diff --git a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/dsl/AbstractDistributions.kt b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/dsl/AbstractDistributions.kt
index e3db8d7d70..3b91115f35 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/dsl/AbstractDistributions.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/dsl/AbstractDistributions.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.compose.desktop.application.dsl
 
+import org.gradle.api.Action
 import org.gradle.api.file.DirectoryProperty
 import org.gradle.api.file.ProjectLayout
 import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFileProperty
@@ -36,4 +37,12 @@ abstract class AbstractDistributions {
     open fun targetFormats(vararg formats: TargetFormat) {
         targetFormats = EnumSet.copyOf(formats.toList())
     }
+
+    internal val additionalLauncherSettings = objects.mapProperty(String::class.java, String::class.java)
+
+    fun additionalLauncher(name: String, fn: Action<AdditionalLauncherArguments>) {
+        val settings = AdditionalLauncherArguments()
+        fn.execute(settings)
+        additionalLauncherSettings.put(name, settings.getFileContent())
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/dsl/AdditionalLauncherArguments.kt b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/dsl/AdditionalLauncherArguments.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8be09c60ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/dsl/AdditionalLauncherArguments.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and respective authors and developers.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.compose.desktop.application.dsl
+
+class AdditionalLauncherArguments {
+    private val options: MutableList<String> = mutableListOf()
+
+    fun add(key: String, value: String) {
+        if (ValidKeys.contains(key)) {
+            options.add("$key=$value")
+        } else {
+            error("Key \"$key\" is invalid. Valid keys are: ${ValidKeys.joinToString(", ")}")
+        }
+    }
+
+    internal fun getFileContent(): String {
+        return options.joinToString("\n")
+    }
+
+    companion object {
+        val ValidKeys = listOf(
+            "module", "main-jar", "main-class", "description", "arguments", "java-options", "app-version",
+            "icon", "launcher-as-service", "win-console", "win-shortcut", "win-menu", "linux-app-category",
+            "linux-shortcut"
+        )
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/internal/configureJvmApplication.kt b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/internal/configureJvmApplication.kt
index d53ad3dd62..7166da0e74 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/internal/configureJvmApplication.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/internal/configureJvmApplication.kt
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ private fun JvmApplicationContext.configurePackageTask(
         packageTask.packageVendor.set(packageTask.provider { executables.vendor })
         packageTask.packageVersion.set(packageVersionFor(packageTask.targetFormat))
         packageTask.licenseFile.set(executables.licenseFile)
+        packageTask.additionalLaunchers.set(executables.additionalLauncherSettings)
     }
 
     packageTask.destinationDir.set(app.nativeDistributions.outputBaseDir.map {
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/tasks/AbstractJPackageTask.kt b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/tasks/AbstractJPackageTask.kt
index ad56727c05..dfc3a3c08b 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/tasks/AbstractJPackageTask.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/tasks/AbstractJPackageTask.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.compose.desktop.application.tasks
 
 import org.gradle.api.file.*
 import org.gradle.api.provider.ListProperty
+import org.gradle.api.provider.MapProperty
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Property
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Provider
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.*
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.compose.desktop.application.internal.files.MacJarSignFileCo
 import org.jetbrains.compose.desktop.application.internal.JvmRuntimeProperties
 import org.jetbrains.compose.desktop.application.internal.validation.validate
 import org.jetbrains.compose.internal.utils.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.internal.ensureParentDirsCreated
 import java.io.*
 import java.nio.file.LinkOption
 import java.util.*
@@ -124,6 +126,10 @@ abstract class AbstractJPackageTask @Inject constructor(
     @get:Optional
     val packageVersion: Property<String?> = objects.nullableProperty()
 
+    @get:Input
+    @get:Optional
+    val additionalLaunchers: MapProperty<String, String> = objects.mapProperty(String::class.java, String::class.java)
+
     @get:Input
     @get:Optional
     val linuxShortcut: Property<Boolean?> = objects.nullableProperty()
@@ -273,6 +279,9 @@ abstract class AbstractJPackageTask @Inject constructor(
     @get:LocalState
     protected val skikoDir: Provider<Directory> = project.layout.buildDirectory.dir("compose/tmp/skiko")
 
+    @get:LocalState
+    protected val additionalLaunchersDir: Provider<Directory> = project.layout.buildDirectory.dir("compose/tmp/launchers")
+
     @get:Internal
     private val libsDir: Provider<Directory> = workingDir.map {
         it.dir("libs")
@@ -354,6 +363,12 @@ abstract class AbstractJPackageTask @Inject constructor(
                     cliArg("--app-content", provisioningProfile)
                 }
             }
+
+            additionalLaunchers.orNull?.forEach {
+                val fileName = "${name}_${it.key.replace(' ', '_')}.properties"
+                val file = additionalLaunchersDir.ioFile.resolve(fileName)
+                cliArg("--add-launcher", "${it.key}=${file.normalizedPath()}")
+            }
         }
 
         if (targetFormat != TargetFormat.AppImage) {
@@ -489,6 +504,15 @@ abstract class AbstractJPackageTask @Inject constructor(
             }
         }
 
+        fileOperations.clearDirs(additionalLaunchersDir)
+        additionalLaunchers.orNull?.forEach {
+            val fileName = "${name}_${it.key.replace(' ', '_')}.properties"
+            val file = additionalLaunchersDir.ioFile.resolve(fileName).apply {
+                ensureParentDirsCreated()
+                writeText(it.value)
+            }
+        }
+
         // todo: incremental copy
         fileOperations.clearDirs(packagedResourcesDir)
         val destResourcesDir = packagedResourcesDir.ioFile