diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 127ab8a..44c85ed 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -1773,6 +1773,7 @@ run(void)
 void
 runAutostart(void) {
 	system("killall -q dwmblocks; dwmblocks &");
+	system("for app in `ls ~/.config/autostart/*.desktop`; do $(grep '^Exec' $app | sed 's/^Exec=//') &; done");
 }
 
 void