diff --git a/build/filters.js b/build/filters.js
index 877ccb8a17fac..c1152e8eb9142 100644
--- a/build/filters.js
+++ b/build/filters.js
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ module.exports.indentationFilter = [
 	'!src/vs/base/node/terminateProcess.sh',
 	'!src/vs/base/node/cpuUsage.sh',
 	'!test/unit/assert.js',
+	'!resources/linux/snap/electron-launch',
+	'!resources/linux/snap/hooks/configure',
 	'!build/ext.js',
 
 	// except specific folders
diff --git a/build/gulpfile.vscode.linux.js b/build/gulpfile.vscode.linux.js
index 747bfb98a57c2..d16ee9351bf48 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.vscode.linux.js
+++ b/build/gulpfile.vscode.linux.js
@@ -238,7 +238,13 @@ function prepareSnapPackage(arch) {
 			.pipe(replace('@@ARCHITECTURE@@', arch === 'x64' ? 'amd64' : arch))
 			.pipe(rename('snap/snapcraft.yaml'));
 
-		const all = es.merge(desktops, icon, code, snapcraft);
+		const electronLaunch = gulp.src('resources/linux/snap/electron-launch', { base: '.' })
+			.pipe(rename('electron-launch'));
+
+		const hooks = gulp.src('resources/linux/snap/hooks/configure', { base: '.' })
+			.pipe(rename('snap/hooks/configure'));
+
+		const all = es.merge(desktops, icon, code, snapcraft, electronLaunch, hooks);
 
 		return all.pipe(vfs.dest(destination));
 	};
diff --git a/resources/linux/snap/electron-launch b/resources/linux/snap/electron-launch
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..6e00bb1fc4a90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/linux/snap/electron-launch
@@ -0,0 +1,288 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# On Fedora $SNAP is under /var and there is some magic to map it to /snap.
+# We need to handle that case and reset $SNAP
+SNAP=$(echo "$SNAP" | sed -e "s|/var/lib/snapd||g")
+
+#
+# Exports are based on https://github.com/snapcore/snapcraft/blob/master/extensions/desktop/common/desktop-exports
+#
+
+# ensure_dir_exists calls `mkdir -p` if the given path is not a directory.
+# This speeds up execution time by avoiding unnecessary calls to mkdir.
+#
+# Usage: ensure_dir_exists <path> [<mkdir-options>]...
+#
+function ensure_dir_exists() {
+  [ -d "$1" ] ||  mkdir -p "$@"
+}
+
+function prepend_dir() {
+  local -n var="$1"
+  local dir="$2"
+  # We can't check if the dir exists when the dir contains variables
+  if [[ "$dir" == *"\$"*  || -d "$dir" ]]; then
+    export "${!var}=${dir}${var:+:$var}"
+  fi
+}
+
+function append_dir() {
+  local -n var="$1"
+  local dir="$2"
+  # We can't check if the dir exists when the dir contains variables
+  if [[ "$dir" == *"\$"*  || -d "$dir" ]]; then
+    export "${!var}=${var:+$var:}${dir}"
+  fi
+}
+
+if [ "$SNAP_ARCH" == "amd64" ]; then
+  ARCH="x86_64-linux-gnu"
+elif [ "$SNAP_ARCH" == "armhf" ]; then
+  ARCH="arm-linux-gnueabihf"
+elif [ "$SNAP_ARCH" == "arm64" ]; then
+  ARCH="aarch64-linux-gnu"
+else
+  ARCH="$SNAP_ARCH-linux-gnu"
+fi
+
+source "$SNAP_USER_DATA/.last_revision" 2>/dev/null || true
+if [ "$SNAP_DESKTOP_LAST_REVISION" = "$SNAP_REVISION" ]; then
+  needs_update=false
+else
+  needs_update=true
+  echo "SNAP_DESKTOP_LAST_REVISION=$SNAP_REVISION" > "$SNAP_USER_DATA/.last_revision"
+fi
+
+# Set $REALHOME to the users real home directory
+REALHOME=$(getent passwd $UID | cut -d ':' -f 6)
+
+# Set config folder to local path
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$SNAP_USER_DATA/.config"
+ensure_dir_exists "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"
+chmod 700 "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"
+
+append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/lib/$ARCH"
+append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH"
+append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib"
+append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/lib"
+append_dir PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/bin"
+
+# XKB config
+export XKB_CONFIG_ROOT="$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/share/X11/xkb"
+
+# Give XOpenIM a chance to locate locale data.
+# This is required for text input to work in SDL2 games.
+export XLOCALEDIR="$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/share/X11/locale"
+
+# Set XCursors path
+export XCURSOR_PATH="$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/share/icons"
+prepend_dir XCURSOR_PATH "$SNAP/data-dir/icons"
+
+# Mesa Libs for OpenGL support
+append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/mesa"
+append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/mesa-egl"
+
+# Tell libGL and libva where to find the drivers
+export LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH="$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/dri"
+append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH"
+export LIBVA_DRIVERS_PATH="$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/dri"
+
+# Set where the VDPAU drivers are located
+export VDPAU_DRIVER_PATH="/usr/lib/$ARCH/vdpau/"
+if [ -e "/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so" ]; then
+  export VDPAU_DRIVER_PATH="/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl/vdpau"
+  # Prevent picking VA-API (Intel/AMD) over NVIDIA VDPAU; on PRIME systems for example
+  unset LIBVA_DRIVERS_PATH
+fi
+
+# Workaround in snapd for proprietary nVidia drivers mounts the drivers in
+# /var/lib/snapd/lib/gl that needs to be in LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+# Without that OpenGL using apps do not work with the nVidia drivers.
+# Ref.: https://bugs.launchpad.net/snappy/+bug/1588192
+append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl"
+append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl/vdpau"
+
+# Unity7 export (workaround for https://launchpad.net/bugs/1638405)
+append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/libunity"
+
+# Pulseaudio export
+append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/pulseaudio"
+
+# EGL vendor files on glvnd enabled systems
+prepend_dir __EGL_VENDOR_LIBRARY_DIRS "/var/lib/snapd/lib/glvnd/egl_vendor.d"
+append_dir __EGL_VENDOR_LIBRARY_DIRS "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/share/glvnd/egl_vendor.d"
+
+# XDG Config
+prepend_dir XDG_CONFIG_DIRS "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/etc/xdg"
+prepend_dir XDG_CONFIG_DIRS "$SNAP/etc/xdg"
+
+# Define snaps' own data dir
+prepend_dir XDG_DATA_DIRS "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/share"
+prepend_dir XDG_DATA_DIRS "$SNAP/usr/share"
+prepend_dir XDG_DATA_DIRS "$SNAP/share"
+prepend_dir XDG_DATA_DIRS "$SNAP/data-dir"
+prepend_dir XDG_DATA_DIRS "$SNAP_USER_DATA"
+
+# Set XDG_DATA_HOME to local path
+export XDG_DATA_HOME="$SNAP_USER_DATA/.local/share"
+ensure_dir_exists "$XDG_DATA_HOME"
+
+# Workaround for GLib < 2.53.2 not searching for schemas in $XDG_DATA_HOME:
+#   https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=741335
+prepend_dir XDG_DATA_DIRS "$XDG_DATA_HOME"
+
+# Set cache folder to local path
+export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$SNAP_USER_COMMON/.cache"
+if [[ -d "$SNAP_USER_DATA/.cache" && ! -e "$XDG_CACHE_HOME" ]]; then
+  # the .cache directory used to be stored under $SNAP_USER_DATA, migrate it
+  mv "$SNAP_USER_DATA/.cache" "$SNAP_USER_COMMON/"
+fi
+ensure_dir_exists "$XDG_CACHE_HOME"
+
+# Ensure the app finds locale definitions (requires locales-all to be installed)
+append_dir LOCPATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/locale"
+
+# Keep an array of data dirs, for looping through them
+IFS=':' read -r -a data_dirs_array <<< "$XDG_DATA_DIRS"
+
+# Setup compiled gsettings schema
+GS_SCHEMA_DIR="$XDG_DATA_HOME/glib-2.0/schemas"
+function compile_schemas {
+  if [ -f "$1" ]; then
+    rm -rf "$GS_SCHEMA_DIR"
+    ensure_dir_exists "$GS_SCHEMA_DIR"
+    for ((i = 0; i < ${#data_dirs_array[@]}; i++)); do
+      schema_dir="${data_dirs_array[$i]}/glib-2.0/schemas"
+      if [ -f "$schema_dir/gschemas.compiled" ]; then
+        # This directory already has compiled schemas
+        continue
+      fi
+      if [ -n "$(ls -A "$schema_dir"/*.xml 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+        ln -s "$schema_dir"/*.xml "$GS_SCHEMA_DIR"
+      fi
+      if [ -n "$(ls -A "$schema_dir"/*.override 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+        ln -s "$schema_dir"/*.override "$GS_SCHEMA_DIR"
+      fi
+    done
+    # Only compile schemas if we copied anything
+    if [ -n "$(ls -A "$GS_SCHEMA_DIR"/*.xml "$GS_SCHEMA_DIR"/*.override 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+      "$1" "$GS_SCHEMA_DIR"
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+if [ "$needs_update" = true ]; then
+  compile_schemas "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/glib-2.0/glib-compile-schemas"
+fi
+
+# Gdk-pixbuf loaders
+export GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/gdk-pixbuf-loaders.cache"
+export GDK_PIXBUF_MODULEDIR="$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders"
+if [ -f "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders" ]; then
+  "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders" > "$GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE"
+fi
+
+# Font Config and themes
+export FONTCONFIG_PATH="$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/etc/fonts"
+export FONTCONFIG_FILE="$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/etc/fonts/fonts.conf"
+
+function make_user_fontconfig {
+  echo "<fontconfig>"
+  if [ -d "$REALHOME/.local/share/fonts" ]; then
+    echo "  <dir>$REALHOME/.local/share/fonts</dir>"
+  fi
+  if [ -d "$REALHOME/.fonts" ]; then
+    echo "  <dir>$REALHOME/.fonts</dir>"
+  fi
+  for ((i = 0; i < ${#data_dirs_array[@]}; i++)); do
+    if [ -d "${data_dirs_array[$i]}/fonts" ]; then
+      echo "  <dir>${data_dirs_array[$i]}/fonts</dir>"
+    fi
+  done
+  # We need to include a user-writable cachedir first to support
+  # caching of per-user fonts.
+  echo '  <cachedir prefix="xdg">fontconfig</cachedir>'
+  echo "  <cachedir>$SNAP_COMMON/fontconfig</cachedir>"
+  echo "</fontconfig>"
+}
+
+if [ "$needs_update" = true ]; then
+  rm -rf "$XDG_DATA_HOME"/{fontconfig,fonts,fonts-*,themes,.themes}
+
+  # This fontconfig fragment is installed in a location that is
+  # included by the system fontconfig configuration: namely the
+  # etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf file.
+  ensure_dir_exists "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fontconfig"
+  make_user_fontconfig > "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fontconfig/fonts.conf"
+
+  # the themes symlink are needed for GTK 3.18 when the prefix isn't changed
+  # GTK 3.20 looks into XDG_DATA_DIRS which has connected themes.
+  if [ -d "$SNAP/data-dir/themes" ]; then
+    ln -sf "$SNAP/data-dir/themes" "$XDG_DATA_HOME"
+    ln -sfn "$SNAP/data-dir/themes" "$SNAP_USER_DATA/.themes"
+  elif [ -d "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/share/themes" ]; then
+    ln -sf "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/share/themes" "$XDG_DATA_HOME"
+    ln -sfn "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/share/themes" "$SNAP_USER_DATA/.themes"
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Build mime.cache
+# needed for gtk and qt icon
+if [ "$needs_update" = true ]; then
+  rm -rf "$XDG_DATA_HOME/mime"
+  if [ ! -f "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/share/mime/mime.cache" ]; then
+    if command -v update-mime-database >/dev/null; then
+      cp --preserve=timestamps -dR "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/share/mime" "$XDG_DATA_HOME"
+      update-mime-database "$XDG_DATA_HOME/mime"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Gio modules and cache (including gsettings module)
+export GIO_MODULE_DIR="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/gio-modules"
+function compile_giomodules {
+  if [ -f "$1/glib-2.0/gio-querymodules" ]; then
+    rm -rf "$GIO_MODULE_DIR"
+    ensure_dir_exists "$GIO_MODULE_DIR"
+    ln -s "$1"/gio/modules/*.so "$GIO_MODULE_DIR"
+    "$1/glib-2.0/gio-querymodules" "$GIO_MODULE_DIR"
+  fi
+}
+if [ "$needs_update" = true ]; then
+  compile_giomodules "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH"
+fi
+
+
+# Create $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR if not exists (to be removed when https://pad.lv/1656340 is fixed)
+[ -n "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" ] && mkdir -p "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" -m 700
+
+# create symbolic link to ibus socket path for ibus to look up its socket files
+# (see comments #3 and #6 on https://launchpad.net/bugs/1580463)
+IBUS_CONFIG_PATH="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ibus"
+ensure_dir_exists "$IBUS_CONFIG_PATH"
+[ -d "$IBUS_CONFIG_PATH/bus" ] && rm -rf "$IBUS_CONFIG_PATH/bus"
+ln -sfn "$REALHOME/.config/ibus/bus" "$IBUS_CONFIG_PATH"
+
+# ibus and fcitx integration
+GTK_IM_MODULE_DIR="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/immodules"
+export GTK_IM_MODULE_FILE="$GTK_IM_MODULE_DIR/immodules.cache"
+if [ "$needs_update" = true ]; then
+  rm -rf "$GTK_IM_MODULE_DIR"
+  ensure_dir_exists "$GTK_IM_MODULE_DIR"
+  ln -s "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME"/usr/lib/"$ARCH"/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules/*.so "$GTK_IM_MODULE_DIR"
+  "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/libgtk-3-0/gtk-query-immodules-3.0" > "$GTK_IM_MODULE_FILE"
+fi
+
+# GTK theme and behavior modifier
+# Those can impact the theme engine used by Qt as well
+gtk_configs=(gtk-3.0/settings.ini gtk-3.0/bookmarks gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini)
+for f in "${gtk_configs[@]}"; do
+  dest="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/$f"
+  if [ ! -L "$dest" ]; then
+    ensure_dir_exists "$(dirname "$dest")"
+    ln -s "$REALHOME/.config/$f" "$dest"
+  fi
+done
+
+append_dir GTK_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH/gtk-3.0"
+
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/resources/linux/snap/hooks/configure b/resources/linux/snap/hooks/configure
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..e410e8d128f31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/linux/snap/hooks/configure
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+[ ! -d "${SNAP_COMMON}/fontconfig" ] && mkdir -p "${SNAP_COMMON}/fontconfig"
+
+function append_dir() {
+  local -n var="$1"
+  local dir="$2"
+  # We can't check if the dir exists when the dir contains variables
+  if [[ "$dir" == *"\$"*  || -d "$dir" ]]; then
+    export "${!var}=${var:+$var:}${dir}"
+  fi
+}
+
+if [ "$SNAP_ARCH" = "amd64" ]; then
+  ARCH="x86_64-linux-gnu"
+elif [ "$SNAP_ARCH" = "armhf" ]; then
+  ARCH="arm-linux-gnueabihf"
+elif [ "$SNAP_ARCH" = "arm64" ]; then
+  ARCH="aarch64-linux-gnu"
+else
+  ARCH="$SNAP_ARCH-linux-gnu"
+fi
+
+append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/lib/$ARCH"
+append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib/$ARCH"
+append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/lib"
+append_dir LD_LIBRARY_PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/lib"
+append_dir PATH "$SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME/usr/bin"
+
+cat > "${SNAP_COMMON}/fontconfig/fonts.conf" <<EOF
+<fontconfig>
+  <cachedir>${SNAP_COMMON}/fontconfig</cachedir>
+  <include ignore_missing="yes">/etc/fonts/fonts.conf</include>
+</fontconfig>
+EOF
+
+export FONTCONFIG_FILE="${SNAP_COMMON}/fontconfig/fonts.conf"
+
+"${SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME}/usr/bin/fc-cache" --force --system-only --verbose || echo "configure hook: font generation failed"
+
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/resources/linux/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/resources/linux/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 83ac1e5c23a0b..3e43a493cb977 100644
--- a/resources/linux/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/resources/linux/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -61,49 +61,20 @@ parts:
 
 apps:
   @@NAME@@:
-    command: $SNAP/usr/share/@@NAME@@/bin/@@NAME@@ --no-sandbox
+    command: electron-launch $SNAP/usr/share/@@NAME@@/bin/@@NAME@@ --no-sandbox
     common-id: @@NAME@@.desktop
-    command-chain:
-      - snap/command-chain/desktop-launch
-    plugs:
-      - desktop
-      - desktop-legacy
-      - gsettings
-      - opengl
-      - wayland
-      - x11
     environment:
       GTK_USE_PORTAL: 1
       DISABLE_WAYLAND: 1
       SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME: $SNAP/gnome-platform
 
   url-handler:
-    command: $SNAP/usr/share/@@NAME@@/bin/@@NAME@@ --open-url --no-sandbox
-    command-chain:
-      - snap/command-chain/desktop-launch
-    plugs:
-      - desktop
-      - desktop-legacy
-      - gsettings
-      - opengl
-      - wayland
-      - x11
+    command: electron-launch $SNAP/usr/share/@@NAME@@/bin/@@NAME@@ --open-url --no-sandbox
     environment:
       GTK_USE_PORTAL: 1
       DISABLE_WAYLAND: 1
       SNAP_DESKTOP_RUNTIME: $SNAP/gnome-platform
 
-plugs:
-  desktop:
-    mount-host-font-cache: false
-
-hooks:
-  configure:
-    command-chain:
-      - snap/command-chain/hooks-configure-desktop
-    plugs:
-      - desktop
-
 layout:
   /usr/lib/$SNAPCRAFT_ARCH_TRIPLET/webkit2gtk-4.0:
     bind: $SNAP/gnome-platform/usr/lib/$SNAPCRAFT_ARCH_TRIPLET/webkit2gtk-4.0