diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibDesktop/AppFile.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibDesktop/AppFile.cpp
index e5f901284c3..d55d60002aa 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibDesktop/AppFile.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibDesktop/AppFile.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2020, Linus Groh <linusg@serenityos.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Spencer Dixon <spencercdixon@gmail.com>
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
  */
@@ -103,4 +104,24 @@ Vector<String> AppFile::launcher_protocols() const
     return protocols;
 }
 
+bool AppFile::spawn() const
+{
+    if (!is_valid())
+        return false;
+
+    pid_t child_pid;
+    const char* argv[] = { executable().characters(), nullptr };
+    if ((errno = posix_spawn(&child_pid, executable().characters(), nullptr, nullptr, const_cast<char**>(argv), environ))) {
+        perror("posix_spawn");
+        return false;
+    } else {
+        if (disown(child_pid) < 0) {
+            perror("disown");
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibDesktop/AppFile.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibDesktop/AppFile.h
index 2172601a49e..d6ff5d7509e 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibDesktop/AppFile.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibDesktop/AppFile.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public:
     String category() const;
     Vector<String> launcher_file_types() const;
     Vector<String> launcher_protocols() const;
+    bool spawn() const;
 
     GUI::Icon icon() const { return GUI::FileIconProvider::icon_for_path(executable()); };