diff --git a/app/pages/project/instances/actions.tsx b/app/pages/project/instances/actions.tsx
index b9eaf3c1f7..488ea52516 100644
--- a/app/pages/project/instances/actions.tsx
+++ b/app/pages/project/instances/actions.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * Copyright Oxide Computer Company
  */
 import { useCallback } from 'react'
+import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom'
 
 import { instanceCan, useApiMutation, type Instance } from '@oxide/api'
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import { HL } from '~/components/HL'
 import { confirmAction } from '~/stores/confirm-action'
 import { confirmDelete } from '~/stores/confirm-delete'
 import { addToast } from '~/stores/toast'
+import { pb } from '~/util/path-builder'
 
 import { fancifyStates } from './instance/tabs/common'
 
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ export const useMakeInstanceActions = (
     [project, startInstanceAsync, stopInstanceAsync]
   )
 
+  const navigate = useNavigate()
   const makeMenuActions = useCallback(
     (instance: Instance) => {
       const instanceParams = { path: { instance: instance.name }, query: { project } }
@@ -148,6 +151,12 @@ export const useMakeInstanceActions = (
             <>Only {fancifyStates(instanceCan.update.states)} instances can be resized</>
           ),
         },
+        {
+          label: 'View serial console',
+          onActivate() {
+            navigate(pb.serialConsole({ project, instance: instance.name }))
+          },
+        },
         {
           label: 'Delete',
           onActivate: confirmDelete({
@@ -170,7 +179,7 @@ export const useMakeInstanceActions = (
     // Do not put `options` in here, refer to the property. options is not ref
     // stable. Extra renders here cause the row actions menu to close when it
     // shouldn't, like during polling on instance list.
-    [project, deleteInstanceAsync, rebootInstanceAsync, onResizeClick]
+    [project, deleteInstanceAsync, rebootInstanceAsync, onResizeClick, navigate]
   )
 
   return { makeButtonActions, makeMenuActions }
diff --git a/test/e2e/instance-serial.e2e.ts b/test/e2e/instance-serial.e2e.ts
index 399f4bf577..432b1b6399 100644
--- a/test/e2e/instance-serial.e2e.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/instance-serial.e2e.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright Oxide Computer Company
  */
-import { expect, test } from './utils'
+import { clickRowAction, expect, test } from './utils'
 
 test('serial console can connect while starting', async ({ page }) => {
   // create an instance
@@ -31,3 +31,14 @@ test('serial console can connect while starting', async ({ page }) => {
   // Here it would be nice to test that the serial console connects, but we
   // can't mock websockets with MSW yet: https://github.com/mswjs/msw/pull/2011
 })
+
+test('links in instance actions', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto('/projects/mock-project/instances')
+  await clickRowAction(page, 'db1', 'View serial console')
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL('/projects/mock-project/instances/db1/serial-console')
+
+  await page.goto('/projects/mock-project/instances/db1')
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Instance actions' }).click()
+  await page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'View serial console' }).click()
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL('/projects/mock-project/instances/db1/serial-console')
+})