diff --git a/lib/API/schema.json b/lib/API/schema.json
index a74b138e3..d650a73d7 100644
--- a/lib/API/schema.json
+++ b/lib/API/schema.json
@@ -213,5 +213,9 @@
   "instance_var": {
     "type": "string",
     "default" : "NODE_APP_INSTANCE"
+},
+  "windowsHide": {
+    "type": "boolean",
+    "default" : true
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/God/ForkMode.js b/lib/God/ForkMode.js
index 870519962..d5ac57bcb 100644
--- a/lib/God/ForkMode.js
+++ b/lib/God/ForkMode.js
@@ -90,11 +90,17 @@ module.exports = function ForkMode(God) {
         return cb(err);
       };
 
+      var windowsHide;
+      if (typeof(pm2_env.windowsHide) === "boolean") {
+        windowsHide = pm2_env.windowsHide;
+      } else {
+        windowsHide = true;
+      }
       try {
         var cspr = spawn(command, args, {
           env      : pm2_env,
           detached : true,
-          windowsHide: true,
+          windowsHide: windowsHide,
           cwd      : pm2_env.pm_cwd || process.cwd(),
           stdio    : ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe', 'ipc'] //Same as fork() in node core
         });