diff --git a/src/main/main.ts b/src/main/main.ts
index 929a25b9..4b32288b 100644
--- a/src/main/main.ts
+++ b/src/main/main.ts
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ function initializeBeforeAppReady() {
     authManager = new AuthManager(config.data, trustedOriginsStore);
     certificateManager = new CertificateManager();
 
-    if (isDev) {
+    if (isDev && process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test') {
         log.info('In development mode, deeplinking is disabled');
     } else if (protocols && protocols[0] && protocols[0].schemes && protocols[0].schemes[0]) {
         scheme = protocols[0].schemes[0];
diff --git a/test/modules/environment.js b/test/modules/environment.js
index 2a009539..538a0bfc 100644
--- a/test/modules/environment.js
+++ b/test/modules/environment.js
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ module.exports = {
         }
     },
 
-    async getApp() {
+    async getApp(args = []) {
         const options = {
             executablePath: electronBinaryPath,
-            args: [`${path.join(sourceRootDir, 'dist')}`, `--data-dir=${userDataDir}`, '--disable-dev-mode'],
+            args: [`${path.join(sourceRootDir, 'dist')}`, `--data-dir=${userDataDir}`, '--disable-dev-mode', ...args],
         };
 
         // if (process.env.MM_DEBUG_SETTINGS) {
diff --git a/test/specs/deeplink_test.js b/test/specs/deeplink_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c5324b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/specs/deeplink_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2016-present Mattermost, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+// See LICENSE.txt for license information.
+
+'use strict';
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const env = require('../modules/environment');
+const {asyncSleep} = require('../modules/utils');
+
+describe('application', function desc() {
+    this.timeout(30000);
+
+    const config = {
+        version: 3,
+        teams: [{
+            name: 'example',
+            url: env.mattermostURL,
+            order: 0,
+            tabs: [
+                {
+                    name: 'TAB_MESSAGING',
+                    order: 0,
+                    isOpen: true,
+                },
+                {
+                    name: 'TAB_FOCALBOARD',
+                    order: 1,
+                    isOpen: false,
+                },
+                {
+                    name: 'TAB_PLAYBOOKS',
+                    order: 2,
+                    isOpen: false,
+                },
+            ],
+            lastActiveTab: 0,
+        }, {
+            name: 'github',
+            url: 'https://github.com/',
+            order: 1,
+            tabs: [
+                {
+                    name: 'TAB_MESSAGING',
+                    order: 0,
+                    isOpen: true,
+                },
+                {
+                    name: 'TAB_FOCALBOARD',
+                    order: 1,
+                    isOpen: false,
+                },
+                {
+                    name: 'TAB_PLAYBOOKS',
+                    order: 2,
+                    isOpen: false,
+                },
+            ],
+            lastActiveTab: 0,
+        }],
+        showTrayIcon: false,
+        trayIconTheme: 'light',
+        minimizeToTray: false,
+        notifications: {
+            flashWindow: 0,
+            bounceIcon: false,
+            bounceIconType: 'informational',
+        },
+        showUnreadBadge: true,
+        useSpellChecker: true,
+        enableHardwareAcceleration: true,
+        autostart: true,
+        darkMode: false,
+        lastActiveTeam: 0,
+        spellCheckerLocales: [],
+    };
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+        env.cleanDataDir();
+        env.createTestUserDataDir();
+        env.cleanTestConfig();
+        fs.writeFileSync(env.configFilePath, JSON.stringify(config));
+        await asyncSleep(1000);
+    });
+
+    afterEach(async () => {
+        if (this.app) {
+            try {
+                await this.app.close();
+            // eslint-disable-next-line no-empty
+            } catch (err) {}
+        }
+    });
+
+    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+        it('should open the app on the requested deep link', async () => {
+            this.app = await env.getApp(['mattermost://github.com/test/url']);
+            this.serverMap = await env.getServerMap(this.app);
+            const mainWindow = await this.app.firstWindow();
+            const browserWindow = await this.app.browserWindow(mainWindow);
+            const webContentsId = this.serverMap[`${config.teams[1].name}___TAB_MESSAGING`].webContentsId;
+            const isActive = await browserWindow.evaluate((window, id) => {
+                return window.getBrowserViews().find((view) => view.webContents.id === id).webContents.getURL();
+            }, webContentsId);
+            isActive.should.equal('https://github.com/test/url');
+            const mainView = this.app.windows().find((window) => window.url().includes('index'));
+            const dropdownButtonText = await mainView.innerText('.TeamDropdownButton');
+            dropdownButtonText.should.equal('github');
+            await this.app.close();
+        });
+    }
+});
diff --git a/test/specs/index.js b/test/specs/index.js
index 96cf443a..42ab6454 100644
--- a/test/specs/index.js
+++ b/test/specs/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
 import './app_test.js';
 import './config_test.js';
+import './deeplink_test.js';
 import './mattermost_test.js';
+import './menu_test.js';
 import './window_test.js';
 
 import './browser/index_test.js';