diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/electron.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/electron.ts
index a9e90b77f..bb92fdfa5 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/electron.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/electron.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { ConsoleMessage } from './consoleMessage';
 import type { Env, WaitForEventOptions, Headers, BrowserContextOptions } from './types';
 import { Waiter } from './waiter';
 import { TargetClosedError } from './errors';
+import { Playwright } from './playwright';
 
 type ElectronOptions = Omit<channels.ElectronLaunchOptions, 'env'|'extraHTTPHeaders'|'recordHar'|'colorScheme'|'acceptDownloads'> & {
   env?: Env,
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ type ElectronOptions = Omit<channels.ElectronLaunchOptions, 'env'|'extraHTTPHead
 type ElectronAppType = typeof import('electron');
 
 export class Electron extends ChannelOwner<channels.ElectronChannel> implements api.Electron {
+  _playwright!: Playwright;
+
   static from(electron: channels.ElectronChannel): Electron {
     return (electron as any)._object;
   }
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ export class Electron extends ChannelOwner<channels.ElectronChannel> implements
       tracesDir: options.tracesDir,
     };
     const app = ElectronApplication.from((await this._channel.launch(params)).electronApplication);
+    await this._playwright.chromium._didCreateContext(app.context(), params, options, this._logger);
     app._context._setOptions(params, options);
     return app;
   }