diff --git a/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml b/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml
index d1c48860..9470bdca 100644
--- a/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ Singleton {
     property bool soundNewNotification: true
     property bool soundVolumeChanged: true
     property bool soundPluggedIn: true
+    property bool soundLogin: false
 
     property int acMonitorTimeout: 0
     property int acLockTimeout: 0
diff --git a/quickshell/Common/settings/SettingsSpec.js b/quickshell/Common/settings/SettingsSpec.js
index 803124c5..c0dcda7d 100644
--- a/quickshell/Common/settings/SettingsSpec.js
+++ b/quickshell/Common/settings/SettingsSpec.js
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ var SPEC = {
 
     soundsEnabled: { def: true },
     useSystemSoundTheme: { def: false },
+    soundLogin: { def: false },
     soundNewNotification: { def: true },
     soundVolumeChanged: { def: true },
     soundPluggedIn: { def: true },
diff --git a/quickshell/DMSShell.qml b/quickshell/DMSShell.qml
index bf436f85..df3cbb82 100644
--- a/quickshell/DMSShell.qml
+++ b/quickshell/DMSShell.qml
@@ -221,10 +221,22 @@ Item {
         }
     }
 
+    Timer {
+        id: loginSoundTimer
+        // Half a second delay before playing login sound, otherwise the sound may be cut off
+        // 50 is the minimum that seems to work, but 500 is safer
+        interval: 500
+        repeat: false
+        onTriggered: {
+            AudioService.playLoginSoundIfApplicable();
+        }
+    }
+
     Component.onCompleted: {
         dockRecreateDebounce.start();
         // Force PolkitService singleton to initialize
         PolkitService.polkitAvailable;
+        loginSoundTimer.start();
     }
 
     Loader {
diff --git a/quickshell/Modules/Settings/SoundsTab.qml b/quickshell/Modules/Settings/SoundsTab.qml
index 7201f89f..a8e9958f 100644
--- a/quickshell/Modules/Settings/SoundsTab.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Modules/Settings/SoundsTab.qml
@@ -91,6 +91,16 @@ Item {
                         visible: AudioService.gsettingsAvailable
                     }
 
+                    SettingsToggleRow {
+                        tab: "sounds"
+                        tags: ["sound", "login", "startup", "boot"]
+                        settingKey: "soundLogin"
+                        text: I18n.tr("Login")
+                        description: I18n.tr("Play sound after logging in")
+                        checked: SettingsData.soundLogin
+                        onToggled: checked => SettingsData.set("soundLogin", checked)
+                    }
+
                     SettingsToggleRow {
                         tab: "sounds"
                         tags: ["sound", "notification", "new"]
diff --git a/quickshell/Services/AudioService.qml b/quickshell/Services/AudioService.qml
index a1eabcc5..015fedc3 100644
--- a/quickshell/Services/AudioService.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Services/AudioService.qml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Singleton {
     property var powerUnplugSound: null
     property var normalNotificationSound: null
     property var criticalNotificationSound: null
+    property var loginSound: null
     property real notificationsVolume: 1.0
     property bool notificationsAudioMuted: false
 
@@ -67,6 +68,16 @@ Singleton {
         }
     }
 
+    // Used in playLoginSoundIfApplicable()
+    Process {
+        id: loginSoundChecker
+        onExited: (exitCode) => {
+            if (exitCode === 0) {
+                playLoginSound();
+            }
+    }
+}
+
     function getAvailableSinks() {
         const hidden = SessionData.hiddenOutputDeviceNames ?? [];
         return Pipewire.nodes.values.filter(node => node.audio && node.isSink && !node.isStream && !hidden.includes(node.name));
@@ -395,7 +406,7 @@ EOFCONFIG
         const themesToSearch = themeName !== "freedesktop" ? `${themeName} freedesktop` : themeName;
 
         const script = `
-            for event_key in audio-volume-change power-plug power-unplug message message-new-instant; do
+            for event_key in audio-volume-change power-plug power-unplug message message-new-instant desktop-login; do
                 found=0
 
                 case "$event_key" in
@@ -457,7 +468,8 @@ EOFCONFIG
             "power-plug": "../assets/sounds/plasma/power-plug.wav",
             "power-unplug": "../assets/sounds/plasma/power-unplug.wav",
             "message": "../assets/sounds/freedesktop/message.wav",
-            "message-new-instant": "../assets/sounds/freedesktop/message-new-instant.wav"
+            "message-new-instant": "../assets/sounds/freedesktop/message-new-instant.wav",
+            "desktop-login": "../assets/sounds/freedesktop/desktop-login.wav"
         };
 
         const specialConditions = {
@@ -551,6 +563,10 @@ EOFCONFIG
             criticalNotificationSound.destroy();
             criticalNotificationSound = null;
         }
+        if (loginSound) {
+            loginSound.destroy();
+            loginSound = null;
+        }
     }
 
     function createSoundPlayers() {
@@ -622,6 +638,19 @@ EOFCONFIG
                     }
                 }
             `, root, "AudioService.CriticalNotificationSound");
+
+            const loginPath = getSoundPath("desktop-login");
+            loginSound = Qt.createQmlObject(`
+                import QtQuick
+                import QtMultimedia
+                MediaPlayer {
+                    source: "${loginPath}"
+                    audioOutput: AudioOutput {
+                        ${deviceProperty}volume: notificationsVolume
+                    }
+                }
+            `, root, "AudioService.LoginSound");
+
         } catch (e) {
             console.warn("AudioService: Error creating sound players:", e);
         }
@@ -661,6 +690,31 @@ EOFCONFIG
         criticalNotificationSound.play();
     }
 
+    function playLoginSound() {
+        if (!soundsAvailable || !loginSound || notificationsAudioMuted || isMediaPlaying()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        loginSound.play();
+    }
+
+    function playLoginSoundIfApplicable() {
+        if (SettingsData.soundsEnabled && SettingsData.soundLogin && !notificationsAudioMuted) {
+            // plays login sound on session start, but only if a specific file doesn't exist,
+            // to prevent it from playing on every DMS restart during the session
+            const runtimeDir = Quickshell.env("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR");
+            const sessionId = Quickshell.env("XDG_SESSION_ID") || "0";
+
+            if (!runtimeDir) return;
+
+            const loginFile = `${runtimeDir}/danklinux.login-${sessionId}`;
+
+            // if file doesn't exist, touch it (0)
+            // If it exists, do nothing (1)
+            loginSoundChecker.command = ["sh", "-c", `[ ! -f ${loginFile} ] && touch ${loginFile}`];
+            loginSoundChecker.running = true;
+        }
+    }
+
     function playVolumeChangeSoundIfEnabled() {
         if (SettingsData.soundsEnabled && SettingsData.soundVolumeChanged && !notificationsAudioMuted) {
             playVolumeChangeSound();
diff --git a/quickshell/assets/sounds/freedesktop/desktop-login.oga b/quickshell/assets/sounds/freedesktop/desktop-login.oga
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7da8e96
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diff --git a/quickshell/assets/sounds/freedesktop/desktop-login.wav b/quickshell/assets/sounds/freedesktop/desktop-login.wav
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5112489
Binary files /dev/null and b/quickshell/assets/sounds/freedesktop/desktop-login.wav differ
diff --git a/quickshell/translations/settings_search_index.json b/quickshell/translations/settings_search_index.json
index 37f56a67..749fc4ae 100644
--- a/quickshell/translations/settings_search_index.json
+++ b/quickshell/translations/settings_search_index.json
@@ -5101,6 +5101,26 @@
     ],
     "description": "Play sounds for system events"
   },
+  {
+    "section": "soundLogin",
+    "label": "Login",
+    "tabIndex": 15,
+    "category": "Sounds",
+    "keywords": [
+      "after",
+      "audio",
+      "boot",
+      "effects",
+      "logging",
+      "login",
+      "play",
+      "sfx",
+      "sound",
+      "sounds",
+      "startup"
+    ],
+    "description": "Play sound after logging in"
+  },
   {
     "section": "soundNewNotification",
     "label": "New Notification",