diff --git a/src/utils/__tests__/processConfig.node.js b/src/utils/__tests__/processConfig.node.js
index ad7c958df..41a18fed1 100644
--- a/src/utils/__tests__/processConfig.node.js
+++ b/src/utils/__tests__/processConfig.node.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ test('config is decoded from env', () => {
     lastWindowPosition: {x: 4, y: 8, width: 15, height: 16},
     updaterEnabled: false,
     screenCapturePath: '/my/screenshot/path',
+    launcherEnabled: false,
   });
 
   expect(config()).toEqual({
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ test('config is decoded from env', () => {
     lastWindowPosition: {x: 4, y: 8, width: 15, height: 16},
     updaterEnabled: false,
     screenCapturePath: '/my/screenshot/path',
+    launcherEnabled: false,
   });
 });
 
@@ -38,5 +40,6 @@ test('config is decoded from env with defaults', () => {
     lastWindowPosition: undefined,
     updaterEnabled: true,
     screenCapturePath: undefined,
+    launcherEnabled: true,
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/utils/processConfig.js b/src/utils/processConfig.js
index ccf10e268..d2ca3435c 100644
--- a/src/utils/processConfig.js
+++ b/src/utils/processConfig.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ export type ProcessConfig = {|
   lastWindowPosition: ?{x: number, y: number, width: number, height: number},
   screenCapturePath: ?string,
   updaterEnabled: boolean,
+  // Controls whether to delegate to the launcher if present.
+  launcherEnabled: boolean,
 |};
 
 let configObj = null;
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ export default function config(): ProcessConfig {
       updaterEnabled:
         typeof json.updaterEnabled === 'boolean' ? json.updaterEnabled : true,
       screenCapturePath: json.screenCapturePath,
+      launcherEnabled:
+        typeof json.launcherEnabled === 'boolean' ? json.launcherEnabled : true,
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/static/index.js b/static/index.js
index b867dba45..bfd5df5fb 100644
--- a/static/index.js
+++ b/static/index.js
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ const argv = yargs
     describe: 'Toggle the built-in update mechanism.',
     type: 'boolean',
   })
+  .option('launcher', {
+    default: true,
+    describe: 'Toggle delegating to the update launcher on startup.',
+    type: 'boolean',
+  })
   .version(global.__VERSION__)
   .help().argv;