diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/index.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/index.ts
index 7ca77a5e0c..e29931346a 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/index.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import type { APIRequestContext, BrowserContext, BrowserContextOptions, LaunchOptions, Page, Tracing, Video } from 'playwright-core';
+import type { BrowserType as BrowserTypeImpl } from 'playwright-core/lib/client/browserType';
 import * as playwrightLibrary from 'playwright-core';
 import { createGuid, debugMode, removeFolders, addInternalStackPrefix, mergeTraceFiles, saveTraceFile } from 'playwright-core/lib/utils';
 import type { Fixtures, PlaywrightTestArgs, PlaywrightTestOptions, PlaywrightWorkerArgs, PlaywrightWorkerOptions, ScreenshotMode, TestInfo, TestType, TraceMode, VideoMode } from '../types/test';
@@ -64,21 +65,11 @@ const playwrightFixtures: Fixtures<TestFixtures, WorkerFixtures> = ({
   channel: [({ launchOptions }, use) => use(launchOptions.channel), { scope: 'worker', option: true }],
   launchOptions: [{}, { scope: 'worker', option: true }],
   connectOptions: [({}, use) => {
-    const wsEndpoint = process.env.PW_TEST_CONNECT_WS_ENDPOINT;
-    if (!wsEndpoint)
-      return use(undefined);
-    let headers = process.env.PW_TEST_CONNECT_HEADERS ? JSON.parse(process.env.PW_TEST_CONNECT_HEADERS) : undefined;
-    if (process.env.PW_TEST_REUSE_CONTEXT) {
-      headers = {
-        ...headers,
-        'x-playwright-reuse-context': '1',
-      };
-    }
-    return use({
-      wsEndpoint,
-      headers,
-      _exposeNetwork: process.env.PW_TEST_CONNECT_EXPOSE_NETWORK,
-    } as any);
+    // Usually, when connect options are specified (e.g, in the config or in the environment),
+    // all launch() calls are turned into connect() calls.
+    // However, when running in "reuse browser" mode and connecting to the reusable server,
+    // only the default "browser" fixture should turn into reused browser.
+    use(process.env.PW_TEST_REUSE_CONTEXT ? undefined : connectOptionsFromEnv());
   }, { scope: 'worker', option: true }],
   screenshot: ['off', { scope: 'worker', option: true }],
   video: ['off', { scope: 'worker', option: true }],
@@ -109,19 +100,36 @@ const playwrightFixtures: Fixtures<TestFixtures, WorkerFixtures> = ({
       options.channel = channel;
 
     for (const browserType of [playwright.chromium, playwright.firefox, playwright.webkit]) {
-      (browserType as any)._defaultLaunchOptions = options;
-      (browserType as any)._defaultConnectOptions = connectOptions;
+      (browserType as BrowserTypeImpl)._defaultLaunchOptions = options;
+      (browserType as BrowserTypeImpl)._defaultConnectOptions = connectOptions;
     }
     await use(options);
     for (const browserType of [playwright.chromium, playwright.firefox, playwright.webkit]) {
-      (browserType as any)._defaultLaunchOptions = undefined;
-      (browserType as any)._defaultConnectOptions = undefined;
+      (browserType as BrowserTypeImpl)._defaultLaunchOptions = undefined;
+      (browserType as BrowserTypeImpl)._defaultConnectOptions = undefined;
     }
   }, { scope: 'worker', auto: true }],
 
-  browser: [async ({ playwright, browserName }, use, testInfo) => {
+  browser: [async ({ playwright, browserName, _browserOptions }, use, testInfo) => {
     if (!['chromium', 'firefox', 'webkit'].includes(browserName))
       throw new Error(`Unexpected browserName "${browserName}", must be one of "chromium", "firefox" or "webkit"`);
+
+    // Support for "reuse browser" mode.
+    const connectOptions = connectOptionsFromEnv();
+    if (connectOptions && process.env.PW_TEST_REUSE_CONTEXT) {
+      const browser = await playwright[browserName].connect({
+        ...connectOptions,
+        headers: {
+          'x-playwright-reuse-context': '1',
+          'x-playwright-launch-options': JSON.stringify(_browserOptions),
+          ...connectOptions.headers,
+        },
+      });
+      await use(browser);
+      await browser.close();
+      return;
+    }
+
     const browser = await playwright[browserName].launch();
     await use(browser);
     await browser.close();
@@ -617,6 +625,18 @@ function normalizeScreenshotMode(screenshot: PlaywrightWorkerOptions['screenshot
 
 const kTracingStarted = Symbol('kTracingStarted');
 
+function connectOptionsFromEnv() {
+  const wsEndpoint = process.env.PW_TEST_CONNECT_WS_ENDPOINT;
+  if (!wsEndpoint)
+    return undefined;
+  const headers = process.env.PW_TEST_CONNECT_HEADERS ? JSON.parse(process.env.PW_TEST_CONNECT_HEADERS) : undefined;
+  return {
+    wsEndpoint,
+    headers,
+    _exposeNetwork: process.env.PW_TEST_CONNECT_EXPOSE_NETWORK,
+  };
+}
+
 export const test = _baseTest.extend<TestFixtures, WorkerFixtures>(playwrightFixtures);
 
 export default test;