diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d79f8c9c2..d77657086 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 - Bugfix: Notifications for moderators about other moderators deleting messages can now be disabled. (#3121)
 - Bugfix: Moderation mode and active filters are now preserved when opening a split as a popup. (#3113, #3130)
 - Bugfix: Fixed a bug that caused all badge highlights to use the same color. (#3132, #3134)
+- Bugfix: Allow starting Streamlink from Chatterino when running as a Flatpak. (#3178)
 - Dev: Renamed CMake's build option `USE_SYSTEM_QT5KEYCHAIN` to `USE_SYSTEM_QTKEYCHAIN`. (#3103)
 - Dev: Add benchmarks that can be compiled with the `BUILD_BENCHMARKS` CMake flag. Off by default. (#3038)
 
diff --git a/src/common/Version.cpp b/src/common/Version.cpp
index aa8639dce..67a3bb477 100644
--- a/src/common/Version.cpp
+++ b/src/common/Version.cpp
@@ -71,4 +71,9 @@ const bool &Version::isSupportedOS() const
     return this->isSupportedOS_;
 }
 
+bool Version::isFlatpak() const
+{
+    return QFileInfo::exists("/.flatpak-info");
+}
+
 }  // namespace chatterino
diff --git a/src/common/Version.hpp b/src/common/Version.hpp
index 1a858c0ea..967363358 100644
--- a/src/common/Version.hpp
+++ b/src/common/Version.hpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public:
     const QString &dateOfBuild() const;
     const QString &fullVersion() const;
     const bool &isSupportedOS() const;
+    bool isFlatpak() const;
 
 private:
     Version();
diff --git a/src/singletons/Updates.cpp b/src/singletons/Updates.cpp
index 5751b59cc..cf32b30ff 100644
--- a/src/singletons/Updates.cpp
+++ b/src/singletons/Updates.cpp
@@ -232,7 +232,9 @@ void Updates::installUpdates()
 
 void Updates::checkForUpdates()
 {
-    if (!Version::instance().isSupportedOS())
+    auto version = Version::instance();
+
+    if (!version.isSupportedOS())
     {
         qCDebug(chatterinoUpdate)
             << "Update checking disabled because OS doesn't appear to be one "
@@ -241,7 +243,7 @@ void Updates::checkForUpdates()
     }
 
     // Disable updates on Flatpak
-    if (QFileInfo::exists("/.flatpak-info"))
+    if (version.isFlatpak())
     {
         return;
     }
diff --git a/src/util/StreamLink.cpp b/src/util/StreamLink.cpp
index b631cad51..8b61ca9d7 100644
--- a/src/util/StreamLink.cpp
+++ b/src/util/StreamLink.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QProcess>
 #include "common/QLogging.hpp"
+#include "common/Version.hpp"
 
 #include <functional>
 
@@ -35,18 +36,6 @@ namespace {
 #endif
     }
 
-    QString getStreamlinkProgram()
-    {
-        if (getSettings()->streamlinkUseCustomPath)
-        {
-            return getSettings()->streamlinkPath + "/" + getBinaryName();
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            return getBinaryName();
-        }
-    }
-
     bool checkStreamlinkPath(const QString &path)
     {
         QFileInfo fileinfo(path);
@@ -83,7 +72,27 @@ namespace {
     QProcess *createStreamlinkProcess()
     {
         auto p = new QProcess;
-        p->setProgram(getStreamlinkProgram());
+
+        const QString path = [] {
+            if (getSettings()->streamlinkUseCustomPath)
+            {
+                return getSettings()->streamlinkPath + "/" + getBinaryName();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return QString{getBinaryName()};
+            }
+        }();
+
+        if (Version::instance().isFlatpak())
+        {
+            p->setProgram("flatpak-spawn");
+            p->setArguments({"--host", path});
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            p->setProgram(path);
+        }
 
         QObject::connect(p, &QProcess::errorOccurred, [=](auto err) {
             if (err == QProcess::FailedToStart)
@@ -165,7 +174,8 @@ void getStreamQualities(const QString &channelURL,
             }
         });
 
-    p->setArguments({channelURL, "--default-stream=KKona"});
+    p->setArguments(p->arguments() +
+                    QStringList{channelURL, "--default-stream=KKona"});
 
     p->start();
 }
@@ -173,7 +183,9 @@ void getStreamQualities(const QString &channelURL,
 void openStreamlink(const QString &channelURL, const QString &quality,
                     QStringList extraArguments)
 {
-    QStringList arguments = extraArguments << channelURL << quality;
+    auto proc = createStreamlinkProcess();
+    auto arguments = proc->arguments()
+                     << extraArguments << channelURL << quality;
 
     // Remove empty arguments before appending additional streamlink options
     // as the options might purposely contain empty arguments
@@ -182,7 +194,8 @@ void openStreamlink(const QString &channelURL, const QString &quality,
     QString additionalOptions = getSettings()->streamlinkOpts.getValue();
     arguments << splitCommand(additionalOptions);
 
-    bool res = QProcess::startDetached(getStreamlinkProgram(), arguments);
+    proc->setArguments(std::move(arguments));
+    bool res = proc->startDetached();
 
     if (!res)
     {