diff --git a/src/platform/qt/ConfigController.cpp b/src/platform/qt/ConfigController.cpp
index 086fcdc8a..527922791 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/ConfigController.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/ConfigController.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 static const mOption s_frontendOptions[] = {
 	{ "ecard", true, '\0' },
 	{ "mb", true, '\0' },
+#ifdef ENABLE_SCRIPTING
+	{ "script", true, '\0' },
+#endif
 	{ 0 }
 };
 
@@ -153,7 +156,12 @@ ConfigController::ConfigController(QObject* parent)
 	m_subparsers[1].usage = "Frontend options:\n"
 	    "  --ecard FILE  Scan an e-Reader card in the first loaded game\n"
 	    "                Can be passed multiple times for multiple cards\n"
-	    "  --mb FILE     Boot a multiboot image with FILE inserted into the ROM slot";
+	    "  --mb FILE     Boot a multiboot image with FILE inserted into the ROM slot"
+#ifdef ENABLE_SCRIPTING
+	    "\n  --script FILE Script file to load on start"
+#endif
+	    ;
+
 	m_subparsers[1].parse = nullptr;
 	m_subparsers[1].parseLong = [](struct mSubParser* parser, const char* option, const char* arg) {
 		ConfigController* self = static_cast<ConfigController*>(parser->opts);
@@ -171,6 +179,17 @@ ConfigController::ConfigController(QObject* parent)
 			self->m_argvOptions[optionName] = QString::fromUtf8(arg);
 			return true;
 		}
+#ifdef ENABLE_SCRIPTING
+		if (optionName == QLatin1String("script")) {
+			QStringList scripts;
+			if (self->m_argvOptions.contains(optionName)) {
+				scripts = self->m_argvOptions[optionName].toStringList();
+			}
+			scripts.append(QString::fromUtf8(arg));
+			self->m_argvOptions[optionName] = scripts;
+			return true;
+		}
+#endif
 		return false;
 	};
 	m_subparsers[1].apply = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp b/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
index 800453489..d394ae45b 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
@@ -2184,6 +2184,18 @@ void Window::setController(CoreController* controller, const QString& fname) {
 		m_controller->setPaused(true);
 		m_pendingPause = false;
 	}
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_SCRIPTING
+	if (!m_scripting) {
+		QStringList scripts = m_config->getArgvOption("script").toStringList();
+		if (!scripts.isEmpty()) {
+			scriptingOpen();
+			for (const auto& scriptPath : scripts) {
+				m_scripting->loadFile(scriptPath);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+#endif
 }
 
 void Window::attachDisplay() {