diff --git a/Userland/Services/Taskbar/TaskbarWindow.cpp b/Userland/Services/Taskbar/TaskbarWindow.cpp
index 6e52c97af8..543ef75ea9 100644
--- a/Userland/Services/Taskbar/TaskbarWindow.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Services/Taskbar/TaskbarWindow.cpp
@@ -128,13 +128,14 @@ void TaskbarWindow::create_quick_launch_bar()
         if (!af->is_valid())
             continue;
         auto app_executable = af->executable();
+        auto app_run_in_terminal = af->run_in_terminal();
         const int button_size = 24;
         auto& button = quick_launch_bar.add<GUI::Button>();
         button.set_fixed_size(button_size, button_size);
         button.set_button_style(Gfx::ButtonStyle::Coolbar);
         button.set_icon(af->icon().bitmap_for_size(16));
         button.set_tooltip(af->name());
-        button.on_click = [app_executable](auto) {
+        button.on_click = [app_executable, app_run_in_terminal](auto) {
             pid_t pid = fork();
             if (pid < 0) {
                 perror("fork");
@@ -143,7 +144,10 @@ void TaskbarWindow::create_quick_launch_bar()
                     perror("chdir");
                     exit(1);
                 }
-                execl(app_executable.characters(), app_executable.characters(), nullptr);
+                if (app_run_in_terminal)
+                    execl("/bin/Terminal", "Terminal", "-e", app_executable.characters(), nullptr);
+                else
+                    execl(app_executable.characters(), app_executable.characters(), nullptr);
                 perror("execl");
                 VERIFY_NOT_REACHED();
             } else {
diff --git a/Userland/Services/Taskbar/main.cpp b/Userland/Services/Taskbar/main.cpp
index ad5a5a5a1c..4ef6f732e1 100644
--- a/Userland/Services/Taskbar/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Services/Taskbar/main.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ struct AppMetadata {
     String executable;
     String name;
     String category;
+    bool run_in_terminal;
 };
 Vector<AppMetadata> g_apps;
 
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ Vector<String> discover_apps_and_categories()
     HashTable<String> seen_app_categories;
     Desktop::AppFile::for_each([&](auto af) {
         if (access(af->executable().characters(), X_OK) == 0) {
-            g_apps.append({ af->executable(), af->name(), af->category() });
+            g_apps.append({ af->executable(), af->name(), af->category(), af->run_in_terminal() });
             seen_app_categories.set(af->category());
         }
     });
@@ -173,10 +174,17 @@ NonnullRefPtr<GUI::Menu> build_system_menu()
         auto parent_menu = app_category_menus.get(app.category).value_or(system_menu.ptr());
         parent_menu->add_action(GUI::Action::create(app.name, icon, [app_identifier](auto&) {
             dbgln("Activated app with ID {}", app_identifier);
-            const auto& bin = g_apps[app_identifier].executable;
+            auto& app = g_apps[app_identifier];
+            char const* argv[4] { nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr };
+            if (app.run_in_terminal) {
+                argv[0] = "/bin/Terminal";
+                argv[1] = "-e";
+                argv[2] = app.executable.characters();
+            } else {
+                argv[0] = app.executable.characters();
+            }
             pid_t child_pid;
-            const char* argv[] = { bin.characters(), nullptr };
-            if ((errno = posix_spawn(&child_pid, bin.characters(), nullptr, nullptr, const_cast<char**>(argv), environ))) {
+            if ((errno = posix_spawn(&child_pid, argv[0], nullptr, nullptr, const_cast<char**>(argv), environ))) {
                 perror("posix_spawn");
             } else {
                 if (disown(child_pid) < 0)