diff --git a/packages/parity-electron/README.md b/packages/parity-electron/README.md
index 3f6e24e9ca75e364d4f961afb2c4d43924479fbf..f88909a69d72e400f6e4bcfb57ef3d2e25204d4b 100644
--- a/packages/parity-electron/README.md
+++ b/packages/parity-electron/README.md
@@ -57,13 +57,14 @@ Returns the path to the Parity path inside Electron's `userData` folder, even if
 
 Resolves to `true` if Parity is currently running, or to `false` if not.
 
-#### `runParity(onParityError: Function): Promise<Null>`
+#### `runParity(additionalFlags: Array<String>, onParityError: Function): Promise<Null>`
 
 Spawns a child process to run Parity. If some `cli` flags are passed into the options in `parityElectron`, then those flags will be passed down to Parity itself.
 
-| Option          | Type       | Description                                                        |
-| --------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| `onParityError` | `Function` | Callback with `error` as argument when Parity encounters an error. |
+| Option            | Type            | Description                                                                                   |
+| ----------------- | --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `additionalFlasg` | `Array<String>` | Addtional flags to pass to Parity, listed as an array, to be passed to `child_process.spawn`. |
+| `onParityError`   | `Function`      | Callback with `error` as argument when Parity encounters an error.                            |
 
 #### `killParity(): Promise<Null>`
 
diff --git a/packages/parity-electron/src/runParity.js b/packages/parity-electron/src/runParity.js
index 38c2528cfab3602f93b61bc3298eb063d203765e..cd2f277a1f4a3a75ada6ca0ac2c5caee8b268374 100644
--- a/packages/parity-electron/src/runParity.js
+++ b/packages/parity-electron/src/runParity.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const catchableErrors = [
   'IO error: While lock file:'
 ];
 
-export const runParity = async onParityError => {
+export const runParity = async (additionalFlags, onParityError) => {
   // Do not run parity with --no-run-parity
   if (cli.runParity === false) {
     return;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const runParity = async onParityError => {
   let logLastLine; // Always contains last line of the Parity logs
 
   // Run an instance of parity with the correct args
-  const args = [...parityArgv(), '--light'];
+  const args = [...parityArgv(), ...additionalFlags];
   parity = spawn(parityPath, args);
   logger()('@parity/electron:main')(logCommand(parityPath, args));