diff --git a/docs/api/browser-window.md b/docs/api/browser-window.md
index 075c99c2b4235..e6e9c236b68e9 100644
--- a/docs/api/browser-window.md
+++ b/docs/api/browser-window.md
@@ -896,7 +896,21 @@ Closes the currently open [Quick Look][quick-look] panel.
 * `bounds` [Rectangle](structures/rectangle.md)
 * `animate` Boolean (optional) _macOS_
 
-Resizes and moves the window to the supplied bounds
+Resizes and moves the window to the supplied bounds. Any properties that are not supplied will default to their current values.
+
+```javascript
+const { BrowserWindow } = require('electron')
+const win = new BrowserWindow()
+
+// set all bounds properties
+win.setBounds({ x: 440, y: 225, width: 800, height: 600 })
+
+// set a single bounds property
+win.setBounds({ width: 100 })
+
+// { x: 440, y: 225, width: 100, height: 600 }
+console.log(win.getBounds())
+```
 
 #### `win.getBounds()`
 
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/browser-window.js b/lib/browser/api/browser-window.js
index 7fd90bb6cde70..a957eb390d3d0 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/browser-window.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/browser-window.js
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ BrowserWindow.prototype._init = function () {
   // Create WebContentsView.
   this.setContentView(new WebContentsView(this.webContents))
 
+  const nativeSetBounds = this.setBounds
+  this.setBounds = (bounds, ...opts) => {
+    bounds = {
+      ...this.getBounds(),
+      ...bounds
+    }
+    nativeSetBounds.call(this, bounds, ...opts)
+  }
+
   // Make new windows requested by links behave like "window.open"
   this.webContents.on('-new-window', (event, url, frameName, disposition,
     additionalFeatures, postData,
diff --git a/spec/api-browser-window-spec.js b/spec/api-browser-window-spec.js
index 52cfcaa0145e9..3bf7be4d36f0b 100644
--- a/spec/api-browser-window-spec.js
+++ b/spec/api-browser-window-spec.js
@@ -524,6 +524,26 @@ describe('BrowserWindow module', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('BrowserWindow.setBounds(bounds[, animate])', () => {
+    it('sets the window bounds with full bounds', () => {
+      const fullBounds = { x: 440, y: 225, width: 500, height: 400 }
+      w.setBounds(fullBounds)
+
+      assertBoundsEqual(w.getBounds(), fullBounds)
+    })
+
+    it('sets the window bounds with partial bounds', () => {
+      const fullBounds = { x: 440, y: 225, width: 500, height: 400 }
+      w.setBounds(fullBounds)
+
+      const boundsUpdate = { width: 100 }
+      w.setBounds(boundsUpdate)
+
+      const expectedBounds = Object.assign(fullBounds, boundsUpdate)
+      assertBoundsEqual(w.getBounds(), expectedBounds)
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('BrowserWindow.setSize(width, height)', () => {
     it('sets the window size', async () => {
       const size = [300, 400]