diff --git a/lib/Server.js b/lib/Server.js
index 8eebe35578..9ad4489b84 100644
--- a/lib/Server.js
+++ b/lib/Server.js
@@ -711,6 +711,21 @@ class Server {
     });
   }
 
+  showStatus() {
+    const suffix =
+      this.options.inline !== false || this.options.lazy === true
+        ? '/'
+        : '/webpack-dev-server/';
+    const uri = `${createDomain(this.options, this.listeningApp)}${suffix}`;
+
+    status(
+      uri,
+      this.options,
+      this.log,
+      this.options.stats && this.options.stats.colors
+    );
+  }
+
   listen(port, hostname, fn) {
     this.hostname = hostname;
 
@@ -878,21 +893,6 @@ class Server {
     return false;
   }
 
-  showStatus() {
-    const suffix =
-      this.options.inline !== false || this.options.lazy === true
-        ? '/'
-        : '/webpack-dev-server/';
-    const uri = `${createDomain(this.options, this.listeningApp)}${suffix}`;
-
-    status(
-      uri,
-      this.options,
-      this.log,
-      this.options.stats && this.options.stats.colors
-    );
-  }
-
   // eslint-disable-next-line
   sockWrite(sockets, type, data) {
     sockets.forEach((socket) => {
diff --git a/lib/utils/runOpen.js b/lib/utils/runOpen.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50acf163bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utils/runOpen.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const open = require('opn');
+
+function runOpen(uri, options, log) {
+  let openOptions = {};
+  let openMessage = 'Unable to open browser';
+
+  if (typeof options.open === 'string') {
+    openOptions = { app: options.open };
+    openMessage += `: ${options.open}`;
+  }
+
+  open(`${uri}${options.openPage || ''}`, openOptions).catch(() => {
+    log.warn(
+      `${openMessage}. If you are running in a headless environment, please do not use the --open flag`
+    );
+  });
+}
+
+module.exports = runOpen;
diff --git a/lib/utils/status.js b/lib/utils/status.js
index 4c552a4639..2a8ba63f91 100644
--- a/lib/utils/status.js
+++ b/lib/utils/status.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const open = require('opn');
 const colors = require('./colors');
+const runOpen = require('./runOpen');
 
 // TODO: don't emit logs when webpack-dev-server is used via Node.js API
 function status(uri, options, log, useColor) {
@@ -44,19 +44,7 @@ function status(uri, options, log, useColor) {
   }
 
   if (options.open) {
-    let openOptions = {};
-    let openMessage = 'Unable to open browser';
-
-    if (typeof options.open === 'string') {
-      openOptions = { app: options.open };
-      openMessage += `: ${options.open}`;
-    }
-
-    open(`${uri}${options.openPage || ''}`, openOptions).catch(() => {
-      log.warn(
-        `${openMessage}. If you are running in a headless environment, please do not use the --open flag`
-      );
-    });
+    runOpen(uri, options, log);
   }
 }