diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 04fa64a..0b4e9ff 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ static const float urgentcolor[]           = COLOR(0xff0000ff);
 /* To conform the xdg-protocol, set the alpha to zero to restore the old behavior */
 static const float fullscreen_bg[]         = {0.1f, 0.1f, 0.1f, 1.0f}; /* You can also use glsl colors */
 
+/* Autostart */
+static const char *const autostart[] = {
+        "gammastep-indicator", NULL,
+        "foot", NULL,
+        "todoodoo", NULL,
+        "firefox", NULL,
+        NULL /* terminate */
+};
+
 /* tagging - TAGCOUNT must be no greater than 31 */
 #define TAGCOUNT (9)
 
diff --git a/dwl.c b/dwl.c
index 239f7d7..ed515ad 100644
--- a/dwl.c
+++ b/dwl.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 /* function declarations */
 static void applybounds(Client *c, struct wlr_box *bbox);
+static void autostartexec(void);
 static void applyrules(Client *c);
 static void arrange(Monitor *m);
 static void arrangelayer(Monitor *m, struct wl_list *list,
@@ -404,6 +405,9 @@ static xcb_atom_t netatom[NetLast];
 /* attempt to encapsulate suck into one file */
 #include "client.h"
 
+static pid_t *autostart_pids;
+static size_t autostart_len;
+
 /* function implementations */
 void
 applybounds(Client *c, struct wlr_box *bbox)
@@ -422,6 +426,27 @@ applybounds(Client *c, struct wlr_box *bbox)
 		c->geom.y = bbox->y;
 }
 
+void
+autostartexec(void) {
+	const char *const *p;
+	size_t i = 0;
+
+	/* count entries */
+	for (p = autostart; *p; autostart_len++, p++)
+		while (*++p);
+
+	autostart_pids = calloc(autostart_len, sizeof(pid_t));
+	for (p = autostart; *p; i++, p++) {
+	        if ((autostart_pids[i] = fork()) == 0) {
+			setsid();
+			execvp(*p, (char *const *)p);
+			die("dwl: execvp %s:", *p);
+		}
+		/* skip arguments */
+		while (*++p);
+	}
+}
+
 void
 applyrules(Client *c)
 {
@@ -636,11 +661,21 @@ checkidleinhibitor(struct wlr_surface *exclude)
 void
 cleanup(void)
 {
+  size_t i;
 #ifdef XWAYLAND
 	wlr_xwayland_destroy(xwayland);
 	xwayland = NULL;
 #endif
 	wl_display_destroy_clients(dpy);
+
+	/* kill child processes */
+	for (i = 0; i < autostart_len; i++) {
+		if (0 < autostart_pids[i]) {
+			kill(autostart_pids[i], SIGTERM);
+			waitpid(autostart_pids[i], NULL, 0);
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (child_pid > 0) {
 		kill(child_pid, SIGTERM);
 		waitpid(child_pid, NULL, 0);
@@ -1300,18 +1335,31 @@ void
 handlesig(int signo)
 {
 	if (signo == SIGCHLD) {
-#ifdef XWAYLAND
 		siginfo_t in;
 		/* wlroots expects to reap the XWayland process itself, so we
 		 * use WNOWAIT to keep the child waitable until we know it's not
 		 * XWayland.
 		 */
 		while (!waitid(P_ALL, 0, &in, WEXITED|WNOHANG|WNOWAIT) && in.si_pid
-				&& (!xwayland || in.si_pid != xwayland->server->pid))
-			waitpid(in.si_pid, NULL, 0);
-#else
-		while (waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG) > 0);
+			        #ifdef XWAYLAND
+			   && (!xwayland || in.si_pid != xwayland->server->pid)
 #endif
+		       ) {
+			pid_t *p, *lim;
+			waitpid(in.si_pid, NULL, 0);
+			if (in.si_pid == child_pid)
+				child_pid = -1;
+			if (!(p = autostart_pids))
+				continue;
+			lim = &p[autostart_len];
+
+			for (; p < lim; p++) {
+				if (*p == in.si_pid) {
+					*p = -1;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	} else if (signo == SIGINT || signo == SIGTERM) {
 		quit(NULL);
 	}
@@ -1967,6 +2015,7 @@ run(char *startup_cmd)
 		die("startup: backend_start");
 
 	/* Now that the socket exists and the backend is started, run the startup command */
+	autostartexec();
 	if (startup_cmd) {
 		int piperw[2];
 		if (pipe(piperw) < 0)