diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08e47344..f1f94d5b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -312,6 +312,12 @@ To show physical touches while scrcpy is running:
 scrcpy -t
 ```
 
+The app may be started directly in fullscreen:
+
+```
+scrcpy -f
+```
+
 To run without installing:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/app/src/main.c b/app/src/main.c
index 1317da79..634c7bb4 100644
--- a/app/src/main.c
+++ b/app/src/main.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 struct args {
     const char *serial;
     const char *crop;
+    SDL_bool fullscreen;
     SDL_bool help;
     SDL_bool version;
     SDL_bool show_touches;
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ static void usage(const char *arg0) {
         "        (typically, portrait for a phone, landscape for a tablet).\n"
         "        Any --max-size value is computed on the cropped size.\n"
         "\n"
+        "    -f, --fullscreen\n"
+        "        Start in fullscreen.\n"
+        "\n"
         "    -h, --help\n"
         "        Print this help.\n"
         "\n"
@@ -200,6 +204,7 @@ static SDL_bool parse_args(struct args *args, int argc, char *argv[]) {
     static const struct option long_options[] = {
         {"bit-rate",     required_argument, NULL, 'b'},
         {"crop",         required_argument, NULL, 'c'},
+        {"fullscreen",   no_argument,       NULL, 'f'},
         {"help",         no_argument,       NULL, 'h'},
         {"max-size",     required_argument, NULL, 'm'},
         {"port",         required_argument, NULL, 'p'},
@@ -209,7 +214,7 @@ static SDL_bool parse_args(struct args *args, int argc, char *argv[]) {
         {NULL,           0,                 NULL, 0  },
     };
     int c;
-    while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "b:c:hm:p:s:tv", long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
+    while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "b:c:fhm:p:s:tv", long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
         switch (c) {
             case 'b':
                 if (!parse_bit_rate(optarg, &args->bit_rate)) {
@@ -219,6 +224,9 @@ static SDL_bool parse_args(struct args *args, int argc, char *argv[]) {
             case 'c':
                 args->crop = optarg;
                 break;
+            case 'f':
+                args->fullscreen = SDL_TRUE;
+                break;
             case 'h':
                 args->help = SDL_TRUE;
                 break;
@@ -305,6 +313,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         .max_size = args.max_size,
         .bit_rate = args.bit_rate,
         .show_touches = args.show_touches,
+        .fullscreen = args.fullscreen,
     };
     int res = scrcpy(&options) ? 0 : 1;
 
diff --git a/app/src/scrcpy.c b/app/src/scrcpy.c
index 3eaa45c0..54a7f993 100644
--- a/app/src/scrcpy.c
+++ b/app/src/scrcpy.c
@@ -223,6 +223,10 @@ SDL_bool scrcpy(const struct scrcpy_options *options) {
         show_touches_waited = SDL_TRUE;
     }
 
+    if (options->fullscreen) {
+        screen_switch_fullscreen(&screen);
+    }
+
     ret = event_loop();
     LOGD("quit...");
 
diff --git a/app/src/scrcpy.h b/app/src/scrcpy.h
index 7ddabf28..f64d4c02 100644
--- a/app/src/scrcpy.h
+++ b/app/src/scrcpy.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ struct scrcpy_options {
     Uint16 max_size;
     Uint32 bit_rate;
     SDL_bool show_touches;
+    SDL_bool fullscreen;
 };
 
 SDL_bool scrcpy(const struct scrcpy_options *options);