diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b27504a..88880fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -93,11 +93,14 @@
 * examples/dwl-tags: updated parsing of `output` name ([#178][178]).
 * sway-xkb: don’t crash when Sway sends an _”added”_ event for a
   device yambar is already tracking ([#177][177]).
+* Crash when a particle is “too wide”, and tries to render outside the
+  bar ([#198][198]).
 
 [169]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar/issues/169
 [172]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar/issues/172
 [178]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar/issues/178
 [177]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar/issues/177
+[198]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/yambar/issues/198
 
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/bar/bar.c b/bar/bar.c
index 4f1895f..ab9a587 100644
--- a/bar/bar.c
+++ b/bar/bar.c
@@ -134,6 +134,18 @@ expose(const struct bar *_bar)
 
     int y = bar->border.top_width;
     int x = bar->border.left_width + bar->left_margin - bar->left_spacing;
+    pixman_region32_t clip;
+    pixman_region32_init_rect(
+        &clip,
+        bar->border.left_width + bar->left_margin,
+        bar->border.top_width,
+        (bar->width -
+         bar->left_margin - bar->right_margin -
+         bar->border.left_width - bar->border.right_width),
+        bar->height);
+    pixman_image_set_clip_region32(pix, &clip);
+    pixman_region32_fini(&clip);
+
     for (size_t i = 0; i < bar->left.count; i++) {
         const struct exposable *e = bar->left.exps[i];
         e->expose(e, pix, x + bar->left_spacing, y, bar->height);