diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index f4f07e8..de679c7 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ something like:
 - Args: default monitor arguments
 - Variables that can be used with the `-t`/`--template` argument:
              `total`, `free`, `buffer`, `cache`, `rest`, `used`,
-             `usedratio`, `usedbar`, `freebar`
+             `usedratio`, `usedbar`, `freeratio`, `freebar`
 - Default template: `Mem: <usedratio>% (<cache>M)`
 
 ### `Swap Args RefreshRate`
diff --git a/src/Plugins/Monitors/Mem.hs b/src/Plugins/Monitors/Mem.hs
index 5c55ee2..3cf46c7 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/Monitors/Mem.hs
+++ b/src/Plugins/Monitors/Mem.hs
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ import Plugins.Monitors.Common
 memConfig :: IO MConfig
 memConfig = mkMConfig
        "Mem: <usedratio>% (<cache>M)" -- template
-       ["usedbar", "freebar", "usedratio", "total",
-        "free", "buffer", "cache", "rest", "used"]  -- available replacements
+       ["usedbar", "freebar", "usedratio", "freeratio", "total",
+        "free", "buffer", "cache", "rest", "used"] -- available replacements
 
 fileMEM :: IO String
 fileMEM = readFile "/proc/meminfo"
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ parseMEM =
            rest = free + buffer + cache
            used = total - rest
            usedratio = used / total
-       return [usedratio, total, free, buffer, cache, rest, used]
+           freeratio = free / total
+       return [usedratio, freeratio, total, free, buffer, cache, rest, used, freeratio]
 
 totalMem :: IO Float
 totalMem = fmap ((*1024) . (!!1)) parseMEM
@@ -42,15 +43,16 @@ usedMem :: IO Float
 usedMem = fmap ((*1024) . (!!6)) parseMEM
 
 formatMem :: [Float] -> Monitor [String]
-formatMem (r:xs) =
+formatMem (r:fr:xs) =
     do let f = showDigits 0
            rr = 100 * r
        ub <- showPercentBar rr r
        fb <- showPercentBar (100 - rr) (1 - r)
        rs <- showPercentWithColors r
+       fs <- showPercentWithColors fr
        s <- mapM (showWithColors f) xs
-       return (ub:fb:rs:s)
-formatMem _ = return $ replicate 9 "N/A"
+       return (ub:fb:rs:fs:s)
+formatMem _ = return $ replicate 10 "N/A"
 
 runMem :: [String] -> Monitor String
 runMem _ =