diff --git a/src/common/user-store.ts b/src/common/user-store.ts
index 1a81c981f7..8faacbf85a 100644
--- a/src/common/user-store.ts
+++ b/src/common/user-store.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export interface UserPreferences {
   downloadBinariesPath?: string;
   kubectlBinariesPath?: string;
   trayEnabled?: boolean;
+  openAtLogin?: boolean;
 }
 
 export class UserStore extends BaseStore<UserStoreModel> {
@@ -39,14 +40,7 @@ export class UserStore extends BaseStore<UserStoreModel> {
       migrations: migrations,
     });
 
-    // track telemetry availability
-    reaction(() => this.preferences.allowTelemetry, allowed => {
-      tracker.event("telemetry", allowed ? "enabled" : "disabled");
-    });
-
-    // refresh new contexts
-    this.whenLoaded.then(this.refreshNewContexts);
-    reaction(() => this.kubeConfigPath, this.refreshNewContexts);
+    this.handleOnLoad();
   }
 
   @observable lastSeenAppVersion = "0.0.0"
@@ -61,8 +55,31 @@ export class UserStore extends BaseStore<UserStoreModel> {
     downloadMirror: "default",
     downloadKubectlBinaries: true,  // Download kubectl binaries matching cluster version
     trayEnabled: true,
+    openAtLogin: true,
   };
 
+  protected async handleOnLoad() {
+    await this.whenLoaded;
+
+    // refresh new contexts
+    this.refreshNewContexts();
+    reaction(() => this.kubeConfigPath, this.refreshNewContexts);
+
+    if (app) {
+      // track telemetry availability
+      reaction(() => this.preferences.allowTelemetry, allowed => {
+        tracker.event("telemetry", allowed ? "enabled" : "disabled");
+      });
+
+      // open at system start-up
+      reaction(() => this.preferences.openAtLogin, open => {
+        app.setLoginItemSettings({ openAtLogin: open });
+      }, {
+        fireImmediately: true,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
   get isNewVersion() {
     return semver.gt(getAppVersion(), this.lastSeenAppVersion);
   }
diff --git a/src/main/window-manager.ts b/src/main/window-manager.ts
index c0b6bba2db..e768058fb3 100644
--- a/src/main/window-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/window-manager.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { ClusterId } from "../common/cluster-store";
 import { clusterStore } from "../common/cluster-store";
 import { userStore } from "../common/user-store";
 import { observable, reaction } from "mobx";
-import { BrowserWindow, dialog, ipcMain, shell, webContents } from "electron"
+import { app, BrowserWindow, dialog, ipcMain, shell, webContents } from "electron"
 import windowStateKeeper from "electron-window-state"
 import { initMenu } from "./menu";
 import { initTray } from "./tray";
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ export class WindowManager {
       });
     }
     if (!this.mainWindow) {
+      app.dock?.show(); // show icon in dock (mac-os only)
+
       const { width, height, x, y } = this.windowState;
       this.mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
         x, y, width, height,
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ export class WindowManager {
         this.windowState.unmanage();
         this.mainWindow = null;
         this.splashWindow = null;
+        app.dock?.hide(); // hide icon in dock (mac-os)
       })
     }
     try {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.scss b/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.scss
index 62bd307cd1..57054af5d4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.scss
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.scss
@@ -57,4 +57,8 @@
       box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px $borderFaintColor;
     }
   }
+
+  .Checkbox {
+    align-self: start; // limit clickable area to checkbox + text
+  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.tsx
index 8b98750dac..9c67bbd5a6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.tsx
@@ -173,6 +173,26 @@ export class Preferences extends React.Component {
             })}
           </div>
 
+          <h2><Trans>Auto start-up</Trans></h2>
+          <Checkbox
+            label={<Trans>Open on start-up</Trans>}
+            value={preferences.openAtLogin}
+            onChange={v => preferences.openAtLogin = v}
+          />
+          <small className="hint">
+            <Trans>Opens Lens app on operation system login</Trans>
+          </small>
+
+          <h2><Trans>Tray icon</Trans></h2>
+          <Checkbox
+            label={<Trans>Enable tray icon</Trans>}
+            value={preferences.trayEnabled}
+            onChange={v => preferences.trayEnabled = v}
+          />
+          <small className="hint">
+            <Trans>Adds OS-level tray icon and menu to get quick access to Lens</Trans>
+          </small>
+
           <h2><Trans>Certificate Trust</Trans></h2>
           <Checkbox
             label={<Trans>Allow untrusted Certificate Authorities</Trans>}
@@ -194,16 +214,6 @@ export class Preferences extends React.Component {
           <small className="hint">
             <Trans>Telemetry & usage data is collected to continuously improve the Lens experience.</Trans>
           </small>
-
-          <h2><Trans>Tray icon</Trans></h2>
-          <Checkbox
-            label={<Trans>Enable tray icon</Trans>}
-            value={preferences.trayEnabled}
-            onChange={v => preferences.trayEnabled = v}
-          />
-          <small className="hint">
-            <Trans>Adds OS-level tray icon and menu to get quick access to Lens</Trans>
-          </small>
         </WizardLayout>
       </div>
     );