diff --git a/browser-plugin/browser-plugin.c b/browser-plugin/browser-plugin.c
index d2685887e..8f7e87696 100644
--- a/browser-plugin/browser-plugin.c
+++ b/browser-plugin/browser-plugin.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
       "It can be used only by extensions.gnome.org"
 #define PLUGIN_MIME_STRING "application/x-gnome-shell-integration::Gnome Shell Integration Dummy Content-Type";
 
-#define PLUGIN_API_VERSION 2
+#define PLUGIN_API_VERSION 3
 
 typedef struct {
   GDBusProxy *proxy;
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ static NPIdentifier uninstall_extension_id;
 static NPIdentifier onextension_changed_id;
 static NPIdentifier onrestart_id;
 static NPIdentifier get_errors_id;
+static NPIdentifier launch_extension_prefs_id;
 
 static bool
 plugin_object_has_method (NPObject     *npobj,
@@ -385,7 +386,8 @@ plugin_object_has_method (NPObject     *npobj,
           name == enable_extension_id ||
           name == install_extension_id ||
           name == uninstall_extension_id ||
-          name == get_errors_id);
+          name == get_errors_id ||
+          name == launch_extension_prefs_id);
 }
 
 static inline gboolean
@@ -652,6 +654,33 @@ plugin_get_errors (PluginObject *obj,
   return jsonify_variant (res, result);
 }
 
+static gboolean
+plugin_launch_extension_prefs (PluginObject *obj,
+                               NPString      uuid,
+                               NPVariant    *result)
+{
+  gchar *uuid_str;
+
+  uuid_str = g_strndup (uuid.UTF8Characters, uuid.UTF8Length);
+  if (!uuid_is_valid (uuid_str))
+    {
+      g_free (uuid_str);
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+  g_dbus_proxy_call (obj->proxy,
+                     "LaunchExtensionPrefs",
+                     g_variant_new ("(s)", uuid_str),
+                     G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,
+                     -1, /* timeout */
+                     NULL, /* cancellable */
+                     NULL, /* callback */
+                     NULL /* user_data */);
+
+  g_free (uuid_str);
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
 static int
 plugin_get_api_version (PluginObject  *obj,
                         NPVariant     *result)
@@ -762,6 +791,14 @@ plugin_object_invoke (NPObject        *npobj,
                                 NPVARIANT_TO_STRING(args[0]),
                                 result);
     }
+  else if (name == launch_extension_prefs_id)
+    {
+      if (!NPVARIANT_IS_STRING(args[0])) return FALSE;
+
+      return plugin_launch_extension_prefs (obj,
+                                            NPVARIANT_TO_STRING(args[0]),
+                                            result);
+    }
 
   return TRUE;
 }
@@ -876,6 +913,7 @@ init_methods_and_properties (void)
   install_extension_id = funcs.getstringidentifier ("installExtension");
   uninstall_extension_id = funcs.getstringidentifier ("uninstallExtension");
   get_errors_id = funcs.getstringidentifier ("getExtensionErrors");
+  launch_extension_prefs_id = funcs.getstringidentifier ("launchExtensionPrefs");
 
   onrestart_id = funcs.getstringidentifier ("onshellrestart");
   onextension_changed_id = funcs.getstringidentifier ("onchange");
diff --git a/js/misc/extensionUtils.js b/js/misc/extensionUtils.js
index 3ff0b22d6..7c2120bb5 100644
--- a/js/misc/extensionUtils.js
+++ b/js/misc/extensionUtils.js
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ function loadMetadata(uuid, dir, type) {
     meta.dir = dir;
     meta.path = dir.get_path();
     meta.error = '';
+    meta.hasPrefs = dir.get_child('prefs.js').query_exists(null);
 
     return meta;
 }
diff --git a/js/ui/shellDBus.js b/js/ui/shellDBus.js
index 779a173b1..d3daf4b96 100644
--- a/js/ui/shellDBus.js
+++ b/js/ui/shellDBus.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const Lang = imports.lang;
 const Gio = imports.gi.Gio;
 const GLib = imports.gi.GLib;
+const Shell = imports.gi.Shell;
 
 const Config = imports.misc.config;
 const ExtensionSystem = imports.ui.extensionSystem;
@@ -60,6 +61,9 @@ const GnomeShellIface = <interface name="org.gnome.Shell">
     <arg type="s" direction="in" name="uuid"/>
     <arg type="b" direction="out" name="success"/>
 </method>
+<method name="LaunchExtensionPrefs">
+    <arg type="s" direction="in" name="uuid"/>
+</method>
 <property name="OverviewActive" type="b" access="readwrite" />
 <property name="ApiVersion" type="i" access="read" />
 <property name="ShellVersion" type="s" access="read" />
@@ -198,6 +202,9 @@ const GnomeShell = new Lang.Class({
             case 'number':
                 type = 'd';
                 break;
+            case 'boolean':
+                type = 'b';
+                break;
             default:
                 continue;
             }
@@ -232,6 +239,13 @@ const GnomeShell = new Lang.Class({
         return ExtensionSystem.uninstallExtensionFromUUID(uuid);
     },
 
+    LaunchExtensionPrefs: function(uuid) {
+        let appSys = Shell.AppSystem.get_default();
+        let app = appSys.lookup_app('gnome-shell-extension-prefs.desktop');
+        app.launch(global.display.get_current_time_roundtrip(),
+                   ['extension:///' + uuid], -1, null);
+    },
+
     get OverviewActive() {
         return Main.overview.visible;
     },