diff --git a/src/randr.c b/src/randr.c
index 7033e4c4..0c702db0 100644
--- a/src/randr.c
+++ b/src/randr.c
@@ -643,6 +643,9 @@ void randr_query_outputs() {
             if ((first = get_first_output()) == NULL)
                 die("No usable outputs available\n");
 
+            /* TODO: refactor the following code into a nice function. maybe
+             * use an on_destroy callback which is implement differently for
+             * different container types (CT_CONTENT vs. CT_DOCKAREA)? */
             Con *first_content = output_get_content(first->con);
 
             if (output->con != NULL) {
@@ -673,6 +676,26 @@ void randr_query_outputs() {
                     con_focus(next);
                 }
 
+                /* 3: move the dock clients to the first output */
+                Con *child;
+                TAILQ_FOREACH(child, &(output->con->nodes_head), nodes) {
+                    if (child->type != CT_DOCKAREA)
+                        continue;
+                    DLOG("Handling dock con %p\n", child);
+                    Con *dock;
+                    while (!TAILQ_EMPTY(&(child->nodes_head))) {
+                        dock = TAILQ_FIRST(&(child->nodes_head));
+                        Con *nc;
+                        Match *match;
+                        nc = con_for_window(first->con, dock->window, &match);
+                        DLOG("Moving dock client %p to nc %p\n", dock, nc);
+                        con_detach(dock);
+                        DLOG("Re-attaching\n");
+                        con_attach(dock, nc, false);
+                        DLOG("Done\n");
+                    }
+                }
+
                 DLOG("destroying disappearing con %p\n", output->con);
                 tree_close(output->con, false, true);
                 DLOG("Done. Should be fine now\n");