diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index cf8ef5cefb1..821bf16a962 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -328,6 +328,9 @@
           "@jupyterlab/filebrowser-extension:settings",
           "@jupyterlab/filebrowser-extension:share-file"
         ],
+        "@jupyterlab/notebook-extension": [
+          "@jupyterlab/notebook-extension:open-with-no-kernel"
+        ],
         "@jupyter-notebook/tree-extension": true,
         "@jupyterlab/running-extension": [
           "@jupyterlab/running-extension:plugin"
diff --git a/packages/application-extension/src/index.ts b/packages/application-extension/src/index.ts
index 6ba7a95bcf5..24c65294f32 100644
--- a/packages/application-extension/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/application-extension/src/index.ts
@@ -269,9 +269,19 @@ const opener: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<void> = {
           }
 
           const factory = urlParams.get('factory') ?? defaultFactory;
-          docManager.open(file, factory, undefined, {
-            ref: '_noref',
-          });
+          const kernelPreference =
+            urlParams.get('kernel') === 'none'
+              ? { shouldStart: false, shouldReuse: false }
+              : undefined;
+          docManager.openOrReveal(
+            file,
+            factory,
+            undefined,
+            {
+              ref: '_noref',
+            },
+            kernelPreference
+          );
         });
       },
       describedBy: {
diff --git a/packages/docmanager-extension/src/index.ts b/packages/docmanager-extension/src/index.ts
index bd21f625efe..e8d329c8d2a 100644
--- a/packages/docmanager-extension/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docmanager-extension/src/index.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ const opener: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<IDocumentWidgetOpener> = {
               factory: widgetName,
             });
           }
+          if (
+            route === 'notebooks' &&
+            widget.context.sessionContext.kernelPreference.shouldStart === false
+          ) {
+            searchParams ??= new URLSearchParams();
+            searchParams.set('kernel', 'none');
+          }
 
           pathOpener.open({
             prefix: URLExt.join(baseUrl, route),
diff --git a/ui-tests/test/filebrowser.spec.ts b/ui-tests/test/filebrowser.spec.ts
index 41cb88ea69e..877e7954372 100644
--- a/ui-tests/test/filebrowser.spec.ts
+++ b/ui-tests/test/filebrowser.spec.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,40 @@ test.describe('File Browser', () => {
     await notebook.close();
   });
 
+  test('Open a notebook without starting a kernel', async ({
+    page,
+    tmpPath,
+  }) => {
+    await page.filebrowser.refresh();
+
+    await page.getByText('empty.ipynb').last().click({ button: 'right' });
+    await page.getByText('Open With', { exact: true }).hover();
+
+    const [notebook] = await Promise.all([
+      page.waitForEvent('popup'),
+      page.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Notebook (no kernel)' }).click(),
+    ]);
+
+    await notebook.waitForSelector('.jp-NotebookPanel');
+    const hasRunningSession = await notebook.evaluate(async (notebookPath) => {
+      const app = window.jupyterapp;
+      await app.started;
+      const currentWidget = app.shell.currentWidget as unknown as {
+        sessionContext: { ready: Promise<void> };
+      };
+      await currentWidget.sessionContext.ready;
+      await app.serviceManager.sessions.refreshRunning();
+      return Array.from(app.serviceManager.sessions.running()).some(
+        (session) => session.path === notebookPath
+      );
+    }, `${tmpPath}/empty.ipynb`);
+
+    await expect(notebook.getByTitle('Switch kernel')).toHaveText('No Kernel');
+    expect(hasRunningSession).toBe(false);
+
+    await notebook.close();
+  });
+
   test('Toggle the Date Created column from the header context menu', async ({
     page,
   }) => {