diff --git a/src/gui/guiutility.h b/src/gui/guiutility.h
index b4e87f33d60..fd2e3f1d62e 100644
--- a/src/gui/guiutility.h
+++ b/src/gui/guiutility.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace Utility {
 
     void startShellIntegration();
 
-    QString socketApiSocketPath();
+    OWNCLOUDGUI_EXPORT QString socketApiSocketPath();
 
     OWNCLOUDGUI_EXPORT void markDirectoryAsSyncRoot(const QString &path, const QUuid &accountUuid);
     std::pair<QString, QUuid> getDirectorySyncRootMarkings(const QString &path);
diff --git a/src/gui/socketapi/socketapi.cpp b/src/gui/socketapi/socketapi.cpp
index ba73cf2e7fe..e6def8b4892 100644
--- a/src/gui/socketapi/socketapi.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/socketapi/socketapi.cpp
@@ -493,6 +493,13 @@ void SocketApi::command_COPY_PRIVATE_LINK(const QString &localFile, SocketListen
     fetchPrivateLinkUrlHelper(localFile, &SocketApi::copyUrlToClipboard);
 }
 
+void SocketApi::command_GET_PRIVATE_LINK(const QString &localFile, SocketListener *listener)
+{
+    fetchPrivateLinkUrlHelper(localFile, [listener](const QUrl &url) {
+        listener->sendMessage(QStringLiteral("PRIVATE_LINK:") + url.toString());
+    });
+}
+
 void SocketApi::command_EMAIL_PRIVATE_LINK(const QString &localFile, SocketListener *)
 {
     fetchPrivateLinkUrlHelper(localFile, &SocketApi::emailPrivateLink);
diff --git a/src/gui/socketapi/socketapi.h b/src/gui/socketapi/socketapi.h
index 55556a75bb8..4a10c55dc36 100644
--- a/src/gui/socketapi/socketapi.h
+++ b/src/gui/socketapi/socketapi.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
     // The context menu actions
     Q_INVOKABLE void command_SHARE(const QString &localFile, SocketListener *listener);
     Q_INVOKABLE void command_COPY_PRIVATE_LINK(const QString &localFile, SocketListener *listener);
+    Q_INVOKABLE void command_GET_PRIVATE_LINK(const QString &localFile, SocketListener *listener);
     Q_INVOKABLE void command_EMAIL_PRIVATE_LINK(const QString &localFile, SocketListener *listener);
     Q_INVOKABLE void command_OPEN_PRIVATE_LINK(const QString &localFile, SocketListener *listener);
     Q_INVOKABLE void command_OPEN_PRIVATE_LINK_VERSIONS(const QString &localFile, SocketListener *listener);
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index d78765e0b84..ace2e069584 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ if( UNIX AND NOT APPLE )
 endif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 
 owncloud_add_test(FileSystem)
+owncloud_add_test(SocketApi)
 
 owncloud_add_test(FolderMan)
 
diff --git a/test/testsocketapi.cpp b/test/testsocketapi.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..09aaf4666cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/testsocketapi.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) by Thomas Müller
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <QtTest>
+#include <QBuffer>
+#include <QTemporaryDir>
+
+#include <chrono>
+using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+
+#include "socketapi/socketapi.h"
+#include "socketapi/socketapi_p.h"
+#include "folderman.h"
+#include "accountmanager.h"
+
+#include "testutils/syncenginetestutils.h"
+#include "testutils/testutils.h"
+
+using namespace OCC;
+
+// Minimal 207 multistatus reply for intercepting PROPFIND requests in tests.
+class FakeMultistatReply : public FakeReply
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    QByteArray _body;
+    FakeMultistatReply(QNetworkAccessManager::Operation op, const QNetworkRequest &req,
+                       const QByteArray &body, QObject *parent)
+        : FakeReply(parent), _body(body)
+    {
+        setRequest(req);
+        setUrl(req.url());
+        setOperation(op);
+        open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
+        QTimer::singleShot(10ms, this, &FakeMultistatReply::respond);
+    }
+    void respond()
+    {
+        setAttribute(QNetworkRequest::HttpStatusCodeAttribute, 207);
+        setHeader(QNetworkRequest::ContentTypeHeader, QByteArrayLiteral("application/xml; charset=utf-8"));
+        setHeader(QNetworkRequest::ContentLengthHeader, _body.size());
+        Q_EMIT metaDataChanged();
+        Q_EMIT readyRead();
+        checkedFinished();
+    }
+    qint64 readData(char *buf, qint64 max) override
+    {
+        max = qMin<qint64>(max, _body.size());
+        memcpy(buf, _body.constData(), static_cast<size_t>(max));
+        _body.remove(0, static_cast<int>(max));
+        return max;
+    }
+    qint64 bytesAvailable() const override { return _body.size(); }
+};
+
+class TestSocketApi : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+    QString _registeredFolderPath;
+
+private Q_SLOTS:
+    void initTestCase()
+    {
+        TestUtils::folderMan();
+    }
+
+    void cleanup()
+    {
+        if (!_registeredFolderPath.isEmpty()) {
+            Folder *folder = TestUtils::folderMan()->folderForPath(_registeredFolderPath);
+            if (folder) {
+                TestUtils::folderMan()->removeFolderFromGui(folder);
+            }
+            _registeredFolderPath.clear();
+        }
+    }
+
+    void testGetPrivateLinkSendsUrlOverSocket()
+    {
+        const QTemporaryDir tempDir = TestUtils::createTempDir();
+        QVERIFY(tempDir.isValid());
+        const QString localPath = QDir::cleanPath(tempDir.path()) + QLatin1Char('/');
+
+        auto accountState = createDummyAccount();
+        Account *account = accountState->account();
+
+        auto cap = TestUtils::testCapabilities();
+        cap[QStringLiteral("files")] = QVariantMap{{QStringLiteral("privateLinks"), true}};
+        account->setCapabilities({account->url(), cap});
+
+        const QString expectedUrl = QStringLiteral("https://example.com/f/abc123");
+        auto *fakeAm = dynamic_cast<FakeAM *>(account->accessManager());
+        QVERIFY(fakeAm);
+        fakeAm->setOverride([expectedUrl](QNetworkAccessManager::Operation op,
+                                          const QNetworkRequest &req,
+                                          QIODevice *) -> QNetworkReply * {
+            if (op != QNetworkAccessManager::CustomOperation)
+                return nullptr;
+            if (req.attribute(QNetworkRequest::CustomVerbAttribute).toByteArray() != QByteArrayLiteral("PROPFIND"))
+                return nullptr;
+            if (req.rawHeader(QByteArrayLiteral("Depth")) != QByteArrayLiteral("0"))
+                return nullptr;
+
+            const QString path = req.url().path();
+            const QByteArray body =
+                QByteArrayLiteral("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>"
+                                  "<d:multistatus xmlns:d=\"DAV:\" xmlns:oc=\"http://owncloud.org/ns\">"
+                                  "<d:response><d:href>") + path.toUtf8()
+                + QByteArrayLiteral("</d:href><d:propstat><d:prop>"
+                                    "<oc:privatelink>") + expectedUrl.toUtf8()
+                + QByteArrayLiteral("</oc:privatelink>"
+                                    "</d:prop><d:status>HTTP/1.1 200 OK</d:status></d:propstat>"
+                                    "</d:response></d:multistatus>");
+
+            return new FakeMultistatReply(op, req, body, nullptr);
+        });
+
+        auto def = TestUtils::createDummyFolderDefinition(account, localPath);
+        def.setPaused(true);
+        Folder *folder = TestUtils::folderMan()->addFolder(accountState.get(), def);
+        QVERIFY(folder);
+        _registeredFolderPath = localPath;
+
+        // Use a QBuffer as the socket so SocketListener::sendMessage has somewhere to write.
+        QBuffer capture;
+        capture.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite);
+        SocketListener listener(&capture);
+
+        SocketApi api;
+        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(&api, "command_GET_PRIVATE_LINK",
+            Q_ARG(QString, localPath), Q_ARG(OCC::SocketListener *, &listener));
+
+        const QByteArray expected =
+            QByteArrayLiteral("PRIVATE_LINK:") + expectedUrl.toUtf8() + '\n';
+        QTRY_VERIFY2(capture.data().contains(expected),
+            qPrintable(QStringLiteral("Expected '%1' in buffer '%2'")
+                .arg(QString::fromUtf8(expected), QString::fromUtf8(capture.data()))));
+    }
+
+    void testGetPrivateLinkNoResponseWhenFileNotSynced()
+    {
+        QBuffer capture;
+        capture.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite);
+        SocketListener listener(&capture);
+
+        SocketApi api;
+        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(&api, "command_GET_PRIVATE_LINK",
+            Q_ARG(QString, QStringLiteral("/tmp/not_a_synced_file_testsocketapi.txt")),
+            Q_ARG(OCC::SocketListener *, &listener));
+
+        QTest::qWait(500);
+        QVERIFY2(!capture.data().contains("PRIVATE_LINK:"),
+            qPrintable(QStringLiteral("Expected no PRIVATE_LINK response for unsynced file, got: ")
+                + QString::fromUtf8(capture.data())));
+    }
+};
+
+QTEST_GUILESS_MAIN(TestSocketApi)
+#include "testsocketapi.moc"