diff --git a/kitty/launcher/launcher.h b/kitty/launcher/launcher.h
index d30476a0c..29047e279 100644
--- a/kitty/launcher/launcher.h
+++ b/kitty/launcher/launcher.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 typedef struct CLIOptions {
     const char *session, *instance_group;
     bool single_instance, version_requested, wait_for_single_instance_window_close;
+    int open_url_count; char **open_urls;
 } CLIOptions;
 
 
diff --git a/kitty/launcher/main.c b/kitty/launcher/main.c
index e7855c52b..9330ef627 100644
--- a/kitty/launcher/main.c
+++ b/kitty/launcher/main.c
@@ -369,7 +369,13 @@ static void
 handle_fast_commandline(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     char current_option_expecting_argument[128] = {0};
     CLIOptions opts = {0};
-    for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+    int first_arg = 1;
+    if (argc > 1 && strcmp(argv[1], "+open") == 0) {
+        first_arg = 2;
+    } else if (argc > 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "+") == 0 && strcmp(argv[2], "open") == 0) {
+        first_arg = 3;
+    }
+    for (int i = first_arg; i < argc; i++) {
         const char *arg = argv[i];
         if (current_option_expecting_argument[0]) {
 handle_option_value:
@@ -380,7 +386,13 @@ handle_option_value:
             }
             current_option_expecting_argument[0] = 0;
         } else {
-            if (!arg || !arg[0] || !arg[1] || arg[0] != '-' || strcmp(arg, "--") == 0) break;
+            if (!arg || !arg[0] || !arg[1] || arg[0] != '-' || strcmp(arg, "--") == 0) {
+                if (first_arg > 1) {
+                    opts.open_urls = argv + i;
+                    opts.open_url_count = argc - i;
+                }
+                break;
+            }
             if (arg[1] == '-') {  // long opt
                 const char *equal = strchr(arg, '=');
                 if (equal == NULL) {
diff --git a/kitty/launcher/single-instance.c b/kitty/launcher/single-instance.c
index 94e86194f..1b2d76061 100644
--- a/kitty/launcher/single-instance.c
+++ b/kitty/launcher/single-instance.c
@@ -226,7 +226,9 @@ talk_to_instance(int s, struct sockaddr_un *server_addr, int argc, char *argv[],
     }
     w("}");
 
-    w(",\"cmdline_args_for_open\":[]");
+    w(",\"cmdline_args_for_open\":");
+    if (opts->open_url_count) write_json_string_array(&output, opts->open_url_count, opts->open_urls);
+    else w("[]");
 
     w(",\"notify_on_os_window_death\":");
     int notify_socket = -1;