diff --git a/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.cc b/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.cc
index 87b9d30bfc..abd4b0aedc 100644
--- a/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.cc
+++ b/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.cc
@@ -125,6 +125,15 @@ void AtomMainDelegate::PreSandboxStartup() {
 #endif
 }
 
+#if defined(OS_LINUX)
+// renderer is started by the zygote process on linux
+// this may or may not work correctly when the with
+// the linux sandbox enabled
+void AtomMainDelegate::ZygoteForked() {
+  AtomRendererClient::PreSandboxStartup();
+}
+#endif
+
 content::ContentBrowserClient* AtomMainDelegate::CreateContentBrowserClient() {
   browser_client_.reset(new AtomBrowserClient);
   return browser_client_.get();
diff --git a/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.h b/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.h
index 5f4369302f..b0c5e80eb4 100644
--- a/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.h
+++ b/atom/app/atom_main_delegate.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ class AtomMainDelegate : public brightray::MainDelegate {
 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
   void OverrideChildProcessPath() override;
   void OverrideFrameworkBundlePath() override;
+#elif defined(OS_LINUX)
+  void ZygoteForked() override;
 #endif
 
  private: