diff --git a/Settings.ui b/Settings.ui
index 391d0e1..6e37185 100644
--- a/Settings.ui
+++ b/Settings.ui
@@ -1656,6 +1656,11 @@
     <property name="step_increment">10</property>
     <property name="page_increment">100</property>
   </object>
+  <object class="GtkAdjustment" id="intellihide_enable_hide_delay_adjustment">
+    <property name="upper">10000</property>
+    <property name="step_increment">10</property>
+    <property name="page_increment">100</property>
+  </object>
   <object class="GtkAdjustment" id="intellihide_pressure_threshold_adjustment">
     <property name="lower">1</property>
     <property name="upper">9990</property>
@@ -2126,6 +2131,54 @@
                 </child>
               </object>
             </child>
+            <child>
+              <object class="GtkListBoxRow" id="listboxrow_intellihide_enable_start_delay">
+                <property name="visible">True</property>
+                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                <child>
+                  <object class="GtkGrid" id="grid_intellihide_enable_start_delay">
+                    <property name="visible">True</property>
+                    <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                    <property name="margin_left">12</property>
+                    <property name="margin_right">12</property>
+                    <property name="margin_top">12</property>
+                    <property name="margin_bottom">12</property>
+                    <property name="row_spacing">12</property>
+                    <property name="column_spacing">32</property>
+                    <child>
+                      <object class="GtkLabel" id="intellihide_enable_start_delay_label">
+                        <property name="visible">True</property>
+                        <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                        <property name="hexpand">True</property>
+                        <property name="label" translatable="yes">Delay before enabling intellihide on start (ms)</property>
+                        <property name="use_markup">True</property>
+                        <property name="xalign">0</property>
+                      </object>
+                      <packing>
+                        <property name="left_attach">0</property>
+                        <property name="top_attach">0</property>
+                      </packing>
+                    </child>
+                    <child>
+                      <object class="GtkSpinButton" id="intellihide_enable_start_delay_spinbutton">
+                        <property name="visible">True</property>
+                        <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                        <property name="halign">end</property>
+                        <property name="width_chars">4</property>
+                        <property name="text">10</property>
+                        <property name="adjustment">intellihide_enable_hide_delay_adjustment</property>
+                        <property name="numeric">True</property>
+                        <property name="value">10</property>
+                      </object>
+                      <packing>
+                        <property name="left_attach">1</property>
+                        <property name="top_attach">0</property>
+                      </packing>
+                    </child>
+                  </object>
+                </child>
+              </object>
+            </child>
           </object>
         </child>
       </object>
diff --git a/panel.js b/panel.js
index 212198a..4ad183b 100644
--- a/panel.js
+++ b/panel.js
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ var dtpPanel = Utils.defineClass({
         if(this.taskbar._showAppsIconWrapper)
             this.taskbar._showAppsIconWrapper._dtpPanel = this;
 
-        this.startIntellihideId = Mainloop.timeout_add(2000, () => {
+        this.startIntellihideId = Mainloop.timeout_add(Me.settings.get_int('intellihide-enable-start-delay'), () => {
             this.startIntellihideId = 0;
             this.intellihide = new Intellihide.Intellihide(this);
         });
diff --git a/prefs.js b/prefs.js
index 489edca..73ac126 100644
--- a/prefs.js
+++ b/prefs.js
@@ -821,6 +821,11 @@ const Settings = new Lang.Class({
             this._settings.set_int('intellihide-close-delay', widget.get_value());
         }));
 
+        this._builder.get_object('intellihide_enable_start_delay_spinbutton').set_value(this._settings.get_int('intellihide-enable-start-delay'));
+        this._builder.get_object('intellihide_enable_start_delay_spinbutton').connect('value-changed', Lang.bind (this, function(widget) {
+            this._settings.set_int('intellihide-enable-start-delay', widget.get_value());
+        }));
+
         this._builder.get_object('intellihide_options_button').connect('clicked', Lang.bind(this, function() {
             let dialog = new Gtk.Dialog({ title: _('Intellihide options'),
                                           transient_for: this.widget.get_toplevel(),
@@ -856,6 +861,9 @@ const Settings = new Lang.Class({
 
                     this._settings.set_value('intellihide-close-delay', this._settings.get_default_value('intellihide-close-delay'));
                     this._builder.get_object('intellihide_close_delay_spinbutton').set_value(this._settings.get_int('intellihide-close-delay'));
+
+                    this._settings.set_value('intellihide-enable-start-delay', this._settings.get_default_value('intellihide-enable-start-delay'));
+                    this._builder.get_object('intellihide_enable_start_delay_spinbutton').set_value(this._settings.get_int('intellihide-enable-start-delay'));
                 } else {
                     // remove the settings box so it doesn't get destroyed;
                     dialog.get_content_area().remove(box);
diff --git a/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-panel.gschema.xml b/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-panel.gschema.xml
index f0e20f9..90c7c9f 100644
--- a/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-panel.gschema.xml
+++ b/schemas/org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-panel.gschema.xml
@@ -340,6 +340,11 @@
       <summary>Keybinding toggle intellihide</summary>
       <description>Keybinding to reveal the panel while in intellihide mode</description>
     </key>
+    <key type="i" name="intellihide-enable-start-delay">
+      <default>2000</default>
+      <summary>Intellihide enable start delay</summary>
+      <description>The delay before enabling intellihide on start</description>
+    </key>
     <key type="b" name="show-show-apps-button">
       <default>true</default>
       <summary>Show applications button</summary>