diff --git a/release/bin/blender-launcher b/release/bin/blender-launcher
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..521e2c82199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/bin/blender-launcher
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+BF_DIST_BIN=$(dirname "$0")
+BF_PROGRAM="blender"
+
+# Add own lib folder first, because Steam or other environments may set an
+# LD_LIBRARY_PATH that has priority over the runpath in the Blender excutable,
+# but contains incompatible libraries.
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${BF_DIST_BIN}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
+
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+
+exec "$BF_DIST_BIN/$BF_PROGRAM" ${1+"$@"}
diff --git a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt b/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
index 51907636809..6739511f71a 100644
--- a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -643,6 +643,7 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 
       install(
         PROGRAMS
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/bin/blender-launcher
         ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/bin/blender-softwaregl
         DESTINATION "."
       )
diff --git a/tools/check_blender_release/check_static_binaries.py b/tools/check_blender_release/check_static_binaries.py
index 2015452d99f..14eb15cf1e0 100644
--- a/tools/check_blender_release/check_static_binaries.py
+++ b/tools/check_blender_release/check_static_binaries.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ ALLOWED_LIBS = (
     "libfreetype.so",
 )
 
-IGNORE_FILES = ("blender-softwaregl", )
+IGNORE_FILES = ("blender-launcher", "blender-softwaregl", )
 IGNORE_EXTENSION = (".sh", ".py", )