diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/status_bar.xml b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/status_bar.xml
index af2c93c19f5a0..b1aaade7c914b 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/status_bar.xml
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/res/layout/status_bar.xml
@@ -31,21 +31,35 @@
     <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/icons"
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="match_parent"
-        android:orientation="horizontal">
-            
-        <com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.IconMerger android:id="@+id/notificationIcons"
+        android:paddingLeft="6dip"
+        android:paddingRight="6dip"
+        android:orientation="horizontal"
+        >
+
+        <LinearLayout
             android:layout_width="0dip"
-            android:layout_weight="1"
             android:layout_height="match_parent"
-            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
-            android:paddingLeft="6dip"
-            android:gravity="center_vertical"
-            android:orientation="horizontal"/>  
-            
+            android:layout_weight="1"
+            android:orientation="horizontal"
+            >
+            <com.android.systemui.statusbar.StatusBarIconView android:id="@+id/moreIcon"
+                android:layout_width="@dimen/status_bar_icon_size"
+                android:layout_height="match_parent"
+                android:src="@drawable/stat_notify_more"
+                android:visibility="gone"
+                />
+
+            <com.android.systemui.statusbar.phone.IconMerger android:id="@+id/notificationIcons"
+                android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                android:layout_height="match_parent"
+                android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
+                android:gravity="center_vertical"
+                android:orientation="horizontal"/>  
+        </LinearLayout>
+
         <LinearLayout android:id="@+id/statusIcons"
             android:layout_width="wrap_content"
             android:layout_height="match_parent"
-            android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
             android:gravity="center_vertical"
             android:orientation="horizontal"/>    
 
@@ -53,7 +67,7 @@
             android:id="@+id/signal_battery_cluster"
             android:layout_width="wrap_content"
             android:layout_height="match_parent"
-            android:layout_marginRight="6dp"
+            android:paddingLeft="2dp"
             android:orientation="horizontal"
             android:gravity="center"
             >
@@ -66,7 +80,7 @@
                 android:id="@+id/battery"
                 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                 android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-                android:paddingLeft="6dip"
+                android:paddingLeft="4dip"
                 />
         </LinearLayout>
 
@@ -76,7 +90,7 @@
             android:layout_width="wrap_content"
             android:layout_height="match_parent"
             android:singleLine="true"
-            android:paddingRight="6dip"
+            android:paddingLeft="6dip"
             android:gravity="center_vertical|left"
             />
     </LinearLayout>
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarIconView.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarIconView.java
index 69978378d140d..8228df5a1fcdc 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarIconView.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/StatusBarIconView.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import android.graphics.Canvas;
 import android.graphics.Paint;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
+import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.util.Slog;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.ViewDebug;
@@ -75,6 +76,18 @@ public class StatusBarIconView extends AnimatedImageView {
         setScaleType(ImageView.ScaleType.CENTER);
     }
 
+    public StatusBarIconView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
+        super(context, attrs);
+        final Resources res = context.getResources();
+        final int outerBounds = res.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.status_bar_icon_size);
+        final int imageBounds = res.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.status_bar_icon_drawing_size);
+        final float scale = (float)imageBounds / (float)outerBounds;
+        setScaleX(scale);
+        setScaleY(scale);
+        final float alpha = res.getFraction(R.dimen.status_bar_icon_drawing_alpha, 1, 1);
+        setAlpha(alpha);
+    }
+
     private static boolean streq(String a, String b) {
         if (a == b) {
             return true;
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/IconMerger.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/IconMerger.java
index 20215bd5cbf0f..0640282422d9d 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/IconMerger.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/IconMerger.java
@@ -30,113 +30,59 @@ import com.android.systemui.statusbar.StatusBarIconView;
 
 public class IconMerger extends LinearLayout {
     private static final String TAG = "IconMerger";
+    private static final boolean DEBUG = false;
 
     private int mIconSize;
-    private StatusBarIconView mMoreView;
-    private StatusBarIcon mMoreIcon = new StatusBarIcon(null, R.drawable.stat_notify_more, 0, 0,
-            null);
+    private View mMoreView;
 
     public IconMerger(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
         super(context, attrs);
 
         mIconSize = context.getResources().getDimensionPixelSize(
-                com.android.internal.R.dimen.status_bar_icon_size);
+                R.dimen.status_bar_icon_size);
 
-        mMoreView = new StatusBarIconView(context, "more", null);
-        mMoreView.set(mMoreIcon);
-        super.addView(mMoreView, 0, new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(mIconSize, mIconSize));
+        if (DEBUG) {
+            setBackgroundColor(0x800099FF);
+        }
     }
 
-    public void addView(StatusBarIconView v, int index, LinearLayout.LayoutParams p) {
-        super.addView(v, index+1, p);
+    public void setOverflowIndicator(View v) {
+        mMoreView = v;
     }
 
-    public void addView(StatusBarIconView v, int index) {
-        super.addView(v, index+1, new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(mIconSize, mIconSize));
+    @Override
+    protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
+        super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
+        // we need to constrain this to an integral multiple of our children
+        int width = getMeasuredWidth();
+        setMeasuredDimension(width - (width % mIconSize), getMeasuredHeight());
     }
 
     @Override
     protected void onLayout(boolean changed, int l, int t, int r, int b) {
         super.onLayout(changed, l, t, r, b);
+        checkOverflow(r - l);
+    }
+
+    private void checkOverflow(int width) {
+        if (mMoreView == null) return;
 
-        final int maxWidth = r - l;
         final int N = getChildCount();
-        int i;
-
-        // get the rightmost one, and see if we even need to do anything
-        int fitRight = -1;
-        for (i=N-1; i>=0; i--) {
-            final View child = getChildAt(i);
-            if (child.getVisibility() != GONE) {
-                fitRight = child.getRight();
-                break;
-            }
+        int visibleChildren = 0;
+        for (int i=0; i<N; i++) {
+            if (getChildAt(i).getVisibility() != GONE) visibleChildren++;
         }
-
-        // find the first visible one that isn't the more icon
-        final StatusBarIconView moreView = mMoreView;
-        int fitLeft = -1;
-        int startIndex = -1;
-        for (i=0; i<N; i++) {
-            final View child = getChildAt(i);
-            if (child == moreView) {
-                startIndex = i+1;
-            }
-            else if (child.getVisibility() != GONE) {
-                fitLeft = child.getLeft();
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (moreView == null || startIndex < 0) {
-            return;
-            /*
-            throw new RuntimeException("Status Bar / IconMerger moreView == " + moreView
-                    + " startIndex=" + startIndex);
-            */
-        }
-        
-        // if it fits without the more icon, then hide the more icon and update fitLeft
-        // so everything gets pushed left
-        int adjust = 0;
-        if (fitRight - fitLeft <= maxWidth) {
-            adjust = fitLeft - moreView.getLeft();
-            fitLeft -= adjust;
-            fitRight -= adjust;
-            moreView.layout(0, moreView.getTop(), 0, moreView.getBottom());
-        }
-        int extra = fitRight - r;
-        int shift = -1;
-
-        int breakingPoint = fitLeft + extra + adjust;
-        int number = 0;
-        for (i=startIndex; i<N; i++) {
-            final StatusBarIconView child = (StatusBarIconView)getChildAt(i);
-            if (child.getVisibility() != GONE) {
-                int childLeft = child.getLeft();
-                int childRight = child.getRight();
-                if (childLeft < breakingPoint) {
-                    // hide this one
-                    child.layout(0, child.getTop(), 0, child.getBottom());
-                    int n = child.getStatusBarIcon().number;
-                    if (n == 0) {
-                        number += 1;
-                    } else if (n > 0) {
-                        number += n;
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    // decide how much to shift by
-                    if (shift < 0) {
-                        shift = childLeft - fitLeft;
-                    }
-                    // shift this left by shift
-                    child.layout(childLeft-shift, child.getTop(),
-                                    childRight-shift, child.getBottom());
+        final boolean overflowShown = (mMoreView.getVisibility() == View.VISIBLE);
+        // let's assume we have one more slot if the more icon is already showing
+        if (overflowShown) visibleChildren --;
+        final boolean moreRequired = visibleChildren * mIconSize > width;
+        if (moreRequired != overflowShown) {
+            post(new Runnable() {
+                @Override
+                public void run() {
+                    mMoreView.setVisibility(moreRequired ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
                 }
-            }
+            });
         }
-
-        mMoreIcon.number = number;
-        mMoreView.set(mMoreIcon);
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBar.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBar.java
index b0e6968c46fd5..9160a138f5882 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBar.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBar.java
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ public class PhoneStatusBar extends StatusBar {
     // icons
     LinearLayout mIcons;
     IconMerger mNotificationIcons;
+    View mMoreIcon;
     LinearLayout mStatusIcons;
 
     // expanded notifications
@@ -307,6 +308,8 @@ public class PhoneStatusBar extends StatusBar {
         mPixelFormat = PixelFormat.OPAQUE;
         mStatusIcons = (LinearLayout)sb.findViewById(R.id.statusIcons);
         mNotificationIcons = (IconMerger)sb.findViewById(R.id.notificationIcons);
+        mMoreIcon = sb.findViewById(R.id.moreIcon);
+        mNotificationIcons.setOverflowIndicator(mMoreIcon);
         mIcons = (LinearLayout)sb.findViewById(R.id.icons);
         mTickerView = sb.findViewById(R.id.ticker);