diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1d7f1850a4..659e70fb54 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ The web app doesn't include any performance profiles by default, so you'll need
  #### 2. Use an existing profile:
  - On the web, replace the https://profiler.firefox.com with your local server, usually `http://localhost:4242`. Be sure that that the protocol is `http` and not `https` when running the server locally.
  - Alternatively, if a profile has been previously downloaded, drag and drop it to the loading screen. Compared to the previous solution, refreshing won't work with this particular solution.
+ - A third alternative on Linux is to run the provided [fp.sh](./bin/fp.sh) script, giving the profile file as the first argument. Both refreshing and symlinking to the script are supported.
 
 For more information on loading a profile, visit its [documentation](./docs-developer/loading-in-profiles.md).
 
diff --git a/bin/launch-fp.sh b/bin/launch-fp.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..41411418fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/launch-fp.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# This script is primarily for running Firefox Profiler on a saved profile.
+#
+# For example:
+#   launch-fp.sh CPU.20230124.095804.8433.0.001.cpuprofile
+# will launch the Firefox Profiler server and open a browser tab with the above
+# Node.js profile. If the profile is omitted:
+#   launch-fp.sh
+# then only the server will be launched.
+
+if [ "x$1" != "x" ]; then
+  PROFILEPATH=$(realpath "$1")
+fi
+PWD=$(pwd)
+SCRIPTPATH=$(realpath "$0")
+SCRIPTDIR=$(dirname "$SCRIPTPATH")
+cd "$SCRIPTDIR/.." || exit
+if [ "x$1" = "x" ]; then
+  yarn start
+else
+  yarn start "$PROFILEPATH"
+fi
+cd "$PWD" || exit
diff --git a/docs-developer/loading-in-profiles.md b/docs-developer/loading-in-profiles.md
index e9f6838dcd..c9fa19031a 100644
--- a/docs-developer/loading-in-profiles.md
+++ b/docs-developer/loading-in-profiles.md
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ server.listen(PORT, err => {
 });
 ```
 
+Note that if you have a copy of the project locally, you can add the profile path as a parameter to `yarn start` and a server serving this profile will be spawned for you. On Linux, the provided [launch-fp.sh](../bin/launch-fp.sh) script can do this for you as well, from any working directory.
+
 ### Directly from Firefox
 
 > `https://profiler.firefox.com/from-browser/`
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3e3eb7a91a..eae4007ff4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
     "mkdirp": "^2.1.3",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
+    "open": "^8.4.1",
     "postcss": "^8.4.21",
     "postcss-loader": "^7.0.2",
     "prettier": "^2.8.4",
@@ -159,7 +160,8 @@
     "webpack": "^5.75.0",
     "webpack-cli": "^5.0.1",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^4.11.1",
-    "workbox-webpack-plugin": "^6.5.4"
+    "workbox-webpack-plugin": "^6.5.4",
+    "yargs": "^17.6.2"
   },
   "jest": {
     "collectCoverageFrom": [
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index bd3a9b092d..884ac634a5 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -4,16 +4,27 @@
 // @noflow
 const webpack = require('webpack');
 const WebpackDevServer = require('webpack-dev-server');
+const http = require('node:http');
 const config = require('./webpack.config');
 const { oneLine, stripIndent } = require('common-tags');
 const port = process.env.FX_PROFILER_PORT || 4242;
 const host = process.env.FX_PROFILER_HOST || 'localhost';
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
+const yargs = require('yargs');
+const { hideBin } = require('yargs/helpers');
+const open = require('open');
 const localConfigExists = fs.existsSync(
   path.join(__dirname, './webpack.local-config.js')
 );
 
+const argv = yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
+  .command('* [profile]', 'Open Firefox Profiler, on [profile] if included.')
+  // Disabled --version flag since no version number in package.json.
+  .version(false)
+  .strict()
+  .parseSync();
+
 const serverConfig = {
   allowedHosts: ['localhost', '.gitpod.io'],
   host,
@@ -64,6 +75,44 @@ if (localConfigExists) {
   }
 }
 
+const profilerUrl = `http://${host}:${port}`;
+if (argv.profile) {
+  // Spin up a simple http server serving the profile file.
+  const profileServer = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+    res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', profilerUrl);
+    const fileStream = fs.createReadStream(argv.profile);
+    fileStream.pipe(res);
+  });
+
+  // Close the profile server on CTRL-C.
+  process.on('SIGINT', () => profileServer.close());
+  process.on('SIGTERM', () => profileServer.close());
+
+  // Delete "open" target (if any) in serverConfig.
+  if (
+    typeof serverConfig.open === 'object' &&
+    !Array.isArray(serverConfig.open) &&
+    serverConfig.open !== null
+  ) {
+    delete serverConfig.open.target;
+  } else {
+    delete serverConfig.open;
+  }
+
+  // Save and delete "open" property from serverConfig so that
+  // webpack-dev-server doesn't open anything in tandem.
+  const openOptions = serverConfig.open;
+  delete serverConfig.open;
+
+  // Open on profile.
+  profileServer.listen(0, host, () => {
+    const profileFromUrl = `${profilerUrl}/from-url/${encodeURIComponent(
+      `http://${host}:${profileServer.address().port}/`
+    )}`;
+    open(profileFromUrl, openOptions);
+  });
+}
+
 const server = new WebpackDevServer(serverConfig, webpack(config));
 server
   .start()
@@ -72,7 +121,7 @@ server
       '------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------';
 
     console.log(barAscii);
-    console.log(`> Firefox Profiler is listening at: http://${host}:${port}\n`);
+    console.log(`> Firefox Profiler is listening at: ${profilerUrl}\n`);
     if (port === 4242) {
       console.log(
         '> You can change this default port with the environment variable FX_PROFILER_PORT.\n'
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 39fbf9581b..30f21fbcab 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3555,6 +3555,15 @@ cliui@^7.0.2:
     strip-ansi "^6.0.0"
     wrap-ansi "^7.0.0"
 
+cliui@^8.0.1:
+  version "8.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cliui/-/cliui-8.0.1.tgz#0c04b075db02cbfe60dc8e6cf2f5486b1a3608aa"
+  integrity sha512-BSeNnyus75C4//NQ9gQt1/csTXyo/8Sb+afLAkzAptFuMsod9HFokGNudZpi/oQV73hnVK+sR+5PVRMd+Dr7YQ==
+  dependencies:
+    string-width "^4.2.0"
+    strip-ansi "^6.0.1"
+    wrap-ansi "^7.0.0"
+
 clone-deep@^4.0.1:
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/clone-deep/-/clone-deep-4.0.1.tgz#c19fd9bdbbf85942b4fd979c84dcf7d5f07c2387"
@@ -9179,10 +9188,10 @@ only@~0.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/only/-/only-0.0.2.tgz#2afde84d03e50b9a8edc444e30610a70295edfb4"
   integrity sha1-Kv3oTQPlC5qO3EROMGEKcCle37Q=
 
-open@^8.0.9, open@^8.4.0:
-  version "8.4.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/open/-/open-8.4.0.tgz#345321ae18f8138f82565a910fdc6b39e8c244f8"
-  integrity sha512-XgFPPM+B28FtCCgSb9I+s9szOC1vZRSwgWsRUA5ylIxRTgKozqjOCrVOqGsYABPYK5qnfqClxZTFBa8PKt2v6Q==
+open@^8.0.9, open@^8.4.0, open@^8.4.1:
+  version "8.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/open/-/open-8.4.1.tgz#2ab3754c07f5d1f99a7a8d6a82737c95e3101cff"
+  integrity sha512-/4b7qZNhv6Uhd7jjnREh1NjnPxlTq+XNWPG88Ydkj5AILcA5m3ajvcg57pB24EQjKv0dK62XnDqk9c/hkIG5Kg==
   dependencies:
     define-lazy-prop "^2.0.0"
     is-docker "^2.1.1"
@@ -13179,7 +13188,7 @@ yargs-parser@^20.2.2, yargs-parser@^20.2.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-20.2.9.tgz#2eb7dc3b0289718fc295f362753845c41a0c94ee"
   integrity sha512-y11nGElTIV+CT3Zv9t7VKl+Q3hTQoT9a1Qzezhhl6Rp21gJ/IVTW7Z3y9EWXhuUBC2Shnf+DX0antecpAwSP8w==
 
-yargs-parser@^21.0.0, yargs-parser@^21.1.1:
+yargs-parser@^21.1.1:
   version "21.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-21.1.1.tgz#9096bceebf990d21bb31fa9516e0ede294a77d35"
   integrity sha512-tVpsJW7DdjecAiFpbIB1e3qxIQsE6NoPc5/eTdrbbIC4h0LVsWhnoa3g+m2HclBIujHzsxZ4VJVA+GUuc2/LBw==
@@ -13214,18 +13223,18 @@ yargs@^16.0.0, yargs@^16.0.3:
     y18n "^5.0.5"
     yargs-parser "^20.2.2"
 
-yargs@^17.3.1:
-  version "17.4.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs/-/yargs-17.4.1.tgz#ebe23284207bb75cee7c408c33e722bfb27b5284"
-  integrity sha512-WSZD9jgobAg3ZKuCQZSa3g9QOJeCCqLoLAykiWgmXnDo9EPnn4RPf5qVTtzgOx66o6/oqhcA5tHtJXpG8pMt3g==
+yargs@^17.3.1, yargs@^17.6.2:
+  version "17.6.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs/-/yargs-17.6.2.tgz#2e23f2944e976339a1ee00f18c77fedee8332541"
+  integrity sha512-1/9UrdHjDZc0eOU0HxOHoS78C69UD3JRMvzlJ7S79S2nTaWRA/whGCTV8o9e/N/1Va9YIV7Q4sOxD8VV4pCWOw==
   dependencies:
-    cliui "^7.0.2"
+    cliui "^8.0.1"
     escalade "^3.1.1"
     get-caller-file "^2.0.5"
     require-directory "^2.1.1"
     string-width "^4.2.3"
     y18n "^5.0.5"
-    yargs-parser "^21.0.0"
+    yargs-parser "^21.1.1"
 
 ylru@^1.2.0:
   version "1.2.1"