diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
index a055db7e3dd..f80b86e9a8c 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
@@ -1296,8 +1296,8 @@ export class CodeApplication extends Disposable {
 		const context = isLaunchedFromCli(process.env) ? OpenContext.CLI : OpenContext.DESKTOP;
 		const args = this.environmentMainService.args;
 
-		// Embedded app launches directly into the sessions window
-		if ((process as INodeProcess).isEmbeddedApp) {
+		// Handle sessions window first based on context
+		if ((process as INodeProcess).isEmbeddedApp || (args['sessions'] && this.productService.quality !== 'stable')) {
 			return windowsMainService.openSessionsWindow({ context, contextWindowId: undefined });
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/environment/common/argv.ts b/src/vs/platform/environment/common/argv.ts
index a10f4c9b3bb..45cb23ba6f3 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/environment/common/argv.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/environment/common/argv.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export interface NativeParsedArgs {
 	goto?: boolean;
 	'new-window'?: boolean;
 	'reuse-window'?: boolean;
+	'sessions'?: boolean;
 	locale?: string;
 	'user-data-dir'?: string;
 	'prof-startup'?: boolean;
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/environment/node/argv.ts b/src/vs/platform/environment/node/argv.ts
index 35a833d5f90..6d00ad0ae09 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/environment/node/argv.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/environment/node/argv.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ export const OPTIONS: OptionDescriptions<Required<NativeParsedArgs>> = {
 	'goto': { type: 'boolean', cat: 'o', alias: 'g', args: 'file:line[:character]', description: localize('goto', "Open a file at the path on the specified line and character position.") },
 	'new-window': { type: 'boolean', cat: 'o', alias: 'n', description: localize('newWindow', "Force to open a new window.") },
 	'reuse-window': { type: 'boolean', cat: 'o', alias: 'r', description: localize('reuseWindow', "Force to open a file or folder in an already opened window.") },
+	'sessions': { type: 'boolean', cat: 'o', description: localize('sessions', "Opens the sessions window.") },
 	'wait': { type: 'boolean', cat: 'o', alias: 'w', description: localize('wait', "Wait for the files to be closed before returning.") },
 	'waitMarkerFilePath': { type: 'string' },
 	'locale': { type: 'string', cat: 'o', args: 'locale', description: localize('locale', "The locale to use (e.g. en-US or zh-TW).") },