diff --git a/js/ui/appDisplay.js b/js/ui/appDisplay.js
index dbb112104..d028e4cdb 100644
--- a/js/ui/appDisplay.js
+++ b/js/ui/appDisplay.js
@@ -2056,7 +2056,8 @@ var AppIconMenu = class AppIconMenu extends PopupMenu.PopupMenu {
                 let action = actions[i];
                 let item = this._appendMenuItem(appInfo.get_action_name(action));
                 item.connect('activate', (emitter, event) => {
-                    if (action == 'new-window')
+                    if (action == 'new-window' ||
+                        action == 'activate-discrete-gpu')
                         this._source.animateLaunch();
 
                     this._source.app.launch_action(action, event.get_time(), -1);