diff --git a/lib/browser/api/browser-window.js b/lib/browser/api/browser-window.js
index 8d5bc8444999..d27573659ba1 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/browser-window.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/browser-window.js
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const electron = require('electron')
-const {ipcMain, WebContentsView, TopLevelWindow} = electron
+const {WebContentsView, TopLevelWindow} = electron
 const {BrowserWindow} = process.atomBinding('window')
-const v8Util = process.atomBinding('v8_util')
 
 Object.setPrototypeOf(BrowserWindow.prototype, TopLevelWindow.prototype)
 
@@ -17,67 +16,6 @@ BrowserWindow.prototype._init = function () {
   // Create WebContentsView.
   this.setContentView(new WebContentsView(this.webContents))
 
-  // Make new windows requested by links behave like "window.open"
-  this.webContents.on('-new-window', (event, url, frameName, disposition,
-                                      additionalFeatures, postData,
-                                      referrer) => {
-    const options = {
-      show: true,
-      width: 800,
-      height: 600
-    }
-    ipcMain.emit('ELECTRON_GUEST_WINDOW_MANAGER_INTERNAL_WINDOW_OPEN',
-                 event, url, referrer, frameName, disposition,
-                 options, additionalFeatures, postData)
-  })
-
-  this.webContents.on('-web-contents-created', (event, webContents, url,
-                                                frameName) => {
-    v8Util.setHiddenValue(webContents, 'url-framename', {url, frameName})
-  })
-
-  // Create a new browser window for the native implementation of
-  // "window.open", used in sandbox and nativeWindowOpen mode
-  this.webContents.on('-add-new-contents', (event, webContents, disposition,
-                                            userGesture, left, top, width,
-                                            height) => {
-    let urlFrameName = v8Util.getHiddenValue(webContents, 'url-framename')
-    if ((disposition !== 'foreground-tab' && disposition !== 'new-window' &&
-         disposition !== 'background-tab') || !urlFrameName) {
-      event.preventDefault()
-      return
-    }
-
-    if (webContents.getLastWebPreferences().nodeIntegration === true) {
-      const message =
-        'Enabling Node.js integration in child windows opened with the ' +
-        '"nativeWindowOpen" option will cause memory leaks, please turn off ' +
-        'the "nodeIntegration" option.\\n' +
-        'See https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/15076 for more.'
-      // console is only available after DOM is created.
-      const printWarning = () => this.webContents.executeJavaScript(`console.warn('${message}')`)
-      if (this.webContents.isDomReady()) {
-        printWarning()
-      } else {
-        this.webContents.once('dom-ready', printWarning)
-      }
-    }
-
-    let {url, frameName} = urlFrameName
-    v8Util.deleteHiddenValue(webContents, 'url-framename')
-    const options = {
-      show: true,
-      x: left,
-      y: top,
-      width: width || 800,
-      height: height || 600,
-      webContents: webContents
-    }
-    const referrer = { url: '', policy: 'default' }
-    ipcMain.emit('ELECTRON_GUEST_WINDOW_MANAGER_INTERNAL_WINDOW_OPEN',
-                 event, url, referrer, frameName, disposition, options)
-  })
-
   // window.resizeTo(...)
   // window.moveTo(...)
   this.webContents.on('move', (event, size) => {
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js b/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
index 8f5bd037b14d..433fd3338222 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const electron = require('electron')
 const path = require('path')
 const url = require('url')
 const {app, ipcMain, session, NavigationController, deprecate} = electron
+const v8Util = process.atomBinding('v8_util')
 
 // session is not used here, the purpose is to make sure session is initalized
 // before the webContents module.
@@ -313,6 +314,79 @@ WebContents.prototype._init = function () {
     this.reload()
   })
 
+  // Handle window.open for BrowserWindow and BrowserView.
+  if (['browserView', 'window'].includes(this.getType())) {
+    // Make new windows requested by links behave like "window.open"
+    this.on('-new-window', (event, url, frameName, disposition,
+      additionalFeatures, postData,
+      referrer) => {
+      const options = {
+        show: true,
+        width: 800,
+        height: 600
+      }
+      ipcMain.emit('ELECTRON_GUEST_WINDOW_MANAGER_INTERNAL_WINDOW_OPEN',
+        event, url, referrer, frameName, disposition,
+        options, additionalFeatures, postData)
+    })
+
+    this.on('-web-contents-created', (event, webContents, url,
+      frameName) => {
+      v8Util.setHiddenValue(webContents, 'url-framename', {
+        url,
+        frameName
+      })
+    })
+
+    // Create a new browser window for the native implementation of
+    // "window.open", used in sandbox and nativeWindowOpen mode
+    this.on('-add-new-contents', (event, webContents, disposition,
+      userGesture, left, top, width,
+      height) => {
+      let urlFrameName = v8Util.getHiddenValue(webContents, 'url-framename')
+      if ((disposition !== 'foreground-tab' && disposition !== 'new-window' &&
+          disposition !== 'background-tab') || !urlFrameName) {
+        event.preventDefault()
+        return
+      }
+
+      if (webContents.getLastWebPreferences().nodeIntegration === true) {
+        const message =
+          'Enabling Node.js integration in child windows opened with the ' +
+          '"nativeWindowOpen" option will cause memory leaks, please turn off ' +
+          'the "nodeIntegration" option.\\n' +
+          'See https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/15076 for more.'
+        // console is only available after DOM is created.
+        const printWarning = () => this.webContents.executeJavaScript(`console.warn('${message}')`)
+        if (this.webContents.isDomReady()) {
+          printWarning()
+        } else {
+          this.webContents.once('dom-ready', printWarning)
+        }
+      }
+
+      let {
+        url,
+        frameName
+      } = urlFrameName
+      v8Util.deleteHiddenValue(webContents, 'url-framename')
+      const options = {
+        show: true,
+        x: left,
+        y: top,
+        width: width || 800,
+        height: height || 600,
+        webContents: webContents
+      }
+      const referrer = {
+        url: '',
+        policy: 'default'
+      }
+      ipcMain.emit('ELECTRON_GUEST_WINDOW_MANAGER_INTERNAL_WINDOW_OPEN',
+        event, url, referrer, frameName, disposition, options)
+    })
+  }
+
   app.emit('web-contents-created', {}, this)
 }