diff --git a/src/ubuntu/install/brave/install_brave.sh b/src/ubuntu/install/brave/install_brave.sh
index d9ea0ae..60deb2e 100644
--- a/src/ubuntu/install/brave/install_brave.sh
+++ b/src/ubuntu/install/brave/install_brave.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@ cat >/usr/bin/brave-browser <<EOL
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 sed -i 's/"exited_cleanly":false/"exited_cleanly":true/' ~/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Preferences
 sed -i 's/"exit_type":"Crashed"/"exit_type":"None"/' ~/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Preferences
-/opt/brave.com/brave/brave-browser ${CHROME_ARGS} "\$@"
+if [ -f /opt/VirtualGL/bin/vglrun ] && [ ! -z "\${KASM_EGL_CARD}" ] && [ ! -z "\${KASM_RENDERD}" ] && [ -O "\${KASM_RENDERD}" ] && [ -O "\${KASM_EGL_CARD}" ] ; then
+    echo "Starting Brave with GPU Acceleration on EGL device \${KASM_EGL_CARD}"
+    vglrun -d "\${KASM_EGL_CARD}" /opt/brave.com/brave/brave-browser ${CHROME_ARGS} "\$@" 
+else
+    echo "Starting Brave"
+    /opt/brave.com/brave/brave-browser ${CHROME_ARGS} "\$@"
+fi
 EOL
 chmod +x /usr/bin/brave-browser
 cp /usr/bin/brave-browser /usr/bin/brave
diff --git a/src/ubuntu/install/edge/install_edge.sh b/src/ubuntu/install/edge/install_edge.sh
index 55338c7..20e0b1f 100644
--- a/src/ubuntu/install/edge/install_edge.sh
+++ b/src/ubuntu/install/edge/install_edge.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,13 @@ cat >/usr/bin/microsoft-edge-dev <<EOL
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 sed -i 's/"exited_cleanly":false/"exited_cleanly":true/' ~/.config/microsoft-edge-dev/Default/Preferences
 sed -i 's/"exit_type":"Crashed"/"exit_type":"None"/' ~/.config/microsoft-edge-dev/Default/Preferences
-/opt/microsoft/msedge-dev/microsoft-edge ${CHROME_ARGS} "\$@"
+if [ -f /opt/VirtualGL/bin/vglrun ] && [ ! -z "\${KASM_EGL_CARD}" ] && [ ! -z "\${KASM_RENDERD}" ] && [ -O "\${KASM_RENDERD}" ] && [ -O "\${KASM_EGL_CARD}" ] ; then
+    echo "Starting Edge with GPU Acceleration on EGL device \${KASM_EGL_CARD}"
+    vglrun -d "\${KASM_EGL_CARD}" /opt/microsoft/msedge-dev/microsoft-edge ${CHROME_ARGS} "\$@" 
+else
+    echo "Starting Edge"
+    /opt/microsoft/msedge-dev/microsoft-edge ${CHROME_ARGS} "\$@"
+fi
 EOL
 chmod +x /usr/bin/microsoft-edge-dev
 
diff --git a/src/ubuntu/install/firefox/custom_startup.sh b/src/ubuntu/install/firefox/custom_startup.sh
index 4a6d0a3..b283439 100644
--- a/src/ubuntu/install/firefox/custom_startup.sh
+++ b/src/ubuntu/install/firefox/custom_startup.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ done
 
 FORCE=$2
 
+# run with vgl if GPU is available
+if [ -f /opt/VirtualGL/bin/vglrun ] && [ ! -z "${KASM_EGL_CARD}" ] && [ ! -z "${KASM_RENDERD}" ] && [ -O "${KASM_RENDERD}" ] && [ -O "${KASM_EGL_CARD}" ] ; then
+    START_COMMAND="/opt/VirtualGL/bin/vglrun -d ${KASM_EGL_CARD} $START_COMMAND"
+fi
+
 kasm_exec() {
     if [ -n "$OPT_URL" ] ; then
         URL=$OPT_URL