diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 8e63ba0d8..4bb1166ff 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## HEAD
+> Aug 25, 2018
+
+- Add `history.link` which navigates and prevents same paths in the history stack 
+
 ## [v4.6.3]
 > Jun 20, 2017
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4046bdf50..c94dc32bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -138,8 +138,10 @@ The `action` is one of `PUSH`, `REPLACE`, or `POP` depending on how the user got
 * `history.goBack()`
 * `history.goForward()`
 * `history.canGo(n)` (only in `createMemoryHistory`)
+* `history.link(path, [state])`
 
 When using `push` or `replace` you can either specify both the URL path and state as separate arguments or include everything in a single location-like object as the first argument.
+When requiring an action to behave like a link (not pushing duplicate paths to the stack) you can use the `link` method.
 
 1. A URL path _or_
 2. A location-like object with `{ pathname, search, hash, state }`
diff --git a/modules/LocationUtils.js b/modules/LocationUtils.js
index f46cf8e4a..9781b8336 100644
--- a/modules/LocationUtils.js
+++ b/modules/LocationUtils.js
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ export const createLocation = (path, state, key, currentLocation) => {
   return location;
 };
 
+export const shouldReplace = (location, newPath, newState) => {
+  const nextLocation = createLocation(newPath, newState, null, location);
+
+  return (
+    location.pathname === nextLocation.pathname &&
+    location.search === nextLocation.search &&
+    location.hash === nextLocation.hash &&
+    valueEqual(location.state, nextLocation.state)
+  );
+};
+
 export const locationsAreEqual = (a, b) =>
   a.pathname === b.pathname &&
   a.search === b.search &&
diff --git a/modules/__tests__/BrowserHistory-test.js b/modules/__tests__/BrowserHistory-test.js
index 6520b22a1..0cf8ba6da 100644
--- a/modules/__tests__/BrowserHistory-test.js
+++ b/modules/__tests__/BrowserHistory-test.js
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ describeHistory("a browser history", () => {
       });
     });
 
+    describe("navigate with link to the same path", () => {
+      it("does not add a new location onto the stack, unless the state has change", done => {
+        TestSequences.LinkSamePath(history, done);
+      });
+    });
+
     describe("location created by encoded and unencoded pathname", () => {
       it("produces the same location.pathname", done => {
         TestSequences.LocationPathnameAlwaysDecoded(history, done);
diff --git a/modules/__tests__/HashHistory-test.js b/modules/__tests__/HashHistory-test.js
index 7d399c53e..a4042962e 100644
--- a/modules/__tests__/HashHistory-test.js
+++ b/modules/__tests__/HashHistory-test.js
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ describeHistory("a hash history", () => {
       });
     });
 
+    describe("navigate with link to the same path", () => {
+      it("calls change listeners with the same location and emits a warning", done => {
+        TestSequences.LinkSamePathWarning(history, done);
+      });
+    });
+
     describe("location created by encoded and unencoded pathname", () => {
       it("produces the same location.pathname", done => {
         TestSequences.LocationPathnameAlwaysDecoded(history, done);
diff --git a/modules/__tests__/MemoryHistory-test.js b/modules/__tests__/MemoryHistory-test.js
index 4765bc2c7..c26a305ea 100644
--- a/modules/__tests__/MemoryHistory-test.js
+++ b/modules/__tests__/MemoryHistory-test.js
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ describe("a memory history", () => {
       });
     });
 
+    describe("navigate with link to the same path", () => {
+      it("does not add a new location onto the stack, unless the state has change", done => {
+        TestSequences.LinkSamePath(history, done);
+      });
+    });
+
     describe("location created by encoded and unencoded pathname", () => {
       it("produces the same location.pathname", done => {
         TestSequences.LocationPathnameAlwaysDecoded(history, done);
diff --git a/modules/__tests__/TestSequences/LinkSamePath.js b/modules/__tests__/TestSequences/LinkSamePath.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c63981c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/__tests__/TestSequences/LinkSamePath.js
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import expect from "expect";
+import execSteps from "./execSteps";
+
+export default (history, done) => {
+  const steps = [
+    location => {
+      expect(location).toMatchObject({
+        pathname: "/"
+      });
+
+      history.link("/home");
+    },
+    (location, action) => {
+      expect(action).toBe("PUSH");
+      expect(location).toMatchObject({
+        pathname: "/home"
+      });
+
+      history.link("/home");
+    },
+    (location, action) => {
+      expect(action).toBe("REPLACE");
+      expect(location).toMatchObject({
+        pathname: "/home"
+      });
+
+      history.goBack();
+    },
+    (location, action) => {
+      expect(action).toBe("POP");
+      expect(location).toMatchObject({
+        pathname: "/"
+      });
+
+      history.link("/home");
+    },
+    (location, action) => {
+      expect(action).toBe("PUSH");
+      expect(location).toMatchObject({
+        pathname: "/home"
+      });
+
+      history.link("/home", {the: "state"});
+    },
+    (location, action) => {
+      expect(action).toBe("PUSH");
+      expect(location).toMatchObject({
+        pathname: "/home",
+        state: {the: "state"}
+      });
+
+      history.goBack();
+    },
+    (location, action) => {
+      expect(action).toBe("POP");
+      expect(location).toMatchObject({
+        pathname: "/home"
+      });
+    }
+  ];
+
+  execSteps(steps, history, done);
+};
diff --git a/modules/__tests__/TestSequences/LinkSamePathWarning.js b/modules/__tests__/TestSequences/LinkSamePathWarning.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d17f992d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/__tests__/TestSequences/LinkSamePathWarning.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import expect from "expect";
+import execSteps from "./execSteps";
+
+export default (history, done) => {
+  let prevLocation;
+
+  const steps = [
+    location => {
+      expect(location).toMatchObject({
+        pathname: "/"
+      });
+
+      history.link("/home");
+    },
+    (location, action) => {
+      expect(action).toBe("PUSH");
+      expect(location).toMatchObject({
+        pathname: "/home"
+      });
+
+      prevLocation = location;
+
+      history.link("/home");
+    },
+    (location, action) => {
+      expect(action).toBe("PUSH");
+      expect(location).toMatchObject({
+        pathname: "/home"
+      });
+
+      // We should get the SAME location object. Nothing
+      // new was added to the history stack.
+      expect(location).toBe(prevLocation);
+
+      // We should see a warning message.
+      expect(warningMessage).toMatch(
+        "Hash history cannot PUSH the same path; a new entry will not be added to the history stack"
+      );
+    }
+  ];
+
+  let consoleError = console.error; // eslint-disable-line no-console
+  let warningMessage;
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+  console.error = message => {
+    warningMessage = message;
+  };
+
+  execSteps(steps, history, (...args) => {
+    console.error = consoleError; // eslint-disable-line no-console
+    done(...args);
+  });
+};
diff --git a/modules/__tests__/TestSequences/index.js b/modules/__tests__/TestSequences/index.js
index ecd908f3e..eb73a7e24 100644
--- a/modules/__tests__/TestSequences/index.js
+++ b/modules/__tests__/TestSequences/index.js
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ export HashbangHashPathCoding from "./HashbangHashPathCoding";
 export HashChangeTransitionHook from "./HashChangeTransitionHook";
 export InitialLocationNoKey from "./InitialLocationNoKey";
 export InitialLocationHasKey from "./InitialLocationHasKey";
+export LinkSamePath from "./LinkSamePath";
+export LinkSamePathWarning from "./LinkSamePathWarning";
 export Listen from "./Listen";
 export LocationPathnameAlwaysDecoded from "./LocationPathnameAlwaysDecoded";
 export NoslashHashPathCoding from "./NoslashHashPathCoding";
diff --git a/modules/createBrowserHistory.js b/modules/createBrowserHistory.js
index 66e39a1e5..32ffd39ed 100644
--- a/modules/createBrowserHistory.js
+++ b/modules/createBrowserHistory.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import warning from "warning";
 import invariant from "invariant";
-import { createLocation } from "./LocationUtils";
+import { createLocation, shouldReplace } from "./LocationUtils";
 import {
   addLeadingSlash,
   stripTrailingSlash,
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ const createBrowserHistory = (props = {}) => {
     );
   };
 
+  const link = (path, state) =>
+    shouldReplace(history.location, path, state) ? replace(path, state) : push(path, state);
+
   const go = n => {
     globalHistory.go(n);
   };
@@ -315,6 +318,7 @@ const createBrowserHistory = (props = {}) => {
     createHref,
     push,
     replace,
+    link,
     go,
     goBack,
     goForward,
diff --git a/modules/createHashHistory.js b/modules/createHashHistory.js
index bce546f87..cb1d5e3c7 100644
--- a/modules/createHashHistory.js
+++ b/modules/createHashHistory.js
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ const createHashHistory = (props = {}) => {
     );
   };
 
+  const link = path =>
+    push(path);
+
   const go = n => {
     warning(
       canGoWithoutReload,
@@ -334,6 +337,7 @@ const createHashHistory = (props = {}) => {
     createHref,
     push,
     replace,
+    link,
     go,
     goBack,
     goForward,
diff --git a/modules/createMemoryHistory.js b/modules/createMemoryHistory.js
index f30bac3fe..428776c51 100644
--- a/modules/createMemoryHistory.js
+++ b/modules/createMemoryHistory.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import warning from "warning";
 import { createPath } from "./PathUtils";
-import { createLocation } from "./LocationUtils";
+import { createLocation, shouldReplace } from "./LocationUtils";
 import createTransitionManager from "./createTransitionManager";
 
 const clamp = (n, lowerBound, upperBound) =>
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ const createMemoryHistory = (props = {}) => {
     );
   };
 
+  const link = (path, state) =>
+    shouldReplace(history.location, path, state) ? replace(path, state) : push(path, state);
+
   const go = n => {
     const nextIndex = clamp(history.index + n, 0, history.entries.length - 1);
 
@@ -165,6 +168,7 @@ const createMemoryHistory = (props = {}) => {
     createHref,
     push,
     replace,
+    link,
     go,
     goBack,
     goForward,