diff --git a/src/hosted/config.ts b/src/hosted/config.ts
index 80b7716ce..2856cdfb7 100644
--- a/src/hosted/config.ts
+++ b/src/hosted/config.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export interface HostedManifestCache {
 
 export type LocalBrowserConfig =
   | { kind: 'cloak' }
-  | { kind: 'chrome'; executablePath: string; syncToChrome?: boolean }
+  | { kind: 'chrome'; executablePath: string; chromeProfile?: string; syncToChrome?: boolean }
   | { kind: 'slab' }
   | { kind: 'custom'; executablePath: string };
 
@@ -208,10 +208,23 @@ function readCredentialBackend(value: unknown): HostedCredentialBackend | undefi
 
 function readLocalBrowser(value: unknown): LocalBrowserConfig {
   if (value && typeof value === 'object') {
-    const browser = value as { kind?: unknown; executablePath?: unknown; syncToChrome?: unknown };
+    const browser = value as {
+      kind?: unknown;
+      executablePath?: unknown;
+      chromeProfile?: unknown;
+      syncToChrome?: unknown;
+    };
     if (browser.kind === 'cloak' || browser.kind === 'slab') return { kind: browser.kind };
     if (browser.kind === 'chrome' && typeof browser.executablePath === 'string' && path.isAbsolute(browser.executablePath)) {
-      return { kind: 'chrome', executablePath: browser.executablePath, ...(browser.syncToChrome === true ? { syncToChrome: true } : {}) };
+      const chromeProfile = typeof browser.chromeProfile === 'string' && browser.chromeProfile.trim()
+        ? browser.chromeProfile.trim()
+        : undefined;
+      return {
+        kind: 'chrome',
+        executablePath: browser.executablePath,
+        ...(chromeProfile ? { chromeProfile } : {}),
+        ...(browser.syncToChrome === true ? { syncToChrome: true } : {}),
+      };
     }
     if (browser.kind === 'custom' && typeof browser.executablePath === 'string' && path.isAbsolute(browser.executablePath)) {
       return { kind: 'custom', executablePath: browser.executablePath };
diff --git a/src/hosted/setup.test.ts b/src/hosted/setup.test.ts
index 3da70c4ea..d2807228b 100644
--- a/src/hosted/setup.test.ts
+++ b/src/hosted/setup.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Writable } from 'node:stream';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { getConfigPath, makeLocalConfig, saveWebcmdConfig } from './config.js';
-import { runHostedSetup } from './setup.js';
+import { getSetupStatus, runHostedSetup } from './setup.js';
 import type { SlabSetupStatus } from '../slab/status.js';
 
 let tempDir: string | undefined;
@@ -188,6 +188,31 @@ describe('webcmd setup', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('persists and reports the selected Chrome profile in setup status', async () => {
+    tempDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'webcmd-setup-chrome-profile-status-'));
+    const env = { WEBCMD_CONFIG_DIR: tempDir } as NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+    const executablePath = '/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome';
+
+    await expect(runHostedSetup({
+      env,
+      argv: ['--browser', 'chrome', '--chrome-profile', 'Profile 15'],
+      isTTY: false,
+      resolveGoogleChromeExecutable: async () => executablePath,
+      fetchDaemonStatus: async () => null,
+      write: () => undefined,
+    })).resolves.toBe(0);
+
+    expect(JSON.parse(await readFile(getConfigPath({ env }), 'utf8'))).toMatchObject({
+      mode: 'local',
+      browser: { kind: 'chrome', executablePath, chromeProfile: 'Profile 15' },
+    });
+    expect(await getSetupStatus({ env })).toMatchObject({
+      configured: true,
+      mode: 'local',
+      browser: { kind: 'chrome', executablePath, chromeProfile: 'Profile 15' },
+    });
+  });
+
   it('explains how to install Google Chrome when it is unavailable', async () => {
     tempDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'webcmd-setup-chrome-missing-'));
     const messages: string[] = [];
diff --git a/src/hosted/setup.ts b/src/hosted/setup.ts
index 65a5c8f6b..f44b3c505 100644
--- a/src/hosted/setup.ts
+++ b/src/hosted/setup.ts
@@ -146,9 +146,11 @@ export async function runHostedSetup(io: SetupIo = {}): Promise<number> {
     const before = await (io.fetchDaemonStatus ?? fetchDaemonStatus)();
     try {
       const selected = await validateLocalBrowser(browser, io, chromeDiscovery, syncToChrome);
+      const chromeProfile = selected.kind === 'chrome' ? parsed.chromeProfile?.trim() : undefined;
+      const persistedSelected = selected.kind === 'chrome' && chromeProfile ? { ...selected, chromeProfile } : selected;
       if (selected.kind === 'chrome') await maybeImportChromeCookies(parsed, io, interactive, ask, write);
-      (io.saveConfig ?? saveWebcmdConfig)(makeLocalConfig(io.now?.() ?? new Date(), selected), io);
-      if (before) await restartConfiguredDaemon(selected, io);
+      (io.saveConfig ?? saveWebcmdConfig)(makeLocalConfig(io.now?.() ?? new Date(), persistedSelected), io);
+      if (before) await restartConfiguredDaemon(persistedSelected, io);
     } catch (err) {
       const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
       await write(`Local browser setup failed: ${message}\n`);