diff --git a/src/cli/cli.ts b/src/cli/cli.ts
index cab82d35d0..53ac4a443c 100755
--- a/src/cli/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli/cli.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 import program from 'commander';
 import os from 'os';
 import fs from 'fs';
-import { runServer, printApiJson, installBrowsers } from './driver';
+import { runServer, printApiJson, launchBrowserServer, installBrowsers } from './driver';
 import { showTraceViewer } from '../server/trace/viewer/traceViewer';
 import * as playwright from '../..';
 import { BrowserContext } from '../client/browserContext';
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ if (process.argv[2] === 'run-driver')
   runServer();
 else if (process.argv[2] === 'print-api-json')
   printApiJson();
+else if (process.argv[2] === 'launch-server')
+  launchBrowserServer(process.argv[3], process.argv[4]);
 else
   program.parse(process.argv);
 
diff --git a/src/cli/driver.ts b/src/cli/driver.ts
index c3d051dd77..55b6d44cbe 100644
--- a/src/cli/driver.ts
+++ b/src/cli/driver.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
+import * as playwright from '../..';
+import { BrowserType } from '../client/browserType';
+import { LaunchServerOptions } from '../client/types';
 import { DispatcherConnection } from '../dispatchers/dispatcher';
 import { PlaywrightDispatcher } from '../dispatchers/playwrightDispatcher';
 import { installBrowsersWithProgressBar } from '../install/installer';
@@ -53,6 +56,15 @@ export function runServer() {
   new PlaywrightDispatcher(dispatcherConnection.rootDispatcher(), playwright);
 }
 
+export async function launchBrowserServer(browserName: string, configFile?: string) {
+  let options: LaunchServerOptions = {};
+  if (configFile)
+    options = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(configFile).toString());
+  const browserType = (playwright as any)[browserName] as BrowserType;
+  const server = await browserType.launchServer(options);
+  console.log(server.wsEndpoint());
+}
+
 export async function installBrowsers(browserNames?: BrowserName[]) {
   await installBrowsersWithProgressBar(browserNames);
 }