#define HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH 0
+
 /* This patch causes dmenu to print out the current text each time a key is pressed.
  * https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/incremental/
  */