diff --git a/packages/components/src/providers/create-workspace-runtime.ts b/packages/components/src/providers/create-workspace-runtime.ts
index 012d2c3e5..1d8f9cce6 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/providers/create-workspace-runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/providers/create-workspace-runtime.ts
@@ -2055,7 +2055,7 @@ export async function createWorkspaceRuntime(deps: RuntimeDeps): Promise<Workspa
     if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
       return false;
     }
-    if (!window.__LODY_ELECTRON__) {
+    if (!window.__LODY_ELECTRON__ && !window.__LODY_LOCAL_BRIDGE__) {
       return false;
     }
     if (!getIpcServices()) {
diff --git a/packages/components/src/providers/workspace-machine-rpc-facade.ts b/packages/components/src/providers/workspace-machine-rpc-facade.ts
index 0dff61dd4..fb1d1fe5c 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/providers/workspace-machine-rpc-facade.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/providers/workspace-machine-rpc-facade.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export function createWorkspaceMachineRpcFacade(deps: WorkspaceMachineRpcFacadeD
     await waitForMachineRoute(machineId);
     return Boolean(
       typeof window !== 'undefined' &&
-      window.__LODY_ELECTRON__ &&
+      (window.__LODY_ELECTRON__ || window.__LODY_LOCAL_BRIDGE__) &&
       getLocalMachineRpcSender() &&
       targetRouter.getPlaneForMachine(machineId) === 'local'
     );
@@ -179,7 +179,9 @@ export function createWorkspaceMachineRpcFacade(deps: WorkspaceMachineRpcFacadeD
     };
     try {
       const result = await (async () => {
-        const isElectron = typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.__LODY_ELECTRON__;
+        const isElectron =
+          typeof window !== 'undefined' &&
+          (window.__LODY_ELECTRON__ || window.__LODY_LOCAL_BRIDGE__);
         if (isElectron) {
           // A local Electron file preview must never fall through to the
           // Streams RPC plane. Until the target router identifies the machine,
@@ -996,7 +998,7 @@ export function createWorkspaceMachineRpcFacade(deps: WorkspaceMachineRpcFacadeD
     try {
       await waitForMachineRoute(machineId);
       if (
-        window.__LODY_ELECTRON__ &&
+        (window.__LODY_ELECTRON__ || window.__LODY_LOCAL_BRIDGE__) &&
         getIpcServices() &&
         targetRouter.getPlaneForMachine(machineId) === 'local'
       ) {
@@ -1052,7 +1054,7 @@ export function createWorkspaceMachineRpcFacade(deps: WorkspaceMachineRpcFacadeD
     try {
       await waitForMachineRoute(request.machineId);
       if (
-        window.__LODY_ELECTRON__ &&
+        (window.__LODY_ELECTRON__ || window.__LODY_LOCAL_BRIDGE__) &&
         getIpcServices() &&
         targetRouter.getPlaneForMachine(request.machineId) === 'local'
       ) {
diff --git a/packages/components/src/window-globals.d.ts b/packages/components/src/window-globals.d.ts
index f4913873e..c08e60df5 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/window-globals.d.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/window-globals.d.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ declare global {
     __LODY_NATIVE__?: boolean;
     __LODY_CORDOVA_READY__?: boolean;
     __LODY_ELECTRON__?: true;
+    __LODY_LOCAL_BRIDGE__?: true;
     __LODY_PLATFORM__?: {
       os: string;
       homeDir: string;