diff --git a/docs/hooks.txt b/docs/hooks.txt
index 0b072f29c9d..e91f43721b6 100644
--- a/docs/hooks.txt
+++ b/docs/hooks.txt
@@ -2186,6 +2186,14 @@ $title : Current Title object being displayed in search results.
 'SearchableNamespaces': An option to modify which namespaces are searchable.
 &$arr : Array of namespaces ($nsId => $name) which will be used.
 
+'SelfLinkBegin': Called before a link to the current article is displayed to
+allow the display of the link to be customized.
+$nt: the Title object
+&$html: html to display for the link
+&$trail: optional text to display before $html
+&$prefix: optional text to display after $html
+&$ret: the value to return if your hook returns false
+
 'SetupAfterCache': Called in Setup.php, after cache objects are set
 
 'ShowMissingArticle': Called when generating the output for a non-existent page.
diff --git a/includes/Linker.php b/includes/Linker.php
index 77245486283..b6e6657e34b 100644
--- a/includes/Linker.php
+++ b/includes/Linker.php
@@ -408,6 +408,11 @@ class Linker {
 	 * @return string
 	 */
 	public static function makeSelfLinkObj( $nt, $html = '', $query = '', $trail = '', $prefix = '' ) {
+		$ret = "<strong class=\"selflink\">{$prefix}{$html}</strong>{$trail}";
+		if ( !wfRunHooks( 'SelfLinkBegin', array( $nt, &$html, &$trail, &$prefix, &$ret ) ) ) {
+			return $ret;
+		}
+
 		if ( $html == '' ) {
 			$html = htmlspecialchars( $nt->getPrefixedText() );
 		}