diff --git a/shell/app/electron_main_delegate.cc b/shell/app/electron_main_delegate.cc
index a6f30149b496..886f46a1adcd 100644
--- a/shell/app/electron_main_delegate.cc
+++ b/shell/app/electron_main_delegate.cc
@@ -408,6 +408,11 @@ std::optional<int> ElectronMainDelegate::PreBrowserMain() {
   content::InitializeMojoCore();
 #if BUILDFLAG(IS_MAC)
   RegisterAtomCrApp();
+#endif
+#if BUILDFLAG(IS_LINUX)
+  // Set the global activation token sent as an environment variable.
+  auto env = base::Environment::Create();
+  base::nix::ExtractXdgActivationTokenFromEnv(*env);
 #endif
   return std::nullopt;
 }
diff --git a/shell/browser/api/electron_api_app.cc b/shell/browser/api/electron_api_app.cc
index 5b0e7b0dd0f5..09c5d1bbffb4 100644
--- a/shell/browser/api/electron_api_app.cc
+++ b/shell/browser/api/electron_api_app.cc
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@
 #include "shell/browser/ui/cocoa/electron_bundle_mover.h"
 #endif
 
+#if BUILDFLAG(IS_LINUX)
+#include "base/nix/scoped_xdg_activation_token_injector.h"
+#include "base/nix/xdg_util.h"
+#endif
+
 using electron::Browser;
 
 namespace gin {
@@ -411,6 +416,12 @@ bool NotificationCallbackWrapper(
     base::CommandLine cmd,
     const base::FilePath& cwd,
     const std::vector<uint8_t> additional_data) {
+#if BUILDFLAG(IS_LINUX)
+  // Set the global activation token sent as a command line switch by another
+  // electron app instance. This also removes the switch after use to prevent
+  // any side effects of leaving it in the command line after this point.
+  base::nix::ExtractXdgActivationTokenFromCmdLine(cmd);
+#endif
   // Make sure the callback is called after app gets ready.
   if (Browser::Get()->is_ready()) {
     callback.Run(std::move(cmd), cwd, std::move(additional_data));
@@ -1021,6 +1032,15 @@ bool App::RequestSingleInstanceLock(gin::Arguments* args) {
       base::BindRepeating(NotificationCallbackWrapper, cb));
 #endif
 
+#if BUILDFLAG(IS_LINUX)
+  // Read the xdg-activation token and set it in the command line for the
+  // duration of the notification in order to ensure this is propagated to an
+  // already running electron app instance if it exists.
+  // The activation token received from the launching app is used later when
+  // activating the existing electron app instance window.
+  base::nix::ScopedXdgActivationTokenInjector activation_token_injector(
+      *base::CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess(), *base::Environment::Create());
+#endif
   switch (process_singleton_->NotifyOtherProcessOrCreate()) {
     case ProcessSingleton::NotifyResult::PROCESS_NONE:
       if (content::BrowserThread::IsThreadInitialized(