diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 0d0af98457..0660ad52b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ This file documents all notable changes to https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy[IDE
 
 Release with new features and bugfixes:
 
+* https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/788[#788]: Add support for IDE_OPTIONS variable per IDE commandlet
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/2313[#2313]: Fix python installation failing with wired behaviour
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/2168[#2168]: Add support for git_remote property to configure additional remotes after cloning
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/1676[#1676]: Import extra sdks automatically into ide
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/ide/IdeToolCommandlet.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/ide/IdeToolCommandlet.java
index 2a82fb45dc..f30f44b851 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/ide/IdeToolCommandlet.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/ide/IdeToolCommandlet.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.common.Tag;
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.context.IdeContext;
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.environment.AbstractEnvironmentVariables;
+import com.devonfw.tools.ide.environment.EnvironmentVariables;
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.environment.ExtensibleEnvironmentVariables;
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.io.FileAccess;
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.log.IdeLogLevel;
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ public abstract class IdeToolCommandlet extends PluginBasedCommandlet {
 
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(IdeToolCommandlet.class);
 
+  private static final String OPTIONS_ENV_SUFFIX = "_OPTIONS";
   private final Map<String, Set<Path>> extraSdkMap;
 
   /**
@@ -76,7 +79,26 @@ protected final void doRun() {
   @Override
   public ProcessResult runTool(List<String> args) {
 
-    return runTool(ProcessMode.BACKGROUND, null, args);
+    List<String> effectiveArgs = new ArrayList<>(args);
+    addIdeOptions(effectiveArgs);
+    return runTool(ProcessMode.BACKGROUND, null, effectiveArgs);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Appends the tokens of {@code «IDE»_OPTIONS} (e.g. {@code INTELLIJ_OPTIONS}) to the given {@code args}. This is the per-tool analogue of the global
+   * {@code IDE_OPTIONS} and only applies when actually starting the IDE (not for internal calls like plugin installation or repository import).
+   *
+   * @param args the command-line arguments to launch this IDE, extended in place.
+   */
+  private void addIdeOptions(List<String> args) {
+
+    String variableName = EnvironmentVariables.getToolVariablePrefix(this.tool) + OPTIONS_ENV_SUFFIX;
+    String options = this.context.getVariables().get(variableName);
+    if ((options != null) && !options.isBlank()) {
+      for (String option : options.trim().split("\\s+")) {
+        args.add(option);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/eclipse/EclipseTest.java b/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/eclipse/EclipseTest.java
index b79f0b239e..a7e5069741 100644
--- a/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/eclipse/EclipseTest.java
+++ b/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/eclipse/EclipseTest.java
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ void testEclipse(String os) throws IOException {
     assertThat(context.getPluginsPath().resolve("eclipse")).isDirectory();
     assertThat(eclipse.getToolBinPath().resolve("eclipsetest")).hasContent(
         "eclipse " + os + " -data " + context.getWorkspacePath() + " -keyring " + context.getUserHome().resolve(".eclipse").resolve(".keyring")
-            + " -configuration " + context.getPluginsPath().resolve("eclipse").resolve("configuration") + " gui -showlocation eclipseproject");
+            + " -configuration " + context.getPluginsPath().resolve("eclipse").resolve("configuration")
+            + " gui -showlocation eclipseproject -nosplash");
 
     //if tool already installed
     eclipse.install();
diff --git a/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/intellij/IntellijTest.java b/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/intellij/IntellijTest.java
index c60accbf0a..1bdcaca3bb 100644
--- a/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/intellij/IntellijTest.java
+++ b/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/intellij/IntellijTest.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ void testIntellijRun(String os) {
     // assert
     checkInstallation(this.context);
     assertThat(commandlet.getToolBinPath().resolve("intellijtest")).hasContent(
-        "intellij " + this.context.getSystemInfo().getOs() + " " + this.context.getWorkspacePath());
+        "intellij " + this.context.getSystemInfo().getOs() + " nosplash " + this.context.getWorkspacePath());
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/vscode/VscodeTest.java b/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/vscode/VscodeTest.java
index e98045bbb7..72e57032a0 100644
--- a/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/vscode/VscodeTest.java
+++ b/cli/src/test/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/vscode/VscodeTest.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.context.AbstractIdeContextTest;
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.context.IdeTestContext;
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.context.ProcessContextTestImpl;
+import com.devonfw.tools.ide.environment.EnvironmentVariablesType;
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.os.SystemInfoMock;
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.process.ProcessContext;
 import com.devonfw.tools.ide.process.ProcessMode;
@@ -151,6 +152,23 @@ void testConfigureToolArgsDoesNotSetWslEnvVarOnNonWsl() {
     assertThat(pc.getEnvVar("DONT_PROMPT_WSL_INSTALL")).isNull();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Tests that {@code VSCODE_OPTIONS} is honoured by appending its tokens as additional command-line arguments when starting the IDE (analogue to the
+   * global {@code IDE_OPTIONS} used for IDEasy itself, see issue #788).
+   */
+  @Test
+  void testRunAddsVscodeOptions() {
+
+    // arrange
+    IdeTestContext context = newContext(PROJECT_VSCODE);
+    context.getVariables().getByType(EnvironmentVariablesType.CONF).set("VSCODE_OPTIONS", "--wait --new-window");
+    CapturingVscode commandlet = new CapturingVscode(context);
+    // act
+    commandlet.run();
+    // assert
+    assertThat(commandlet.lastArgs).contains("--wait", "--new-window");
+  }
+
   @Test
   void testVscodiumInstall() {
 
diff --git a/cli/src/test/resources/ide-projects/eclipse/eclipseproject/conf/ide.properties b/cli/src/test/resources/ide-projects/eclipse/eclipseproject/conf/ide.properties
index 2218e250c7..47c31cb084 100644
--- a/cli/src/test/resources/ide-projects/eclipse/eclipseproject/conf/ide.properties
+++ b/cli/src/test/resources/ide-projects/eclipse/eclipseproject/conf/ide.properties
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 M2_REPO=~/.m2/repository
+ECLIPSE_OPTIONS=-nosplash
diff --git a/cli/src/test/resources/ide-projects/intellij/project/conf/ide.properties b/cli/src/test/resources/ide-projects/intellij/project/conf/ide.properties
index 8543c71b51..ce5c756dff 100644
--- a/cli/src/test/resources/ide-projects/intellij/project/conf/ide.properties
+++ b/cli/src/test/resources/ide-projects/intellij/project/conf/ide.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # here the INTELLIJ_PROPERTIES variable should be added by the test
 INTELLIJ_VM_ARGS=-Xms256m -Xmx4096m -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=256m -Dsun.io.useCanonCaches=true -ea
+INTELLIJ_OPTIONS=nosplash
diff --git a/documentation/variables.adoc b/documentation/variables.adoc
index 681aa99fa7..87233b8320 100644
--- a/documentation/variables.adoc
+++ b/documentation/variables.adoc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ See also link:https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/blob/main/cli/src/main/java/com/
 |`IDE_ROOT`|e.g. `~/projects/` or `C:\projects`|The installation root directory of `IDEasy` - see link:structure.adoc[structure] for details.
 |`IDE_HOME`|e.g. `/projects/my-project`|The top level directory of your `IDEasy` project.
 |`IDE_OPTIONS`|e.g. `-Dhttps.proxyUser=$USERNAME -Dhttps.proxyPassword=«password»`|General options that will be applied to each call of `IDEasy`. Should typically be used for JVM options like link:proxy-support.adoc[proxy-support].
+|`«IDE»_OPTIONS`|e.g. `nosplash` (for `INTELLIJ_OPTIONS`)|Additional command-line arguments passed when starting the IDE `«IDE»` (e.g. `ECLIPSE_OPTIONS`, `INTELLIJ_OPTIONS`, `ANDROID_STUDIO_OPTIONS`, `PYCHARM_OPTIONS`, or `VSCODE_OPTIONS`). Analogous to the global `IDE_OPTIONS` but specific to a single IDE.
 |*`PATH`*|`$IDE_HOME/software/«tool»:...:$PATH`|Your system path is adjusted by `ide` link:cli.adoc[command].
 |`BASH_PATH`|e.g. `C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\bash.exe`|Absolute path to your bash. Only used as fallback on Windows if bash could not be found from registry.
 |`IDE_TOOLS`|`(java mvn node npm)`|List of tools that should be installed by default on project creation.