diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 00dc869ff73..2c4591f9ad9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ We refer to [GitHub issues](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues) by using `#
 - Updated French translation
 - We added support for pasting entries in different formats [#3143](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/3143)
 - Crossreferenced entries are now used when a BibTex key is generated for an entry with empty fields. [#2811](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2811)
+- We now set the WM_CLASS of the UI to org-jabref-JabRefMain to allow certain Un*x window managers to properly identify its windows
 
 ### Fixed
  - We fixed an issue where JabRef would not terminated after asking to collect anonymous statistics [#2955 comment](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2955#issuecomment-334591123)
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/GUIGlobals.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/GUIGlobals.java
index a7cd28c72a2..61e3d4364ec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/GUIGlobals.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/GUIGlobals.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Font;
+import java.awt.Toolkit;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 import org.jabref.gui.keyboard.EmacsKeyBindings;
 import org.jabref.gui.specialfields.SpecialFieldViewModel;
 import org.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization;
+import org.jabref.logic.util.OS;
 import org.jabref.model.entry.FieldName;
 import org.jabref.model.entry.specialfields.SpecialField;
 import org.jabref.preferences.JabRefPreferences;
@@ -156,6 +158,18 @@ public static void init() {
         GUIGlobals.currentFont = new Font(Globals.prefs.get(JabRefPreferences.FONT_FAMILY),
                 Globals.prefs.getInt(JabRefPreferences.FONT_STYLE), Globals.prefs.getInt(JabRefPreferences.FONT_SIZE));
 
+        // Set WM_CLASS using reflection for certain Un*x window managers
+        if (!OS.WINDOWS && !OS.OS_X) {
+            try {
+                Toolkit xToolkit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
+                java.lang.reflect.Field awtAppClassNameField = xToolkit.getClass().getDeclaredField("awtAppClassName");
+                awtAppClassNameField.setAccessible(true);
+                awtAppClassNameField.set(xToolkit, "org-jabref-JabRefMain");
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                // ignore any error since this code only works for certain toolkits
+            }
+        }
+
     }
 
     public static void setFont(int size) {