diff --git a/src/app/GUI/mainwindow.cpp b/src/app/GUI/mainwindow.cpp
index a8772133f..82a03d685 100644
--- a/src/app/GUI/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/app/GUI/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1146,6 +1146,11 @@ void MainWindow::setupMenuBar()
         QMessageBox::aboutQt(this, tr("About Qt"));
     });
 
+    help->addSeparator();
+    help->addAction(QIcon::fromTheme("renderlayers"),
+                    tr("Reinstall default render profiles"),
+                    this, &MainWindow::askInstallRenderPresets);
+
     mToolbar->addAction(QIcon::fromTheme("render_animation"),
                         tr("Render"),
                         this, &MainWindow::openRendererWindow);
@@ -1292,12 +1297,14 @@ void MainWindow::closedRenderQueueWindow()
                                             tr("Queue"));
 }
 
-void MainWindow::initRenderPresets()
+void MainWindow::initRenderPresets(const bool reinstall)
 {
-    if (!AppSupport::getSettings("settings",
-                                 "firstRunRenderPresets",
-                                 true).toBool()) { return; }
+    const bool doInstall = reinstall ? true : AppSupport::getSettings("settings",
+                                                                      "firstRunRenderPresets",
+                                                                      true).toBool();
+    if (!doInstall) { return; }
     const QString path = AppSupport::getAppOutputProfilesPath();
+    if (path.isEmpty() || !QFileInfo(path).isWritable()) { return; }
 
     QStringList presets;
     presets << "001-friction-preset-mp4-h264.conf";
@@ -1309,9 +1316,9 @@ void MainWindow::initRenderPresets()
 
     for (const auto &preset : presets) {
         QString filePath(QString("%1/%2").arg(path, preset));
-        if (QFile::exists(filePath)) { continue; }
+        if (QFile::exists(filePath) && !reinstall) { continue; }
         QFile file(filePath);
-        if (file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
+        if (file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Text | QIODevice::Truncate)) {
             QFile res(QString(":/presets/render/%1").arg(preset));
             if (res.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
                 file.write(res.readAll());
@@ -1324,6 +1331,16 @@ void MainWindow::initRenderPresets()
     AppSupport::setSettings("settings", "firstRunRenderPresets", false);
 }
 
+void MainWindow::askInstallRenderPresets()
+{
+    const auto result = QMessageBox::question(this,
+                                              tr("Install Render Profiles"),
+                                              tr("Are you sure you want to install the default render profiles?"
+                                                 "<br><br><i>Note that a restart of the application is required to detect new profiles.</i>"));
+    if (result != QMessageBox::Yes) { return; }
+    initRenderPresets(true);
+}
+
 void MainWindow::openWelcomeDialog()
 {
     mStackWidget->setCurrentIndex(mStackIndexWelcome);
diff --git a/src/app/GUI/mainwindow.h b/src/app/GUI/mainwindow.h
index ef9b9f954..b971ae1c9 100644
--- a/src/app/GUI/mainwindow.h
+++ b/src/app/GUI/mainwindow.h
@@ -410,7 +410,8 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
     void openRenderQueueWindow();
     void closedRenderQueueWindow();
 
-    void initRenderPresets();
+    void initRenderPresets(const bool reinstall = false);
+    void askInstallRenderPresets();
 
 protected:
     void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event);