diff --git a/packages/react-router-dom/docs/api/Link.md b/packages/react-router-dom/docs/api/Link.md
index bf63953fe2..fae99dc5ce 100644
--- a/packages/react-router-dom/docs/api/Link.md
+++ b/packages/react-router-dom/docs/api/Link.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Provides declarative, accessible navigation around your application.
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'
 
 <Link to="/about">About</Link>
+<Link>Disabled</Link> // renders <a> without a href attribute
 ```
 
 ## to: string
diff --git a/packages/react-router-dom/modules/Link.js b/packages/react-router-dom/modules/Link.js
index 1f53d67ab3..08c6376588 100644
--- a/packages/react-router-dom/modules/Link.js
+++ b/packages/react-router-dom/modules/Link.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Link extends React.Component {
     to: PropTypes.oneOfType([
       PropTypes.string,
       PropTypes.object
-    ]).isRequired
+    ])
   }
 
   static defaultProps = {
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ class Link extends React.Component {
   render() {
     const { replace, to, innerRef, ...props } = this.props // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
 
+    if (to == null) {
+      return <a {...props} href={null} />
+    }
+
     const href = this.context.router.history.createHref(
       typeof to === 'string' ? { pathname: to } : to
     )
diff --git a/packages/react-router-dom/modules/__tests__/Link-test.js b/packages/react-router-dom/modules/__tests__/Link-test.js
index e022d0d846..76c573d622 100644
--- a/packages/react-router-dom/modules/__tests__/Link-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-router-dom/modules/__tests__/Link-test.js
@@ -25,6 +25,50 @@ describe('A <Link>', () => {
     expect(href).toEqual('/the/path?the=query#the-hash')
   })
 
+  describe('when the "to" prop is unspecified', () => {
+    it('returns an anchor tag without a href', () => {
+      const node = document.createElement('div')
+
+      ReactDOM.render((
+        <MemoryRouter>
+          <Link>link</Link>
+        </MemoryRouter>
+      ), node)
+
+      const href = node.querySelector('a').getAttribute('href')
+
+      expect(href).toEqual(null)
+    })
+
+    it('omits href prop', () => {
+      const node = document.createElement('div')
+
+      ReactDOM.render((
+        <MemoryRouter>
+          <Link href="/path">link</Link>
+        </MemoryRouter>
+      ), node)
+
+      const href = node.querySelector('a').getAttribute('href')
+
+      expect(href).toEqual(null)
+    })
+
+    it('passes down other props', () => {
+      const node = document.createElement('div')
+
+      ReactDOM.render((
+        <MemoryRouter>
+          <Link className="link-class">link</Link>
+        </MemoryRouter>
+      ), node)
+
+      const className = node.querySelector('a').getAttribute('class')
+
+      expect(className).toEqual('link-class')
+    })
+  })
+
   it('exposes its ref via an innerRef prop', done => {
     const node = document.createElement('div')