diff --git a/mobile/android/base/BrowserApp.java b/mobile/android/base/BrowserApp.java
index 91b510150b50..e566f27c87da 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/BrowserApp.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/BrowserApp.java
@@ -1130,6 +1130,10 @@ abstract public class BrowserApp extends GeckoApp
             // Do exactly the same thing as if you tapped 'Sync' in Settings.
             final Intent intent = new Intent(getContext(), FxAccountGetStartedActivity.class);
             intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
+            final NativeJSObject extras = message.optObject("extras", null);
+            if (extras != null) {
+                intent.putExtra("extras", extras.toString());
+            }
             getContext().startActivity(intent);
 
         } else if ("CharEncoding:Data".equals(event)) {
diff --git a/mobile/android/modules/Accounts.jsm b/mobile/android/modules/Accounts.jsm
index 166a6e980da4..cfcb8f74c7b5 100644
--- a/mobile/android/modules/Accounts.jsm
+++ b/mobile/android/modules/Accounts.jsm
@@ -65,12 +65,16 @@ let Accounts = Object.freeze({
    * Fire-and-forget: open the Firefox accounts activity, which
    * will be the Getting Started screen if FxA isn't yet set up.
    *
+   * Optional extras are passed, as a JSON string, to the Firefox
+   * Account Getting Started activity in the extras bundle of the
+   * activity launch intent, under the key "extras".
+   *
    * There is no return value from this method.
    */
-  launchSetup: function () {
+  launchSetup: function (extras) {
     sendMessageToJava({
       type: "Accounts:Create",
+      extras: extras,
     });
   },
 });
-