diff --git a/browser/components/about/AboutRedirector.cpp b/browser/components/about/AboutRedirector.cpp
index ef458538d51f..ccbdd59090fa 100644
--- a/browser/components/about/AboutRedirector.cpp
+++ b/browser/components/about/AboutRedirector.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static const RedirEntry kRedirMap[] = {
nsIAboutModule::ALLOW_SCRIPT |
nsIAboutModule::HIDE_FROM_ABOUTABOUT },
// Actual activity stream URL for home and newtab are set in channel creation
- { "home", "about:blank", ACTIVITY_STREAM_FLAGS },
+ { "home", "about:blank", ACTIVITY_STREAM_FLAGS | nsIAboutModule::MAKE_LINKABLE }, // Bug 1438367 to try removing MAKE_LINKABLE again
{ "newtab", "about:blank", ACTIVITY_STREAM_FLAGS },
{ "library", "chrome://browser/content/aboutLibrary.xhtml",
nsIAboutModule::URI_MUST_LOAD_IN_CHILD |
diff --git a/browser/extensions/activity-stream/install.rdf.in b/browser/extensions/activity-stream/install.rdf.in
index f0a9a48a8e69..e94d5a01cb8c 100644
--- a/browser/extensions/activity-stream/install.rdf.in
+++ b/browser/extensions/activity-stream/install.rdf.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@