diff --git a/status/constants.nim b/status/constants.nim
index 1a58ccd..b356974 100644
--- a/status/constants.nim
+++ b/status/constants.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import libstatus/accounts/constants
 
+export OPENURI
 export DATADIR
 export STATUSGODIR
 export KEYSTOREDIR
diff --git a/status/libstatus/accounts/constants.nim b/status/libstatus/accounts/constants.nim
index c52a2c6..1672ef1 100644
--- a/status/libstatus/accounts/constants.nim
+++ b/status/libstatus/accounts/constants.nim
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ type StatusDesktopConfig = object
       defaultValue: defaultDataDir()
       desc: "Status Desktop data directory"
       abbr: "d" .}: string
+    uri* {.
+      defaultValue: ""
+      desc: "status-im:// URI to open a chat or other"
+      name: "uri" .}: string
 
 # On macOS the first time when a user gets the "App downloaded from the
 # internet" warning, and clicks the Open button, the OS passes a unique process
@@ -224,6 +228,7 @@ let desktopConfig = StatusDesktopConfig.load(cliParams)
 
 let
   baseDir = absolutePath(expandTilde(desktopConfig.dataDir))
+  OPENURI* = desktopConfig.uri
   DATADIR* = baseDir & sep
   STATUSGODIR* = joinPath(baseDir, "data") & sep
   KEYSTOREDIR* = joinPath(baseDir, "data", "keystore") & sep