diff --git a/packages/core/src/lambda/activation.ts b/packages/core/src/lambda/activation.ts
index d799173697e..7c8c02e81e9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/lambda/activation.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/lambda/activation.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { liveTailRegistry, liveTailCodeLensProvider } from '../awsService/cloudW
 import { getFunctionLogGroupName } from '../awsService/cloudWatchLogs/activation'
 import { ToolkitError, isError } from '../shared/errors'
 import { LogStreamFilterResponse } from '../awsService/cloudWatchLogs/wizard/liveTailLogStreamSubmenu'
+import { registerLambdaUriHandler } from './uriHandlers'
 
 /**
  * Activates Lambda components.
@@ -116,6 +117,8 @@ export async function activate(context: ExtContext): Promise<void> {
                     throw err
                 }
             }
-        })
+        }),
+
+        registerLambdaUriHandler()
     )
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/lambda/uriHandlers.ts b/packages/core/src/lambda/uriHandlers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..41f56ce1669
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/lambda/uriHandlers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*!
+ * Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import * as vscode from 'vscode'
+import * as nls from 'vscode-nls'
+
+import { SearchParams } from '../shared/vscode/uriHandler'
+import { showConfirmationMessage } from '../shared/utilities/messages'
+import globals from '../shared/extensionGlobals'
+import { VSCODE_EXTENSION_ID } from '../shared/extensions'
+
+const localize = nls.loadMessageBundle()
+
+export function registerLambdaUriHandler() {
+    async function openFunctionHandler(params: ReturnType<typeof parseOpenParams>) {
+        const response = await showConfirmationMessage({
+            prompt: localize(
+                'AWS.lambda.uriUnavailable',
+                'The URI you are attempting to access is not in this version of the Toolkit'
+            ),
+            confirm: localize('AWS.installLatest', 'Install latest'),
+        })
+        if (response) {
+            await vscode.commands.executeCommand('extension.open', VSCODE_EXTENSION_ID.awstoolkit)
+        }
+    }
+
+    return vscode.Disposable.from(
+        globals.uriHandler.onPath('/lambda/load-function', openFunctionHandler, parseOpenParams)
+    )
+}
+
+export function parseOpenParams(query: SearchParams) {
+    return {
+        functionName: query.getOrThrow(
+            'functionName',
+            localize('AWS.lambda.open.missingName', 'A function name must be provided')
+        ),
+        region: query.getOrThrow('region', localize('AWS.lambda.open.missingRegion', 'A region must be provided')),
+        isCfn: query.get('isCfn'),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/test/lambda/uriHandlers.test.ts b/packages/core/src/test/lambda/uriHandlers.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3e8ae7c368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/test/lambda/uriHandlers.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*!
+ * Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import assert from 'assert'
+import { SearchParams } from '../../shared/vscode/uriHandler'
+import { parseOpenParams } from '../../lambda/uriHandlers'
+import { globals } from '../../shared'
+
+describe('Lambda URI Handler', function () {
+    describe('load-function', function () {
+        it('registers for "/lambda/load-function"', function () {
+            assert.throws(() => globals.uriHandler.onPath('/lambda/load-function', () => {}))
+        })
+
+        it('parses parameters', function () {
+            let query = new SearchParams({
+                functionName: 'example',
+            })
+            assert.throws(() => parseOpenParams(query), /A region must be provided/)
+            query = new SearchParams({
+                region: 'example',
+            })
+            assert.throws(() => parseOpenParams(query), /A function name must be provided/)
+
+            const valid = {
+                functionName: 'example',
+                region: 'example',
+                isCfn: 'false',
+            }
+            query = new SearchParams(valid)
+            assert.deepEqual(parseOpenParams(query), valid)
+        })
+    })
+})