diff --git a/Libraries/LibHTML/HtmlView.cpp b/Libraries/LibHTML/HtmlView.cpp
index c845d05135..ed3511e1fa 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibHTML/HtmlView.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibHTML/HtmlView.cpp
@@ -103,3 +103,28 @@ void HtmlView::mousemove_event(GMouseEvent& event)
         update();
     event.accept();
 }
+
+void HtmlView::mousedown_event(GMouseEvent& event)
+{
+    if (!m_layout_root)
+        return GScrollableWidget::mousemove_event(event);
+
+    bool hovered_node_changed = false;
+    auto result = m_layout_root->hit_test(event.position());
+    if (result.layout_node) {
+        auto* node = result.layout_node->node();
+        m_document->set_hovered_node(const_cast<Node*>(node));
+        hovered_node_changed = node == m_document->hovered_node();
+        if (node) {
+            dbg() << "HtmlView: mousedown: " << node->tag_name() << "{" << node << "}";
+            if (auto* link = node->enclosing_link_element()) {
+                dbg() << "HtmlView: clicking on a link to " << link->href();
+                if (on_link_click)
+                    on_link_click(link->href());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if (hovered_node_changed)
+        update();
+    event.accept();
+}
diff --git a/Libraries/LibHTML/HtmlView.h b/Libraries/LibHTML/HtmlView.h
index d7b9b6d668..8f62c3d8a6 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibHTML/HtmlView.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibHTML/HtmlView.h
@@ -12,12 +12,15 @@ public:
     const Document* document() const { return m_document; }
     void set_document(Document*);
 
+    Function<void(const String&)> on_link_click;
+
 protected:
     HtmlView(GWidget* parent = nullptr);
 
     virtual void resize_event(GResizeEvent&) override;
     virtual void paint_event(GPaintEvent&) override;
     virtual void mousemove_event(GMouseEvent&) override;
+    virtual void mousedown_event(GMouseEvent&) override;
 
 private:
     void layout_and_sync_size();