diff --git a/web/interfaces.js b/web/interfaces.js
index 7469c9385..f13b11e5f 100644
--- a/web/interfaces.js
+++ b/web/interfaces.js
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ class IPDFLinkService {
    */
   async goToDestination(dest) {}
 
+  /**
+   * @param {number} pageNumber - The page number.
+   */
+  goToPage(pageNumber) {}
+
   /**
    * @param dest - The PDF destination object.
    * @returns {string} The hyperlink to the PDF object.
@@ -108,6 +113,11 @@ class IPDFHistory {
    */
   push({ namedDest = null, explicitDest, pageNumber }) {}
 
+  /**
+   * @param {number} pageNumber
+   */
+  pushPage(pageNumber) {}
+
   pushCurrentPosition() {}
 
   back() {}
diff --git a/web/pdf_history.js b/web/pdf_history.js
index 097beb64e..696595a5d 100644
--- a/web/pdf_history.js
+++ b/web/pdf_history.js
@@ -271,6 +271,55 @@ class PDFHistory {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Push a page to the browser history; generally the `push` method should be
+   * used instead.
+   * @param {number} pageNumber
+   */
+  pushPage(pageNumber) {
+    if (!this._initialized) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (
+      !(
+        Number.isInteger(pageNumber) &&
+        pageNumber > 0 &&
+        pageNumber <= this.linkService.pagesCount
+      )
+    ) {
+      console.error(
+        `PDFHistory.pushPage: "${pageNumber}" is not a valid page number.`
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (this._destination && this._destination.page === pageNumber) {
+      // When the new page is identical to the one in `this._destination`, we
+      // don't want to add a potential duplicate entry in the browser history.
+      return;
+    }
+    if (this._popStateInProgress) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this._pushOrReplaceState({
+      hash: `page=${pageNumber}`,
+      page: pageNumber,
+      rotation: this.linkService.rotation,
+    });
+
+    if (!this._popStateInProgress) {
+      // Prevent the browser history from updating while the new page is
+      // being scrolled into view, to avoid potentially inconsistent state.
+      this._popStateInProgress = true;
+      // We defer the resetting of `this._popStateInProgress`, to account for
+      // e.g. zooming occuring when the new page is being navigated to.
+      Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+        this._popStateInProgress = false;
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Push the current position to the browser history.
    */
diff --git a/web/pdf_link_service.js b/web/pdf_link_service.js
index 7aba5dc73..434d6c757 100644
--- a/web/pdf_link_service.js
+++ b/web/pdf_link_service.js
@@ -200,6 +200,35 @@ class PDFLinkService {
     this._goToDestinationHelper(dest, namedDest, explicitDest);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * This method will, when available, also update the browser history.
+   *
+   * @param {number} pageNumber - The page number.
+   */
+  goToPage(pageNumber) {
+    if (
+      !(
+        Number.isInteger(pageNumber) &&
+        pageNumber > 0 &&
+        pageNumber <= this.pagesCount
+      )
+    ) {
+      console.error(
+        `PDFLinkService.goToPage: "${pageNumber}" is not a valid page number.`
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (this.pdfHistory) {
+      // Update the browser history before scrolling the new page into view,
+      // to be able to accurately capture the current document position.
+      this.pdfHistory.pushCurrentPosition();
+      this.pdfHistory.pushPage(pageNumber);
+    }
+
+    this.pdfViewer.scrollPageIntoView({ pageNumber });
+  }
+
   /**
    * @param {string|Array} dest - The PDF destination object.
    * @returns {string} The hyperlink to the PDF object.
@@ -524,6 +553,11 @@ class SimpleLinkService {
    */
   async goToDestination(dest) {}
 
+  /**
+   * @param {number} pageNumber - The page number.
+   */
+  goToPage(pageNumber) {}
+
   /**
    * @param dest - The PDF destination object.
    * @returns {string} The hyperlink to the PDF object.
diff --git a/web/pdf_thumbnail_view.js b/web/pdf_thumbnail_view.js
index 9e70626df..bf325ec6d 100644
--- a/web/pdf_thumbnail_view.js
+++ b/web/pdf_thumbnail_view.js
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class PDFThumbnailView {
       anchor.title = msg;
     });
     anchor.onclick = function () {
-      linkService.page = id;
+      linkService.goToPage(id);
       return false;
     };
     this.anchor = anchor;