diff --git a/packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json b/packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json
index 28905a35282..c6a6f4c584f 100644
--- a/packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json
+++ b/packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json
@@ -4325,6 +4325,10 @@
         "useTemplateApp": {
           "description": "Whether to use template snap. Defaults to `true` if `stagePackages` not specified.",
           "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "autoStart": {
+          "description": "Whether or not the snap should automatically start on login.",
+          "type": "boolean"
         }
       },
       "type": "object"
@@ -5831,4 +5835,4 @@
     }
   },
   "type": "object"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/app-builder-lib/src/options/SnapOptions.ts b/packages/app-builder-lib/src/options/SnapOptions.ts
index d751d9f796d..9c49f241e72 100644
--- a/packages/app-builder-lib/src/options/SnapOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/app-builder-lib/src/options/SnapOptions.ts
@@ -81,8 +81,14 @@ export interface SnapOptions extends CommonLinuxOptions, TargetSpecificOptions {
    * Whether to use template snap. Defaults to `true` if `stagePackages` not specified.
    */
   readonly useTemplateApp?: boolean
+
+  /**
+   * Whether or not the snap should automatically start on login.
+   * @default false
+   */
+  readonly autoStart?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface PlugDescriptor {
   [key: string]: {[key: string]: any} | null
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/snap.ts b/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/snap.ts
index e8b679e6738..f2f62d8a056 100644
--- a/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/snap.ts
+++ b/packages/app-builder-lib/src/targets/snap.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ export default class SnapTarget extends Target {
       },
     })
 
+    if (options.autoStart) {
+      appDescriptor.autostart = `${snap.name}.desktop`
+    }
+
     if (options.confinement === "classic") {
       delete appDescriptor.plugs
       delete snap.plugs
@@ -191,6 +195,7 @@ export default class SnapTarget extends Target {
       return
     }
 
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(snap, null, 2))
     await outputFile(path.join(snapMetaDir, this.isUseTemplateApp ? "snap.yaml" : "snapcraft.yaml"), serializeToYaml(snap))
 
     const hooksDir = await packager.getResource(options.hooks, "snap-hooks")
@@ -276,4 +281,4 @@ function getDefaultStagePackages() {
   // libxss1 - was "error while loading shared libraries: libXss.so.1" on Xubuntu 16.04
   // noinspection SpellCheckingInspection
   return ["libnspr4", "libnss3", "libxss1", "libappindicator3-1", "libsecret-1-0"]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/test/out/linux/__snapshots__/snapTest.js.snap b/test/out/linux/__snapshots__/snapTest.js.snap
index 56c7d8b4ddd..12422b51870 100644
--- a/test/out/linux/__snapshots__/snapTest.js.snap
+++ b/test/out/linux/__snapshots__/snapTest.js.snap
@@ -11,6 +11,75 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`auto start 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "apps": Object {
+    "sep": Object {
+      "autostart": "sep.desktop",
+      "command": "command.sh",
+      "environment": Object {
+        "DISABLE_WAYLAND": "1",
+        "LD_LIBRARY_PATH": "$SNAP_LIBRARY_PATH:$SNAP/lib:$SNAP/usr/lib:$SNAP/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$SNAP/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$SNAP/lib:$SNAP/usr/lib:$SNAP/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$SNAP/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu",
+        "PATH": "$SNAP/usr/sbin:$SNAP/usr/bin:$SNAP/sbin:$SNAP/bin:$PATH",
+        "SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME": "$SNAP/gnome-platform",
+        "TMPDIR": "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR",
+      },
+      "plugs": Array [
+        "desktop",
+        "desktop-legacy",
+        "home",
+        "x11",
+        "wayland",
+        "unity7",
+        "browser-support",
+        "network",
+        "gsettings",
+        "pulseaudio",
+        "opengl",
+      ],
+    },
+  },
+  "architectures": Array [
+    "amd64",
+  ],
+  "base": "core18",
+  "confinement": "strict",
+  "description": "Test Application (test quite “ #378)",
+  "grade": "stable",
+  "name": "sep",
+  "plugs": Object {
+    "gnome-3-28-1804": Object {
+      "default-provider": "gnome-3-28-1804",
+      "interface": "content",
+      "target": "$SNAP/gnome-platform",
+    },
+    "gtk-3-themes": Object {
+      "default-provider": "gtk-common-themes",
+      "interface": "content",
+      "target": "$SNAP/data-dir/themes",
+    },
+    "icon-themes": Object {
+      "default-provider": "gtk-common-themes",
+      "interface": "content",
+      "target": "$SNAP/data-dir/icons",
+    },
+    "sound-themes": Object {
+      "default-provider": "gtk-common-themes",
+      "interface": "content",
+      "target": "$SNAP/data-dir/sounds",
+    },
+  },
+  "summary": "Sep",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`auto start 2`] = `
+Object {
+  "linux": Array [],
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`buildPackages 1`] = `
 Object {
   "apps": Object {
diff --git a/test/src/linux/snapTest.ts b/test/src/linux/snapTest.ts
index b2a7a46f37d..fe0f57310fe 100644
--- a/test/src/linux/snapTest.ts
+++ b/test/src/linux/snapTest.ts
@@ -185,3 +185,21 @@ test.ifDevOrLinuxCi("no desktop plugs", app({
     return true
   },
 }))
+
+test.ifAll.ifDevOrLinuxCi("auto start", app({
+  targets: snapTarget,
+  config: {
+    extraMetadata: {
+      name: "sep",
+    },
+    productName: "Sep",
+    snap: {
+      autoStart: true
+    }
+  },
+  effectiveOptionComputed: async ({ snap, args }) => {
+    expect(snap).toMatchSnapshot()
+    expect(snap.apps.sep.autostart).toEqual("sep.desktop")
+    return true
+  },
+}))