diff --git a/layouts/partials/navbar-version-selector.html b/layouts/partials/navbar-version-selector.html
index 6ac1ef63eb..80229cdb17 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/navbar-version-selector.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/navbar-version-selector.html
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 	{{ .Site.Params.version_menu }}
 </a>
 <div class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdownMenuLink">
+	{{ $path := "" }}
+	{{ if .Site.Params.version_menu_pagelinks }}
+		{{ $path = .Page.RelPermalink }}
+	{{ end }}
 	{{ range .Site.Params.versions }}
-	<a class="dropdown-item" href="{{ .url }}">{{ .version }}</a>
+	<a class="dropdown-item" href="{{ .url }}{{ $path }}">{{ .version }}</a>
 	{{ end }}
 </div>
diff --git a/userguide/content/en/docs/Adding content/versioning.md b/userguide/content/en/docs/Adding content/versioning.md
index 69762131a6..0f1234c647 100644
--- a/userguide/content/en/docs/Adding content/versioning.md	
+++ b/userguide/content/en/docs/Adding content/versioning.md	
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ version_menu: 'Releases'
 {{< /tab >}}
 {{< /tabpane >}}
 
+If you set the `version_menu_pagelinks` parameter to `true`, then links in the version drop-down menu 
+point to the current page in the other version, instead of the main page.
+This can be useful if the document doesn't change much between the different versions.
+Note that if the current page doesn't exist in the other version, the link will be broken.
+
 You can read more about Docsy menus in the guide to
 [navigation and search](/docs/adding-content/navigation/).