diff --git a/schemas/io.elementary.desktop.wingpanel.gschema.xml b/schemas/io.elementary.desktop.wingpanel.gschema.xml
index ac80050a..12a3a794 100644
--- a/schemas/io.elementary.desktop.wingpanel.gschema.xml
+++ b/schemas/io.elementary.desktop.wingpanel.gschema.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
       <summary>Sets if scrolling on the panel switches workspaces.</summary>
       <description>Sets if scrolling on the panel switches workspaces.</description>
     </key>
+    <key type="i" name="height">
+      <default>-1</default>
+      <summary>The current allocated height of the wingpanel widget.</summary>
+      <description>The current allocated height of the wingpanel widget.</description>
+    </key>
   </schema>
 
   <schema path="/io/elementary/panel/keybindings/" id="io.elementary.panel.keybindings">
diff --git a/src/PanelWindow.vala b/src/PanelWindow.vala
index 88c23192..868de064 100644
--- a/src/PanelWindow.vala
+++ b/src/PanelWindow.vala
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ public class Wingpanel.PanelWindow : Gtk.Window {
             Services.BackgroundManager.initialize (panel.get_height ());
             initialized_background_manager = true;
         }
+
+        Widgets.Panel.panel_settings.set_int ("height", get_height ());
     }
 
     private void on_enter_monitor (Gdk.Monitor new_monitor) {
diff --git a/src/Widgets/Panel.vala b/src/Widgets/Panel.vala
index 6999e9c3..9751276d 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/Panel.vala
+++ b/src/Widgets/Panel.vala
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 public class Wingpanel.Widgets.Panel : Granite.Bin {
-    private static Settings panel_settings = new Settings ("io.elementary.desktop.wingpanel");
+    public static Settings panel_settings { get; private set; }
 
     public Services.PopoverManager popover_manager { get; construct; }
 
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ public class Wingpanel.Widgets.Panel : Granite.Bin {
         set_css_name ("panel");
     }
 
+    static construct {
+        panel_settings = new Settings ("io.elementary.desktop.wingpanel");
+    }
+
     construct {
         hexpand = true;
         vexpand = true;