diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index 97c59147..17e7ba37 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 export const isWindows: boolean = /^win/.test(process.platform);
+export const isLinux: boolean = /^linux/.test(process.platform);
 
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import assert from 'node:assert';
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 3f769b93..b0f82c2d 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import {
     type ITreeItemPickerContext,
 } from '@microsoft/vscode-azext-utils';
 import { AzExtResourceType, getAzureResourcesExtensionApi } from '@microsoft/vscode-azureresources-api';
-import { platform } from 'os';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { findTreeItem } from './commands/api/findTreeItem';
 import { pickTreeItem } from './commands/api/pickTreeItem';
@@ -36,6 +35,8 @@ import {
     cosmosMongoFilter,
     cosmosTableFilter,
     doubleClickDebounceDelay,
+    isLinux,
+    isWindows,
     sqlFilter,
 } from './constants';
 import { DatabasesFileSystem } from './DatabasesFileSystem';
@@ -142,10 +143,10 @@ export async function activateInternal(
             },
         );
         registerCommandWithTreeNodeUnwrapping('cosmosDB.attachEmulator', async (actionContext: IActionContext) => {
-            if (platform() !== 'win32') {
+            if ((!isWindows && !isLinux)) {
                 actionContext.errorHandling.suppressReportIssue = true;
                 throw new Error(
-                    localize('emulatorNotSupported', 'The Cosmos DB emulator is only supported on Windows.'),
+                    localize('emulatorNotSupported', 'The Cosmos DB emulator is only supported on Windows and Linux.'),
                 );
             }
 
diff --git a/src/tree/AttachedAccountsTreeItem.ts b/src/tree/AttachedAccountsTreeItem.ts
index e815f397..c1bd31de 100644
--- a/src/tree/AttachedAccountsTreeItem.ts
+++ b/src/tree/AttachedAccountsTreeItem.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { type MongoClient } from 'mongodb';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { API, getExperienceFromApi, getExperienceQuickPick, getExperienceQuickPicks } from '../AzureDBExperiences';
 import { removeTreeItemFromCache } from '../commands/api/apiCache';
-import { emulatorPassword, isWindows } from '../constants';
+import { emulatorPassword, isLinux, isWindows } from '../constants';
 import { parseDocDBConnectionString } from '../docdb/docDBConnectionStrings';
 import { type CosmosDBCredential } from '../docdb/getCosmosClient';
 import { DocDBAccountTreeItem } from '../docdb/tree/DocDBAccountTreeItem';
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export const MONGO_CONNECTION_EXPECTED: string = 'Connection string must start w
 const localMongoConnectionString: string = 'mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017';
 
 export class AttachedAccountsTreeItem extends AzExtParentTreeItem {
-    public static contextValue: string = 'cosmosDBAttachedAccounts' + (isWindows ? 'WithEmulator' : 'WithoutEmulator');
+    public static contextValue: string = 'cosmosDBAttachedAccounts' + ((isWindows || isLinux) ? 'WithEmulator' : 'WithoutEmulator');
     public readonly contextValue: string = AttachedAccountsTreeItem.contextValue;
     public readonly label: string = 'Attached Database Accounts';
     public childTypeLabel: string = 'Account';
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export class AttachedAccountsTreeItem extends AzExtParentTreeItem {
             commandId: 'cosmosDB.attachEmulator',
             includeInTreeItemPicker: true,
         });
-        return isWindows ? [attachDatabaseAccount, attachEmulator] : [attachDatabaseAccount];
+        return (isWindows || isLinux) ? [attachDatabaseAccount, attachEmulator] : [attachDatabaseAccount];
     }
 
     public isAncestorOfImpl(contextValue: string): boolean {