diff --git a/includes/Article.php b/includes/Article.php
index c0e0b8e4961..bd2031eef46 100644
--- a/includes/Article.php
+++ b/includes/Article.php
@@ -1746,11 +1746,13 @@ class Article {
 	}
 
 	/* private */ function setOldSubtitle() {
-		global $wgLang, $wgOut;
+		global $wgLang, $wgOut, $wgUser;
 
 		$td = $wgLang->timeanddate( $this->mTimestamp, true );
-		$r = wfMsg( 'revisionasof', $td );
-		$wgOut->setSubtitle( "({$r})" );
+		$sk = $wgUser->getSkin();
+		$lnk = $sk->makeKnownLinkObj ( $this->mTitle, wfMsg( 'revisionasoflink' ) );
+		$r = wfMsg( 'revisionasof', $td, $lnk );
+		$wgOut->setSubtitle( $r );
 	}
 
 	# This function is called right before saving the wikitext,
diff --git a/languages/Language.php b/languages/Language.php
index 57d8995178e..b09277f2af2 100644
--- a/languages/Language.php
+++ b/languages/Language.php
@@ -677,7 +677,8 @@ guidelines</a>.",
 Please check the URL you used to access this page.\n",
 'loadhist'		=> 'Loading page history',
 'currentrev'	=> 'Current revision',
-'revisionasof'	=> "Revision as of $1",
+'revisionasof'      => "(Revision as of $1; $2)",
+'revisionasoflink'  => "view current revision",
 'cur'			=> 'cur',
 'next'			=> 'next',
 'last'			=> 'last',