diff --git a/src/core/draw/sequence.typ b/src/core/draw/sequence.typ
index ac26b7d..d0d15a6 100644
--- a/src/core/draw/sequence.typ
+++ b/src/core/draw/sequence.typ
@@ -137,13 +137,21 @@
   end-info.ll-lvl = ctx.lifelines.at(i2).level * LIFELINE-W / 2
 
   // Compute left/right position at start/end
-  start-info.insert("lx", start-info.x)
-  if start-info.ll-lvl != 0 { start-info.lx -= LIFELINE-W / 2 }
-  end-info.insert("lx", end-info.x)
-  if end-info.ll-lvl != 0 { end-info.lx -= LIFELINE-W / 2 }
-
   start-info.insert("rx", start-info.x + start-info.ll-lvl)
   end-info.insert("rx", end-info.x + end-info.ll-lvl)
+  let start-lx
+  let end-lx
+  if seq.outer-lifeline-connect {
+    start-lx = start-info.x
+    end-lx = end-info.x
+    if start-info.ll-lvl != 0 {start-lx -= LIFELINE-W / 2}
+    if end-info.ll-lvl != 0 {end-lx -= LIFELINE-W / 2}
+  } else {
+    start-lx = start-info.rx - LIFELINE-W
+    end-lx = end-info.rx - LIFELINE-W
+  }
+  start-info.insert("lx", start-lx)
+  end-info.insert("lx", end-lx)
 
   // Choose correct points to link
   let x1 = start-info.rx
diff --git a/src/sequence.typ b/src/sequence.typ
index a328f4a..c916996 100644
--- a/src/sequence.typ
+++ b/src/sequence.typ
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
   disable-src: false,
   destroy-src: false,
   lifeline-style: auto,
-  slant: none
+  slant: none,
+  outer-lifeline-connect: false
 ) = {
   return ((
     type: "seq",
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
     destroy-src: destroy-src,
     lifeline-style: lifeline-style,
     slant: slant,
+    outer-lifeline-connect: outer-lifeline-connect,
     linked-notes: ()
   ),)
 }