diff --git a/js/ui/appDisplay.js b/js/ui/appDisplay.js
index 604e4cd64..8848817a0 100644
--- a/js/ui/appDisplay.js
+++ b/js/ui/appDisplay.js
@@ -2512,10 +2512,16 @@ var AppIconMenu = class AppIconMenu extends PopupMenu.PopupMenu {
 
             if (discreteGpuAvailable &&
                 this._source.app.state == Shell.AppState.STOPPED) {
-                this._onDiscreteGpuMenuItem = this._appendMenuItem(_("Launch using Dedicated Graphics Card"));
-                this._onDiscreteGpuMenuItem.connect('activate', () => {
+                const appPrefersNonDefaultGPU = appInfo.get_boolean('PrefersNonDefaultGPU');
+                const gpuPref = appPrefersNonDefaultGPU
+                    ? Shell.AppLaunchGpu.DEFAULT
+                    : Shell.AppLaunchGpu.DISCRETE;
+                this._onGpuMenuItem = this._appendMenuItem(appPrefersNonDefaultGPU
+                    ? _('Launch using Integrated Graphics Card')
+                    : _('Launch using Discrete Graphics Card'));
+                this._onGpuMenuItem.connect('activate', () => {
                     this._source.animateLaunch();
-                    this._source.app.launch(0, -1, true);
+                    this._source.app.launch(0, -1, gpuPref);
                     this.emit('activate-window', null);
                 });
             }
diff --git a/src/shell-app.c b/src/shell-app.c
index 716a91c4f..e0f5631c6 100644
--- a/src/shell-app.c
+++ b/src/shell-app.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ shell_app_activate_full (ShellApp      *app,
       case SHELL_APP_STATE_STOPPED:
         {
           GError *error = NULL;
-          if (!shell_app_launch (app, timestamp, workspace, FALSE, &error))
+          if (!shell_app_launch (app, timestamp, workspace, SHELL_APP_LAUNCH_GPU_APP_PREF, &error))
             {
               char *msg;
               msg = g_strdup_printf (_("Failed to launch “%s”"), shell_app_get_name (app));
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ shell_app_open_new_window (ShellApp      *app,
    * instance (Firefox).  There are a few less-sensical cases such
    * as say Pidgin.
    */
-  shell_app_launch (app, 0, workspace, FALSE, NULL);
+  shell_app_launch (app, 0, workspace, SHELL_APP_LAUNCH_GPU_APP_PREF, NULL);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1339,20 +1339,21 @@ apply_discrete_gpu_env (GAppLaunchContext *context,
  * shell_app_launch:
  * @timestamp: Event timestamp, or 0 for current event timestamp
  * @workspace: Start on this workspace, or -1 for default
- * @discrete_gpu: Whether to start on the discrete GPU
+ * @gpu_pref: the GPU to prefer launching on
  * @error: A #GError
  */
 gboolean
-shell_app_launch (ShellApp     *app,
-                  guint         timestamp,
-                  int           workspace,
-                  gboolean      discrete_gpu,
-                  GError      **error)
+shell_app_launch (ShellApp           *app,
+                  guint               timestamp,
+                  int                 workspace,
+                  ShellAppLaunchGpu   gpu_pref,
+                  GError            **error)
 {
   ShellGlobal *global;
   GAppLaunchContext *context;
   gboolean ret;
   GSpawnFlags flags;
+  gboolean discrete_gpu = FALSE;
 
   if (app->info == NULL)
     {
@@ -1369,6 +1370,11 @@ shell_app_launch (ShellApp     *app,
 
   global = shell_global_get ();
   context = shell_global_create_app_launch_context (global, timestamp, workspace);
+  if (gpu_pref == SHELL_APP_LAUNCH_GPU_APP_PREF)
+    discrete_gpu = g_desktop_app_info_get_boolean (app->info, "PrefersNonDefaultGPU");
+  else
+    discrete_gpu = (gpu_pref == SHELL_APP_LAUNCH_GPU_DISCRETE);
+
   if (discrete_gpu)
     apply_discrete_gpu_env (context, global);
 
diff --git a/src/shell-app.h b/src/shell-app.h
index 8a09b642d..a6b55c335 100644
--- a/src/shell-app.h
+++ b/src/shell-app.h
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ typedef enum {
   SHELL_APP_STATE_RUNNING
 } ShellAppState;
 
+typedef enum {
+  SHELL_APP_LAUNCH_GPU_APP_PREF = 0,
+  SHELL_APP_LAUNCH_GPU_DISCRETE,
+  SHELL_APP_LAUNCH_GPU_DEFAULT
+} ShellAppLaunchGpu;
+
 const char *shell_app_get_id (ShellApp *app);
 
 GDesktopAppInfo *shell_app_get_app_info (ShellApp *app);
@@ -51,11 +57,11 @@ GSList *shell_app_get_pids (ShellApp *app);
 
 gboolean shell_app_is_on_workspace (ShellApp *app, MetaWorkspace *workspace);
 
-gboolean shell_app_launch (ShellApp     *app,
-                           guint         timestamp,
-                           int           workspace,
-                           gboolean      discrete_gpu,
-                           GError      **error);
+gboolean shell_app_launch (ShellApp           *app,
+                           guint               timestamp,
+                           int                 workspace,
+                           ShellAppLaunchGpu   gpu_pref,
+                           GError            **error);
 
 void shell_app_launch_action (ShellApp        *app,
                               const char      *action_name,