diff --git a/testing/mozharness/mozharness/mozilla/testing/talos.py b/testing/mozharness/mozharness/mozilla/testing/talos.py
index 200e7ea0b046..11db1a80ec2a 100755
--- a/testing/mozharness/mozharness/mozilla/testing/talos.py
+++ b/testing/mozharness/mozharness/mozilla/testing/talos.py
@@ -603,6 +603,11 @@ class Talos(TestingMixin, MercurialScript, TooltoolMixin,
                                      'lib',
                                      os.path.basename(_python_interp),
                                      'site-packages')
+
+            # if  running gecko profiling  install the requirements
+            if self.gecko_profile:
+                self._install_view_gecko_profile_req()
+
             sys.path.append(_path)
             return
 
@@ -632,6 +637,9 @@ class Talos(TestingMixin, MercurialScript, TooltoolMixin,
             requirements=[os.path.join(self.talos_path,
                                        'requirements.txt')]
         )
+        self._install_view_gecko_profile_req()
+
+    def _install_view_gecko_profile_req(self):
         # if running locally and gecko profiing is on, we will be using the
         # view-gecko-profile tool which has its own requirements too
         if self.gecko_profile and self.run_local:
diff --git a/testing/talos/talos/run_tests.py b/testing/talos/talos/run_tests.py
index 8736e7ef1eea..24ebbe6138a6 100755
--- a/testing/talos/talos/run_tests.py
+++ b/testing/talos/talos/run_tests.py
@@ -350,6 +350,9 @@ def run_tests(config, browser_config):
 
 def view_gecko_profile(ffox_bin):
     # automatically load the latest talos gecko-profile archive in perf-html.io
+    if sys.platform.startswith('win') and not ffox_bin.endswith(".exe"):
+        ffox_bin = ffox_bin + ".exe"
+
     if not os.path.exists(ffox_bin):
         LOG.info("unable to find Firefox bin, cannot launch view-gecko-profile")
         return