diff --git a/browser/ui/webui/brave_welcome_ui.cc b/browser/ui/webui/brave_welcome_ui.cc
index 381aeba85a6b..786c6a277485 100644
--- a/browser/ui/webui/brave_welcome_ui.cc
+++ b/browser/ui/webui/brave_welcome_ui.cc
@@ -121,8 +121,12 @@ class WelcomeDOMHandler : public WebUIMessageHandler {
  private:
   void HandleImportNowRequested(const base::Value::List& args);
   void HandleRecordP3A(const base::Value::List& args);
+  void GetDefaultBrowser(const base::Value::List& args);
   void SetLocalStateBooleanEnabled(const std::string& path,
                                    const base::Value::List& args);
+  void OnGetDefaultBrowser(const std::string& callback_id,
+                           shell_integration::DefaultWebClientState state,
+                           const std::u16string& name);
   void SetP3AEnabled(const base::Value::List& args);
   void HandleOpenSettingsPage(const base::Value::List& args);
   void HandleSetMetricsReportingEnabled(const base::Value::List& args);
@@ -132,6 +136,7 @@ class WelcomeDOMHandler : public WebUIMessageHandler {
   bool finished_ = false;
   bool skipped_ = false;
   Profile* profile_ = nullptr;
+  base::WeakPtrFactory<WelcomeDOMHandler> weak_ptr_factory_{this};
 };
 
 WelcomeDOMHandler::WelcomeDOMHandler(Profile* profile) : profile_(profile) {}
@@ -163,6 +168,10 @@ void WelcomeDOMHandler::RegisterMessages() {
       "setMetricsReportingEnabled",
       base::BindRepeating(&WelcomeDOMHandler::HandleSetMetricsReportingEnabled,
                           base::Unretained(this)));
+  web_ui()->RegisterMessageCallback(
+      "getDefaultBrowser",
+      base::BindRepeating(&WelcomeDOMHandler::GetDefaultBrowser,
+                          base::Unretained(this)));
 }
 
 void WelcomeDOMHandler::HandleImportNowRequested(
@@ -171,6 +180,25 @@ void WelcomeDOMHandler::HandleImportNowRequested(
                                              chrome::kImportDataSubPage);
 }
 
+void WelcomeDOMHandler::GetDefaultBrowser(const base::Value::List& args) {
+  CHECK_EQ(1U, args.size());
+  const auto& callback_id = args[0].GetString();
+  AllowJavascript();
+
+  base::MakeRefCounted<shell_integration::DefaultProtocolClientWorker>(
+      GURL("https://brave.com"))
+      ->StartCheckIsDefaultAndGetDefaultClientName(
+          base::BindOnce(&WelcomeDOMHandler::OnGetDefaultBrowser,
+                         weak_ptr_factory_.GetWeakPtr(), callback_id));
+}
+
+void WelcomeDOMHandler::OnGetDefaultBrowser(
+    const std::string& callback_id,
+    shell_integration::DefaultWebClientState state,
+    const std::u16string& name) {
+  ResolveJavascriptCallback(base::Value(callback_id), base::Value(name));
+}
+
 void WelcomeDOMHandler::HandleRecordP3A(const base::Value::List& args) {
   if (!args[0].is_int() || !args[1].is_bool() || !args[2].is_bool())
     return;
diff --git a/components/brave_welcome_ui/api/welcome_browser_proxy.ts b/components/brave_welcome_ui/api/welcome_browser_proxy.ts
index 1ee424c0f006..d9f86d1f62fe 100644
--- a/components/brave_welcome_ui/api/welcome_browser_proxy.ts
+++ b/components/brave_welcome_ui/api/welcome_browser_proxy.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
 // you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
+import { sendWithPromise } from 'gen/ui/webui/resources/preprocessed/js/cr'
 import { DefaultBrowserBrowserProxyImpl } from './default_browser_browser_proxy'
 import { ImportDataBrowserProxyImpl, BrowserProfile as _BrowserProfile } from './import_data_browser_proxy'
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ export interface WelcomeBrowserProxy {
   setP3AEnabled: (enabled: boolean) => void
   setMetricsReportingEnabled: (enabled: boolean) => void
   openSettingsPage: () => void
+  getDefaultBrowser: () => Promise<string>
 }
 
 export { DefaultBrowserBrowserProxyImpl, ImportDataBrowserProxyImpl }
@@ -52,6 +54,10 @@ export class WelcomeBrowserProxyImpl implements WelcomeBrowserProxy {
     chrome.send('openSettingsPage')
   }
 
+  getDefaultBrowser (): Promise<string> {
+    return sendWithPromise('getDefaultBrowser')
+  }
+
   static getInstance (): WelcomeBrowserProxy {
     return instance || (instance = new WelcomeBrowserProxyImpl())
   }
diff --git a/components/brave_welcome_ui/components/select-browser/index.tsx b/components/brave_welcome_ui/components/select-browser/index.tsx
index 82bebbe5575b..1b10a5dad67c 100644
--- a/components/brave_welcome_ui/components/select-browser/index.tsx
+++ b/components/brave_welcome_ui/components/select-browser/index.tsx
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ function BrowserItemButton (props: BrowserItemButtonProps) {
 function SelectBrowser () {
   const { browserProfiles, currentSelectedBrowser, setCurrentSelectedBrowser, setViewType, incrementCount, scenes } = React.useContext(DataContext)
   const browserTypes = getUniqueBrowserTypes(browserProfiles ?? [])
-
+  WelcomeBrowserProxyImpl.getInstance().getDefaultBrowser().then(
+    (name: string) => {
+    setCurrentSelectedBrowser?.(name)
+  })
   const handleSelectionChange = (browserName: string) => {
     setCurrentSelectedBrowser?.(browserName)
   }
@@ -106,7 +109,6 @@ function SelectBrowser () {
     setViewType(ViewType.HelpImprove)
     WelcomeBrowserProxyImpl.getInstance().recordP3A({ currentScreen: ViewType.ImportSelectBrowser, isFinished: false, isSkipped: true })
   }
-
   return (
     <S.MainBox>
       <div className="view-header-box">