diff --git a/es-app/src/guis/GuiMenu.cpp b/es-app/src/guis/GuiMenu.cpp
index 5e2c06823..d53854337 100644
--- a/es-app/src/guis/GuiMenu.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/guis/GuiMenu.cpp
@@ -779,6 +779,7 @@ void GuiMenu::openUIOptions()
     launchScreenDuration->add(_("NORMAL"), "normal", selectedDuration == "normal");
     launchScreenDuration->add(_("BRIEF"), "brief", selectedDuration == "brief");
     launchScreenDuration->add(_("LONG"), "long", selectedDuration == "long");
+    launchScreenDuration->add(_("POPUP"), "popup", selectedDuration == "popup");
     launchScreenDuration->add(_("DISABLED"), "disabled", selectedDuration == "disabled");
     // If there are no objects returned, then there must be a manually modified entry in the
     // configuration file. Simply set the duration to "normal" in this case.
diff --git a/es-app/src/views/ViewController.cpp b/es-app/src/views/ViewController.cpp
index 76ec48b5d..ea8decac9 100644
--- a/es-app/src/views/ViewController.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/views/ViewController.cpp
@@ -1022,11 +1022,10 @@ void ViewController::launch(FileData* game)
     mWindow->stopInfoPopup(); // Make sure we disable any existing info popup.
 
     int duration {0};
-    std::string durationString {Settings::getInstance()->getString("LaunchScreenDuration")};
+    const std::string durationString {Settings::getInstance()->getString("LaunchScreenDuration")};
 
-    if (durationString == "disabled") {
-        // If the game launch screen has been set as disabled, show a simple info popup
-        // notification instead.
+    if (durationString == "popup") {
+        // Show a simple info popup notification instead of the launch screen.
         mWindow->queueInfoPopup(
             Utils::String::format(_("LAUNCHING GAME '%s'"),
                                   Utils::String::toUpper(game->metadata.get("name")).c_str()),
@@ -1039,12 +1038,15 @@ void ViewController::launch(FileData* game)
     else if (durationString == "long") {
         duration = 4500;
     }
+    else if (durationString == "disabled") {
+        duration = 0;
+    }
     else {
         // Normal duration.
         duration = 3000;
     }
 
-    if (durationString != "disabled")
+    if (durationString != "disabled" && durationString != "popup")
         mWindow->displayLaunchScreen(game->getSourceFileData());
 
     NavigationSounds::getInstance().playThemeNavigationSound(LAUNCHSOUND);