diff --git a/packages/launcher/lib/browsers.ts b/packages/launcher/lib/browsers.ts
index a87254005e72..5eabf446bb48 100644
--- a/packages/launcher/lib/browsers.ts
+++ b/packages/launcher/lib/browsers.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export const browsers: Browser[] = [
     displayName: 'Chromium',
     versionRegex: /Chromium (\S+)/,
     profile: true,
-    binary: 'chromium-browser'
+    binary: ['chromium-browser', 'chromium']
   },
   {
     name: 'canary',
diff --git a/packages/launcher/lib/detect.ts b/packages/launcher/lib/detect.ts
index 0745135cbb6d..4bbfc2211040 100644
--- a/packages/launcher/lib/detect.ts
+++ b/packages/launcher/lib/detect.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Browser, NotInstalledError } from './types'
 import { browsers } from './browsers'
 import * as Bluebird from 'bluebird'
 import { merge, pick, tap, uniqBy, props } from 'ramda'
-import * as _ from 'lodash'
+import { extend, compact, flatten } from 'lodash'
 import * as os from 'os'
 
 const setMajorVersion = (obj: Browser) => {
@@ -81,8 +81,22 @@ function detectBrowsers(goalBrowsers?: Browser[]): Bluebird<Browser[]> {
     goalBrowsers = browsers
   }
   const removeDuplicates = uniqBy(props(['name', 'version']))
+
+  goalBrowsers = flatten(
+    goalBrowsers.map((browser: Browser) => {
+      if (Array.isArray(browser.binary)) {
+        // if there are multiple valid binaries for a browser,
+        // try to find each one
+        return browser.binary.map((binary: string) =>
+          extend({}, browser, { binary })
+        )
+      }
+      return [browser]
+    })
+  )
+
   return Bluebird.mapSeries(goalBrowsers, checkOneBrowser)
-    .then(_.compact)
+    .then(compact)
     .then(removeDuplicates) as Bluebird<Browser[]>
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/launcher/lib/types.ts b/packages/launcher/lib/types.ts
index eb51d3448c9c..3b7be797a3de 100644
--- a/packages/launcher/lib/types.ts
+++ b/packages/launcher/lib/types.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-/** TODO this are typical browser names, not just Mac */
-export type MacBrowserName = 'chrome' | 'chromium' | 'canary' | string
+export type BrowserName = 'chrome' | 'chromium' | 'canary' | string
 
 export type PlatformName = 'darwin' | 'linux' | 'win32'
 
 export type Browser = {
   /** short browser name */
-  name: MacBrowserName
+  name: BrowserName
   /** Optional display name */
   displayName: string
   /** RegExp to use to extract version from something like "Google Chrome 58.0.3029.110" */
   versionRegex: RegExp
   profile: boolean
-  binary: string
+  /** A single binary name or array of binary names for this browser. Not used on Windows. */
+  binary: string | string[]
   version?: string
   majorVersion?: string
   page?: string