diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig
index 6bfcb0750..b88c5ce91 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ pub fn init(self: *Window, app: *App) !void {
     c.gtk_popover_set_has_arrow(@ptrCast(@alignCast(self.context_menu)), 0);
     c.gtk_widget_set_halign(self.context_menu, c.GTK_ALIGN_START);
 
+    if (app.config.@"gtk-maximize") c.gtk_window_maximize(self.window);
+
     // If we are in fullscreen mode, new windows start fullscreen.
     if (app.config.fullscreen) c.gtk_window_fullscreen(self.window);
 
diff --git a/src/config/Config.zig b/src/config/Config.zig
index a2f71c0c0..cc3ee0b38 100644
--- a/src/config/Config.zig
+++ b/src/config/Config.zig
@@ -1851,6 +1851,13 @@ keybind: Keybinds = .{},
 /// must always be able to move themselves into an isolated cgroup.
 @"linux-cgroup-hard-fail": bool = false,
 
+/// Start new windows maximized. This setting applies to new windows and
+/// does not apply to tabs, splits, etc. However, this setting will apply to all
+/// new windows, not just the first one.
+///
+/// This setting is overwritten by `fullscreen` option.
+@"gtk-maximize": bool = false,
+
 /// If `true`, the Ghostty GTK application will run in single-instance mode:
 /// each new `ghostty` process launched will result in a new window if there is
 /// already a running process.