diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/Gui/AppStartGui.cpp b/src/Mod/Start/Gui/AppStartGui.cpp
index 72a89dfcfd..b2cd79f1df 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/Gui/AppStartGui.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/Gui/AppStartGui.cpp
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ PyMOD_INIT_FUNC(StartGui)
 
     // register preferences pages
     new Gui::PrefPageProducer<StartGui::DlgStartPreferencesImp> (QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("QObject", "Start"));
+    new Gui::PrefPageProducer<StartGui::DlgStartPreferencesAdvancedImp> (QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("QObject", "Start"));
 
     // instantiating the commands
     CreateStartCommands();
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/Gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Mod/Start/Gui/CMakeLists.txt
index fc1c86391b..7140934b15 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/Gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/Gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ set(StartGui_LIBS
 
 set(StartGui_UIC_SRCS
     DlgStartPreferences.ui
+    DlgStartPreferencesAdvanced.ui
 )
 
 set (Start_TR_QRC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Resources/Start_translation.qrc)
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ SET(StartGui_SRCS
     ${Start_QRC_SRCS}
     ${StartGui_UIC_SRCS}
     DlgStartPreferences.ui
+    DlgStartPreferencesAdvanced.ui
     DlgStartPreferencesImp.cpp
     DlgStartPreferencesImp.h
     AppStartGui.cpp
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/Gui/DlgStartPreferences.ui b/src/Mod/Start/Gui/DlgStartPreferences.ui
index a88215a6db..032a8fc33c 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/Gui/DlgStartPreferences.ui
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/Gui/DlgStartPreferences.ui
@@ -11,31 +11,9 @@
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
-   <string>Start page options</string>
+   <string>General</string>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
-   <item>
-    <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_2">
-     <property name="title">
-      <string>Start page template</string>
-     </property>
-     <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
-      <item>
-       <widget class="Gui::PrefFileChooser" name="fileChooser_1" native="true">
-        <property name="toolTip">
-         <string>An optional HTML template that will be used instead of the default start page.</string>
-        </property>
-        <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">
-         <cstring>Template</cstring>
-        </property>
-        <property name="prefPath" stdset="0">
-         <cstring>Mod/Start</cstring>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-     </layout>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_3">
      <property name="title">
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/Gui/DlgStartPreferencesAdvanced.ui b/src/Mod/Start/Gui/DlgStartPreferencesAdvanced.ui
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb373c18a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/Gui/DlgStartPreferencesAdvanced.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ui version="4.0">
+ <class>DlgStartPreferencesAdvanced</class>
+ <widget class="QWidget" name="DlgStartPreferencesAdvanced">
+  <property name="geometry">
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>548</width>
+    <height>896</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle">
+   <string>Advanced</string>
+  </property>
+  <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_2">
+     <property name="title">
+      <string>Custom HTML Template</string>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
+      <item>
+       <widget class="Gui::PrefFileChooser" name="templateFileChooser" native="true">
+        <property name="toolTip">
+         <string>An optional HTML template that will be used instead of the default start page.</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">
+         <cstring>Template</cstring>
+        </property>
+        <property name="prefPath" stdset="0">
+         <cstring>Mod/Start</cstring>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox">
+     <property name="title">
+      <string>Custom CSS</string>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can paste your custom CSS here and the Start Page will apply it for you. To learn more about how you can style the Start Page, take a look at the HTML and CSS sources:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/blob/master/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; text-decoration: underline; color:#1d99f3;&quot;&gt;https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/blob/master/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/blob/master/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.css&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; text-decoration: underline; color:#1d99f3;&quot;&gt;https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/blob/master/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.css&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="wordWrap">
+         <bool>true</bool>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="Gui::PrefTextEdit" name="customCSSTextEdit">
+        <property name="acceptRichText">
+         <bool>false</bool>
+        </property>
+        <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">
+         <cstring>CustomCSS</cstring>
+        </property>
+        <property name="prefPath" stdset="0">
+         <cstring>Mod/Start</cstring>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+  </layout>
+ </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>Gui::PrefFileChooser</class>
+   <extends>QWidget</extends>
+   <header>Gui/PrefWidgets.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>Gui::PrefTextEdit</class>
+   <extends>QWidget</extends>
+   <header>Gui/PrefWidgets.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
+ <resources/>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/Gui/DlgStartPreferencesImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Start/Gui/DlgStartPreferencesImp.cpp
index eab8120c2b..efe2bf6169 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/Gui/DlgStartPreferencesImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/Gui/DlgStartPreferencesImp.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include "DlgStartPreferencesImp.h"
 #include "ui_DlgStartPreferences.h"
+#include "ui_DlgStartPreferencesAdvanced.h"
 
 
 using namespace StartGui;
@@ -33,9 +34,9 @@ using namespace StartGui;
 /**
  *  Constructs a DlgStartPreferencesImp which is a child of 'parent'
  */
-DlgStartPreferencesImp::DlgStartPreferencesImp( QWidget* parent )
-  : PreferencePage( parent )
-  , ui(new Ui_DlgStartPreferences)
+DlgStartPreferencesImp::DlgStartPreferencesImp(QWidget* parent)
+    : PreferencePage(parent)
+    , ui(new Ui_DlgStartPreferences)
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
 
@@ -55,8 +56,10 @@ DlgStartPreferencesImp::DlgStartPreferencesImp( QWidget* parent )
         menuText[text] = it;
     }
 
-    {   // add special workbench to selection
-        QPixmap px = Gui::Application::Instance->workbenchIcon(QString::fromLatin1("NoneWorkbench"));
+    // add special workbench to selection
+    {
+        QPixmap px =
+            Gui::Application::Instance->workbenchIcon(QString::fromLatin1("NoneWorkbench"));
         QString key = QString::fromLatin1("<last>");
         QString value = QString::fromLatin1("$LastModule");
         if (px.isNull()) {
@@ -69,12 +72,13 @@ DlgStartPreferencesImp::DlgStartPreferencesImp( QWidget* parent )
 
     for (QMap<QString, QString>::Iterator it = menuText.begin(); it != menuText.end(); ++it) {
         QPixmap px = Gui::Application::Instance->workbenchIcon(it.value());
-        if (px.isNull())
+        if (px.isNull()) {
             ui->AutoloadModuleCombo->addItem(it.key(), QVariant(it.value()));
-        else
+        }
+        else {
             ui->AutoloadModuleCombo->addItem(px, it.key(), QVariant(it.value()));
+        }
     }
-
 }
 
 /**
@@ -87,8 +91,9 @@ void DlgStartPreferencesImp::saveSettings()
     int index = ui->AutoloadModuleCombo->currentIndex();
     QVariant data = ui->AutoloadModuleCombo->itemData(index);
     QString startWbName = data.toString();
-    App::GetApplication().GetParameterGroupByPath("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start")->
-                          SetASCII("AutoloadModule", startWbName.toLatin1());
+    App::GetApplication()
+        .GetParameterGroupByPath("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start")
+        ->SetASCII("AutoloadModule", startWbName.toLatin1());
     ui->colorButton_1->onSave();
     ui->colorButton_2->onSave();
     ui->colorButton_3->onSave();
@@ -96,7 +101,6 @@ void DlgStartPreferencesImp::saveSettings()
     ui->colorButton_5->onSave();
     ui->colorButton_6->onSave();
     ui->colorButton_7->onSave();
-    ui->fileChooser_1->onSave();
     ui->fileChooser_2->onSave();
     ui->fileChooser_3->onSave();
     ui->radioButton_1->onSave();
@@ -118,8 +122,9 @@ void DlgStartPreferencesImp::saveSettings()
 void DlgStartPreferencesImp::loadSettings()
 {
     std::string start = App::Application::Config()["StartWorkbench"];
-    start = App::GetApplication().GetParameterGroupByPath("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start")->
-                                  GetASCII("AutoloadModule", start.c_str());
+    start = App::GetApplication()
+                .GetParameterGroupByPath("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start")
+                ->GetASCII("AutoloadModule", start.c_str());
     QString startWbName = QLatin1String(start.c_str());
     ui->AutoloadModuleCombo->setCurrentIndex(ui->AutoloadModuleCombo->findData(startWbName));
     ui->colorButton_1->onRestore();
@@ -129,7 +134,6 @@ void DlgStartPreferencesImp::loadSettings()
     ui->colorButton_5->onRestore();
     ui->colorButton_6->onRestore();
     ui->colorButton_7->onRestore();
-    ui->fileChooser_1->onRestore();
     ui->fileChooser_2->onRestore();
     ui->fileChooser_3->onRestore();
     ui->radioButton_1->onRestore();
@@ -151,7 +155,48 @@ void DlgStartPreferencesImp::loadSettings()
 /**
  * Sets the strings of the subwidgets using the current language.
  */
-void DlgStartPreferencesImp::changeEvent(QEvent *ev)
+void DlgStartPreferencesImp::changeEvent(QEvent* ev)
+{
+    if (ev->type() == QEvent::LanguageChange) {
+        ui->retranslateUi(this);
+    }
+    else {
+        Gui::Dialog::PreferencePage::changeEvent(ev);
+    }
+}
+
+
+/**
+ *  Constructs a DlgStartPreferencesAdvancedImp which is a child of 'parent'
+ */
+DlgStartPreferencesAdvancedImp::DlgStartPreferencesAdvancedImp(QWidget* parent)
+    : PreferencePage(parent)
+    , ui(new Ui_DlgStartPreferencesAdvanced)
+{
+    ui->setupUi(this);
+}
+
+/**
+ *  Destroys the object and frees any allocated resources
+ */
+DlgStartPreferencesAdvancedImp::~DlgStartPreferencesAdvancedImp() = default;
+
+void DlgStartPreferencesAdvancedImp::saveSettings()
+{
+    ui->templateFileChooser->onSave();
+    ui->customCSSTextEdit->onSave();
+}
+
+void DlgStartPreferencesAdvancedImp::loadSettings()
+{
+    ui->templateFileChooser->onRestore();
+    ui->customCSSTextEdit->onRestore();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sets the strings of the subwidgets using the current language.
+ */
+void DlgStartPreferencesAdvancedImp::changeEvent(QEvent* ev)
 {
     if (ev->type() == QEvent::LanguageChange) {
         ui->retranslateUi(this);
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/Gui/DlgStartPreferencesImp.h b/src/Mod/Start/Gui/DlgStartPreferencesImp.h
index 391e5c3bd9..83cfeade92 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/Gui/DlgStartPreferencesImp.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/Gui/DlgStartPreferencesImp.h
@@ -23,29 +23,48 @@
 #ifndef STARTGUI_DLGSTARTPREFERENCESIMP_H
 #define STARTGUI_DLGSTARTPREFERENCESIMP_H
 
-#include <memory>
 #include <Gui/PropertyPage.h>
+#include <memory>
 
 
 class Ui_DlgStartPreferences;
-namespace StartGui {
-    class DlgStartPreferencesImp : public Gui::Dialog::PreferencePage
-    {
-        Q_OBJECT
+class Ui_DlgStartPreferencesAdvanced;
+namespace StartGui
+{
+class DlgStartPreferencesImp: public Gui::Dialog::PreferencePage
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
 
-    public:
-        explicit DlgStartPreferencesImp( QWidget* parent = nullptr );
-        ~DlgStartPreferencesImp() override;
+public:
+    explicit DlgStartPreferencesImp(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
+    ~DlgStartPreferencesImp() override;
 
-    protected:
-        void saveSettings() override;
-        void loadSettings() override;
-        void changeEvent(QEvent *e) override;
+protected:
+    void saveSettings() override;
+    void loadSettings() override;
+    void changeEvent(QEvent* e) override;
 
-    private:
-        std::unique_ptr<Ui_DlgStartPreferences> ui;
-    };
+private:
+    std::unique_ptr<Ui_DlgStartPreferences> ui;
+};
 
-} // namespace StartGui
+class DlgStartPreferencesAdvancedImp: public Gui::Dialog::PreferencePage
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
 
-#endif // STARTGUI_DLGSTARTPREFERENCESIMP_H
+public:
+    explicit DlgStartPreferencesAdvancedImp(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
+    ~DlgStartPreferencesAdvancedImp() override;
+
+protected:
+    void saveSettings() override;
+    void loadSettings() override;
+    void changeEvent(QEvent* e) override;
+
+private:
+    std::unique_ptr<Ui_DlgStartPreferencesAdvanced> ui;
+};
+
+}// namespace StartGui
+
+#endif// STARTGUI_DLGSTARTPREFERENCESIMP_H
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.html b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.html
index e852d2b616..943b4cbd0c 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.html
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.html
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
     <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
     <script>JS</script>
     <style>
-        CSS
+        DEFAULT_CSS
+        CUSTOM_CSS
     </style>
     <!--QSS-->
 </head>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
index f02928d392..11ba83e8d0 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ def handle():
     with open(css_filename, 'r') as f:
         CSS = f.read()
     HTML = HTML.replace("JS",JS)
-    HTML = HTML.replace("CSS",CSS)
+    HTML = HTML.replace("DEFAULT_CSS",CSS)
+    HTML = HTML.replace("CUSTOM_CSS",FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start").GetString("CustomCSS","").replace("\n",""))
 
     # set the language