diff --git a/app/scripts/comp/launcher/launcher-electron.js b/app/scripts/comp/launcher/launcher-electron.js
index 1d0345ec..d6f2ecba 100644
--- a/app/scripts/comp/launcher/launcher-electron.js
+++ b/app/scripts/comp/launcher/launcher-electron.js
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ Events.on('launcher-exit-request', () => {
     setTimeout(() => Launcher.exit(), 0);
 });
 Events.on('launcher-minimize', () => setTimeout(() => Events.emit('app-minimized'), 0));
+Events.on('launcher-started-minimized', () => setTimeout(() => Launcher.minimizeApp(), 0));
+
 window.launcherOpen = file => Launcher.openFile(file);
 if (window.launcherOpenedFile) {
     logger.info('Open file request', window.launcherOpenedFile);
diff --git a/desktop/app.js b/desktop/app.js
index 4002b186..7f43dbd0 100644
--- a/desktop/app.js
+++ b/desktop/app.js
@@ -31,8 +31,11 @@ let htmlPath = process.argv
 if (!htmlPath) {
     htmlPath = 'file://' + path.join(__dirname, 'index.html');
 }
+
 const showDevToolsOnStart = process.argv.some(arg => arg.startsWith('--devtools'));
 
+const startMinimized = process.argv.some(arg => arg.startsWith('--minimized'));
+
 const themeBgColors = {
     db: '#342f2e',
     fb: '#282c34',
@@ -180,7 +183,11 @@ function createMainWindow() {
         mainWindow.openDevTools({ mode: 'bottom' });
     }
     mainWindow.once('ready-to-show', () => {
-        mainWindow.show();
+        if (startMinimized) {
+            emitRemoteEvent('launcher-started-minimized');
+        } else {
+            mainWindow.show();
+        }
         ready = true;
         notifyOpenFile();
     });
diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md
index f03b4e0b..6e5fd4fd 100644
--- a/release-notes.md
+++ b/release-notes.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Release notes
 `+` #963: keyboard shortcut to copy OTP in background  
 `+` #565: global shortcut to open KeeWeb  
 `+` #862: downloading attachments on mobile  
+`+` #480: option to launch the app minimized  
 `-` fix #1273: untranslated menu items  
 
 ##### v1.11.6 (2019-10-04)