diff --git a/docs/helpers/Playwright.md b/docs/helpers/Playwright.md
index e7e58abae..0ca909cb0 100644
--- a/docs/helpers/Playwright.md
+++ b/docs/helpers/Playwright.md
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ Traces will be saved to `output/trace`
      Playwright: {
        url: "http://localhost",
        chromium: {
-         browserWSEndpoint: 'ws://localhost:9222/devtools/browser/c5aa6160-b5bc-4d53-bb49-6ecb36cd2e0a'
+         browserWSEndpoint: 'ws://localhost:9222/devtools/browser/c5aa6160-b5bc-4d53-bb49-6ecb36cd2e0a',
+         cdpConnection: false // default is false
        }
      }
    }
diff --git a/lib/helper/Playwright.js b/lib/helper/Playwright.js
index 5ec97818c..8932af6fe 100644
--- a/lib/helper/Playwright.js
+++ b/lib/helper/Playwright.js
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ const { createValueEngine, createDisabledEngine } = require('./extras/Playwright
  *      Playwright: {
  *        url: "http://localhost",
  *        chromium: {
- *          browserWSEndpoint: 'ws://localhost:9222/devtools/browser/c5aa6160-b5bc-4d53-bb49-6ecb36cd2e0a'
+ *          browserWSEndpoint: 'ws://localhost:9222/devtools/browser/c5aa6160-b5bc-4d53-bb49-6ecb36cd2e0a',
+ *          cdpConnection: false // default is false
  *        }
  *      }
  *    }
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ class Playwright extends Helper {
     this.sessionPages = {};
     this.activeSessionName = '';
     this.isElectron = false;
+    this.isCDPConnection = false;
     this.electronSessions = [];
     this.storageState = null;
 
@@ -347,6 +349,7 @@ class Playwright extends Helper {
     this.isRemoteBrowser = !!this.playwrightOptions.browserWSEndpoint;
     this.isElectron = this.options.browser === 'electron';
     this.userDataDir = this.playwrightOptions.userDataDir;
+    this.isCDPConnection = this.playwrightOptions.cdpConnection;
     popupStore.defaultAction = this.options.defaultPopupAction;
   }
 
@@ -692,6 +695,15 @@ class Playwright extends Helper {
   async _startBrowser() {
     if (this.isElectron) {
       this.browser = await playwright._electron.launch(this.playwrightOptions);
+    } else if (this.isRemoteBrowser && this.isCDPConnection) {
+      try {
+        this.browser = await playwright[this.options.browser].connectOverCDP(this.playwrightOptions);
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (err.toString().indexOf('ECONNREFUSED')) {
+          throw new RemoteBrowserConnectionRefused(err);
+        }
+        throw err;
+      }
     } else if (this.isRemoteBrowser) {
       try {
         this.browser = await playwright[this.options.browser].connect(this.playwrightOptions);