diff --git a/mobile/android/components/BrowserCLH.js b/mobile/android/components/BrowserCLH.js
index cd54583d2a1..6c14f5af1d8 100644
--- a/mobile/android/components/BrowserCLH.js
+++ b/mobile/android/components/BrowserCLH.js
@@ -93,7 +93,11 @@ BrowserCLH.prototype = {
         };
 
         let flags = "chrome,dialog=no,all";
-        browserWin = openWindow(null, "chrome://browser/content/browser.xul", "_blank", flags, args);
+        let chromeURL = "chrome://browser/content/browser.xul";
+        try {
+          chromeURL = Services.prefs.getCharPref("toolkit.defaultChromeURI");
+        } catch(e) {}
+        browserWin = openWindow(null, chromeURL, "_blank", flags, args);
       }
 
       aCmdLine.preventDefault = true;