diff --git a/packages/suite-base/src/Workspace.tsx b/packages/suite-base/src/Workspace.tsx
index bc31af6e58..1c6ad904fd 100644
--- a/packages/suite-base/src/Workspace.tsx
+++ b/packages/suite-base/src/Workspace.tsx
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ import { TopicList } from "@lichtblick/suite-base/components/TopicList";
 import VariablesList from "@lichtblick/suite-base/components/VariablesList";
 import { WorkspaceDialogs } from "@lichtblick/suite-base/components/WorkspaceDialogs";
 import { useAppContext } from "@lichtblick/suite-base/context/AppContext";
+import {
+  LayoutData,
+  useCurrentLayoutActions,
+} from "@lichtblick/suite-base/context/CurrentLayoutContext";
 import {
   LayoutState,
   useCurrentLayoutSelector,
@@ -565,22 +569,57 @@ function WorkspaceContent(props: WorkspaceProps): React.JSX.Element {
     [getMessagePipeline],
   );
 
+  const { setCurrentLayout } = useCurrentLayoutActions();
+
   const targetUrlState = useMemo(() => {
     const deepLinks = props.deepLinks ?? [];
     return deepLinks[0] ? parseAppURLState(new URL(deepLinks[0])) : undefined;
   }, [props.deepLinks]);
 
   const [unappliedSourceArgs, setUnappliedSourceArgs] = useState(
-    targetUrlState ? { ds: targetUrlState.ds, dsParams: targetUrlState.dsParams } : undefined,
+    targetUrlState
+      ? {
+          ds: targetUrlState.ds,
+          dsParams: targetUrlState.dsParams,
+          layoutUrl: targetUrlState.layoutUrl,
+        }
+      : undefined,
   );
 
   const selectEvent = useEvents(selectSelectEvent);
+
+  const fetchLayoutFromUrl = async (layoutUrl: string) => {
+    if (!layoutUrl) {
+      return;
+    }
+    let res;
+    try {
+      res = await fetch(layoutUrl);
+    } catch {
+      log.debug(`Could not load the layout from ${layoutUrl}`);
+      return;
+    }
+    const parsedState: unknown = JSON.parse(await res.text());
+
+    if (typeof parsedState !== "object" || !parsedState) {
+      log.debug(`${layoutUrl} does not contain valid layout JSON`);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const layoutData = parsedState as LayoutData;
+    setCurrentLayout({
+      data: layoutData,
+    });
+  };
+
   // Load data source from URL.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!unappliedSourceArgs) {
       return;
     }
 
+    let shouldUpdate;
+
     // Apply any available data source args
     if (unappliedSourceArgs.ds) {
       log.debug("Initialising source from url", unappliedSourceArgs);
@@ -589,7 +628,15 @@ function WorkspaceContent(props: WorkspaceProps): React.JSX.Element {
         params: unappliedSourceArgs.dsParams,
       });
       selectEvent(unappliedSourceArgs.dsParams?.eventId);
-      setUnappliedSourceArgs({ ds: undefined, dsParams: undefined });
+      shouldUpdate = true;
+    }
+    // Apply any available datasource args
+    if (unappliedSourceArgs.layoutUrl) {
+      fetchLayoutFromUrl(unappliedSourceArgs.layoutUrl);
+      shouldUpdate = true;
+    }
+    if (shouldUpdate) {
+      setUnappliedSourceArgs({ ds: undefined, dsParams: undefined, layoutUrl: undefined });
     }
   }, [selectEvent, selectSource, unappliedSourceArgs, setUnappliedSourceArgs]);
 
diff --git a/packages/suite-base/src/util/appURLState.ts b/packages/suite-base/src/util/appURLState.ts
index fc6031ae5d..1eab5bb759 100644
--- a/packages/suite-base/src/util/appURLState.ts
+++ b/packages/suite-base/src/util/appURLState.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { LayoutID } from "@lichtblick/suite-base/context/CurrentLayoutContext";
 
 export type AppURLState = {
   ds?: string;
+  layoutUrl?: string;
   dsParams?: Record<string, string>;
   layoutId?: LayoutID;
   time?: Time;
@@ -43,6 +44,14 @@ export function updateAppURLState(url: URL, urlState: AppURLState): URL {
     }
   }
 
+  if ("layoutUrl" in urlState) {
+    if (urlState.layoutUrl) {
+      newURL.searchParams.set("layoutUrl", urlState.layoutUrl);
+    } else {
+      newURL.searchParams.delete("layoutUrl");
+    }
+  }
+
   if ("dsParams" in urlState) {
     [...newURL.searchParams].forEach(([k]) => {
       if (k.startsWith("ds.")) {
@@ -69,6 +78,7 @@ export function updateAppURLState(url: URL, urlState: AppURLState): URL {
  */
 export function parseAppURLState(url: URL): AppURLState | undefined {
   const ds = url.searchParams.get("ds") ?? undefined;
+  const layoutUrl = url.searchParams.get("layoutUrl");
   const timeString = url.searchParams.get("time");
   const time = timeString == undefined ? undefined : fromRFC3339String(timeString);
   const dsParams: Record<string, string> = {};
@@ -83,6 +93,7 @@ export function parseAppURLState(url: URL): AppURLState | undefined {
     {
       time,
       ds,
+      layoutUrl,
       dsParams: _.isEmpty(dsParams) ? undefined : dsParams,
     },
     _.isEmpty,