diff --git a/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp b/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp
index d126537d4..dcf27cc37 100644
--- a/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ MainApplication::MainApplication(int &argc, char** argv)
     }
 #endif
 
-    QByteArray flags = qgetenv("QTWEBENGINE_CHROMIUM_FLAGS");
-    flags.append(" --enable-features=WebRTCPipeWireCapturer");
-    qputenv("QTWEBENGINE_CHROMIUM_FLAGS", flags);
+    QByteArray chromium_flags = qgetenv("QTWEBENGINE_CHROMIUM_FLAGS");
+    chromium_flags.append(" --enable-features=WebRTCPipeWireCapturer");
+    qputenv("QTWEBENGINE_CHROMIUM_FLAGS", chromium_flags);
 
     QUrl startUrl;
     QString startProfile;
@@ -287,6 +287,10 @@ MainApplication::MainApplication(int &argc, char** argv)
     profileManager.initCurrentProfile(startProfile);
 
     Settings::createSettings(DataPaths::currentProfilePath() + QLatin1String("/settings.ini"));
+    if (Settings::globalSettings()->value("Web-Browser-Settings/hardwareAccel", false).toBool()) {
+	    chromium_flags.append(" --enable-oop-rasterization --enable-gpu-rasterization --enable-native-gpu-memory-buffers --use-gl=desktop");
+	    qputenv("QTWEBENGINE_CHROMIUM_FLAGS", chromium_flags);
+    }
 
     NetworkManager::registerSchemes();
 
diff --git a/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp b/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp
index c37683f1a..627f3dfbb 100644
--- a/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ Preferences::Preferences(BrowserWindow* window)
     ui->intPDFViewer->setChecked(settings.value("intPDFViewer", false).toBool());
     ui->intPDFViewer->setEnabled(ui->allowPlugins->isChecked());
     ui->screenCaptureEnabled->setChecked(settings.value("screenCaptureEnabled", false).toBool());
+    ui->hardwareAccel->setChecked(settings.value("hardwareAccel", false).toBool());
 
     const auto levels = WebView::zoomLevels();
     for (int level : levels) {
@@ -967,7 +968,7 @@ void Preferences::saveSettings()
     settings.setValue("DNSPrefetch", ui->dnsPrefetch->isChecked());
     settings.setValue("intPDFViewer", ui->intPDFViewer->isChecked());
     settings.setValue("screenCaptureEnabled", ui->screenCaptureEnabled->isChecked());
-
+    settings.setValue("hardwareAccel", ui->hardwareAccel->isChecked());
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
     settings.setValue("CheckDefaultBrowser", ui->checkDefaultBrowser->isChecked());
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lib/preferences/preferences.ui b/src/lib/preferences/preferences.ui
index b02e84bf0..36c73aded 100644
--- a/src/lib/preferences/preferences.ui
+++ b/src/lib/preferences/preferences.ui
@@ -1096,6 +1096,13 @@
                    </property>
                   </widget>
                  </item>
+                 <item>
+                  <widget class="QCheckBox" name="hardwareAccel">
+                   <property name="text">
+                    <string>Use hardware acceleration (requires restart)</string>
+                   </property>
+                  </widget>
+                 </item>
                 </layout>
                </item>
                <item row="2" column="0">