diff --git a/atom/browser/lib/init.js b/atom/browser/lib/init.js
index 272cebbf875b..4769faee0a39 100644
--- a/atom/browser/lib/init.js
+++ b/atom/browser/lib/init.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const util = require('util');
 const Module = require('module');
+const v8 = require('v8');
 
 var slice = [].slice;
 
@@ -129,6 +130,11 @@ if (packageJson.desktopName != null) {
   app.setDesktopName((app.getName()) + ".desktop");
 }
 
+// Set v8 flags
+if (packageJson.v8Flags != null) {
+  v8.setFlagsFromString(packageJson.v8Flags);
+}
+
 // Chrome 42 disables NPAPI plugins by default, reenable them here
 app.commandLine.appendSwitch('enable-npapi');