diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine.dart
index dd76738945bf4..0b95e83d43aa4 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine.dart
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ part 'engine/surface/backdrop_filter.dart';
 part 'engine/surface/clip.dart';
 part 'engine/surface/debug_canvas_reuse_overlay.dart';
 part 'engine/surface/image_filter.dart';
+part 'engine/surface/link.dart';
 part 'engine/surface/offset.dart';
 part 'engine/surface/opacity.dart';
 part 'engine/surface/painting.dart';
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/layer_scene_builder.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/layer_scene_builder.dart
index b2302e92c0040..39a657f150ba7 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/layer_scene_builder.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/compositor/layer_scene_builder.dart
@@ -175,6 +175,18 @@ class LayerSceneBuilder implements ui.SceneBuilder {
     return layer;
   }
 
+  @override
+  ui.LinkEngineLayer pushLink({
+    String destination,
+    String label,
+    int target,
+    ui.Rect rect,
+    ui.LinkEngineLayer oldLayer,
+  }) {
+    // TODO: implement.
+    return null;
+  }
+
   @override
   ui.PhysicalShapeEngineLayer pushPhysicalShape({
     ui.Path path,
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/surface/link.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/surface/link.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..10c631618fd42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/surface/link.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// @dart = 2.6
+part of engine;
+
+/// A surface that translates its children using CSS transform and translate.
+class PersistedLink extends PersistedContainerSurface
+    implements ui.LinkEngineLayer {
+  PersistedLink(
+    PersistedLink oldLayer, {
+    this.destination,
+    this.label,
+    this.target,
+    this.rect,
+  }) : super(oldLayer);
+
+  ///
+  final String destination;
+
+  ///
+  final String label;
+
+  ///
+  final int target;
+
+  ///
+  final ui.Rect rect;
+
+  ///
+  @override
+  html.Element get childContainer => _childContainer;
+  html.Element _childContainer;
+
+  @override
+  void adoptElements(PersistedLink oldSurface) {
+    super.adoptElements(oldSurface);
+    _childContainer = oldSurface._childContainer;
+    oldSurface._childContainer = null;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  html.Element createElement() {
+    final html.Element element = defaultCreateElement('a');
+    element.style
+      ..transformOrigin = '0 0 0'
+      ..pointerEvents = 'auto';
+    if (assertionsEnabled) {
+      element..setAttribute('data-debug-tag', 'flt-link');
+    }
+
+    _childContainer = html.Element.tag('flt-link-interior');
+    _childContainer.style.position = 'relative';
+    element.append(_childContainer);
+    if (_debugExplainSurfaceStats) {
+      // This creates an additional interior element. Count it too.
+      _surfaceStatsFor(this).allocatedDomNodeCount++;
+    }
+
+    return element;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void discard() {
+    super.discard();
+    _childContainer = null;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void apply() {
+    rootElement
+      ..setAttribute('href', destination)
+      ..setAttribute('alt', label)
+      ..setAttribute('target', _getHtmlTarget(target));
+    _setRect(rect);
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void update(PersistedLink oldSurface) {
+    super.update(oldSurface);
+    if (destination != oldSurface.destination) {
+      rootElement.setAttribute('href', destination);
+    }
+    if (label != oldSurface.label) {
+      rootElement.setAttribute('alt', label);
+    }
+    if (target != oldSurface.target) {
+      rootElement.setAttribute('target', _getHtmlTarget(target));
+    }
+    if (rect != oldSurface.rect) {
+      _setRect(rect);
+    }
+  }
+
+  void _setRect(ui.Rect rect) {
+    // Because the <a> element is absolutely positioned, it doesn't grow to fit
+    // its children. We have explicitly set width and height in order for it to
+    // occupy space on the screen.
+    rootElement.style
+      ..transform = 'translate(${rect.left}px, ${rect.top}px)'
+      ..width = '${rect.width}px'
+      ..height = '${rect.height}px';
+
+    // The same offset given to PersistedLink is also given to its children. In
+    // order to avoid double-offsetting the children, we wrap them in a
+    // container with an equal, negative offset.
+    _childContainer.style
+      ..left = '-${rect.left}px'
+      ..top = '-${rect.top}px';
+  }
+}
+
+String _getHtmlTarget(int target) {
+  switch (target) {
+    case 0: // LinkTarget.defaultTarget
+    case 1: // LinkTarget.self
+      return '_self';
+    case 2: // LinkTarget.blank
+      return '_blank';
+    default:
+      throw Exception('Unknown LinkTarget value $target.');
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/surface/scene_builder.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/surface/scene_builder.dart
index 9c4d8e55c4e98..06da078d5a1ba 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/surface/scene_builder.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/surface/scene_builder.dart
@@ -182,6 +182,24 @@ class SurfaceSceneBuilder implements ui.SceneBuilder {
     return _pushSurface(PersistedOpacity(oldLayer, alpha, offset));
   }
 
+  ///
+  @override
+  ui.LinkEngineLayer pushLink({
+    String destination,
+    String label,
+    int target,
+    ui.Rect rect,
+    ui.LinkEngineLayer oldLayer,
+  }) {
+    return _pushSurface(PersistedLink(
+      oldLayer,
+      destination: destination,
+      label: label,
+      target: target,
+      rect: rect,
+    ));
+  }
+
   /// Pushes a color filter operation onto the operation stack.
   ///
   /// The given color is applied to the objects' rasterization using the given
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/ui/compositing.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/ui/compositing.dart
index 0bdd3441a4499..4c78938cc9e5e 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/ui/compositing.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/ui/compositing.dart
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ abstract class TransformEngineLayer implements EngineLayer {}
 /// {@macro dart.ui.sceneBuilder.oldLayerCompatibility}
 abstract class OffsetEngineLayer implements EngineLayer {}
 
+///
+abstract class LinkEngineLayer implements EngineLayer {}
+
 /// An opaque handle to a clip rect engine layer.
 ///
 /// Instances of this class are created by [SceneBuilder.pushClipRect].
@@ -131,6 +134,15 @@ abstract class SceneBuilder {
     OffsetEngineLayer oldLayer,
   });
 
+  ///
+  LinkEngineLayer pushLink({
+    String destination,
+    String label,
+    int target,
+    Rect rect,
+    LinkEngineLayer oldLayer,
+  });
+
   /// Pushes a transform operation onto the operation stack.
   ///
   /// The objects are transformed by the given matrix before rasterization.