diff --git a/extensions/chromium/preferences_schema.json b/extensions/chromium/preferences_schema.json
index 019577cfd..eb264dee2 100644
--- a/extensions/chromium/preferences_schema.json
+++ b/extensions/chromium/preferences_schema.json
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@
       "type": "boolean",
       "default": false
     },
+    "historyUpdateUrl": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false
+    },
     "enablePrintAutoRotate": {
       "title": "Automatically rotate printed pages",
       "description": "When enabled, pages whose orientation differ from the first page are rotated when printed.",
diff --git a/web/app.js b/web/app.js
index 420125a87..cdff6173a 100644
--- a/web/app.js
+++ b/web/app.js
@@ -903,8 +903,11 @@ let PDFViewerApplication = {
       if (!AppOptions.get('disableHistory') && !this.isViewerEmbedded) {
         // The browsing history is only enabled when the viewer is standalone,
         // i.e. not when it is embedded in a web page.
-        let resetHistory = !AppOptions.get('showPreviousViewOnLoad');
-        this.pdfHistory.initialize(pdfDocument.fingerprint, resetHistory);
+        this.pdfHistory.initialize({
+          fingerprint: pdfDocument.fingerprint,
+          resetHistory: !AppOptions.get('showPreviousViewOnLoad'),
+          updateUrl: AppOptions.get('historyUpdateUrl'),
+        });
 
         if (this.pdfHistory.initialBookmark) {
           this.initialBookmark = this.pdfHistory.initialBookmark;
diff --git a/web/app_options.js b/web/app_options.js
index bbd8e6c82..7e9864623 100644
--- a/web/app_options.js
+++ b/web/app_options.js
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ const defaultOptions = {
     value: 0,
     kind: OptionKind.VIEWER,
   },
+  historyUpdateUrl: {
+    /** @type {boolean} */
+    value: false,
+    kind: OptionKind.VIEWER,
+  },
   imageResourcesPath: {
     /** @type {string} */
     value: './images/',
diff --git a/web/default_preferences.json b/web/default_preferences.json
index f41aa1487..702b5d5a9 100644
--- a/web/default_preferences.json
+++ b/web/default_preferences.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   "disableOpenActionDestination": true,
   "disablePageMode": false,
   "disablePageLabels": false,
+  "historyUpdateUrl": false,
   "scrollModeOnLoad": 0,
   "spreadModeOnLoad": 0
 }
diff --git a/web/interfaces.js b/web/interfaces.js
index a7f58a2c8..f644f113e 100644
--- a/web/interfaces.js
+++ b/web/interfaces.js
@@ -86,10 +86,9 @@ class IPDFLinkService {
  */
 class IPDFHistory {
   /**
-   * @param {string} fingerprint - The PDF document's unique fingerprint.
-   * @param {boolean} resetHistory - (optional) Reset the browsing history.
+   * @param {Object} params
    */
-  initialize(fingerprint, resetHistory = false) {}
+  initialize({ fingerprint, resetHistory = false, updateUrl = false, }) {}
 
   /**
    * @param {Object} params
diff --git a/web/pdf_history.js b/web/pdf_history.js
index f33a9f2f2..a336ff07a 100644
--- a/web/pdf_history.js
+++ b/web/pdf_history.js
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ const UPDATE_VIEWAREA_TIMEOUT = 1000; // milliseconds
  * @property {EventBus} eventBus - The application event bus.
  */
 
+/**
+ * @typedef {Object} InitializeParameters
+ * @property {string} fingerprint - The PDF document's unique fingerprint.
+ * @property {boolean} resetHistory - (optional) Reset the browsing history.
+ * @property {boolean} updateUrl - (optional) Attempt to update the document
+ *   URL, with the current hash, when pushing/replacing browser history entries.
+ */
+
 /**
  * @typedef {Object} PushParameters
  * @property {string} namedDest - (optional) The named destination. If absent,
@@ -82,10 +90,9 @@ class PDFHistory {
   /**
    * Initialize the history for the PDF document, using either the current
    * browser history entry or the document hash, whichever is present.
-   * @param {string} fingerprint - The PDF document's unique fingerprint.
-   * @param {boolean} resetHistory - (optional) Reset the browsing history.
+   * @param {InitializeParameters} params
    */
-  initialize(fingerprint, resetHistory = false) {
+  initialize({ fingerprint, resetHistory = false, updateUrl = false, }) {
     if (!fingerprint || typeof fingerprint !== 'string') {
       console.error(
         'PDFHistory.initialize: The "fingerprint" must be a non-empty string.');
@@ -93,6 +100,7 @@ class PDFHistory {
     }
     let reInitialized = this.initialized && this.fingerprint !== fingerprint;
     this.fingerprint = fingerprint;
+    this._updateUrl = (updateUrl === true);
 
     if (!this.initialized) {
       this._bindEvents();
@@ -290,11 +298,18 @@ class PDFHistory {
     }
     this._updateInternalState(destination, newState.uid);
 
+    let newUrl;
+    if (this._updateUrl && destination && destination.hash) {
+      const baseUrl = document.location.href.split('#')[0];
+      if (!baseUrl.startsWith('file://')) { // Prevent errors in Firefox.
+        newUrl = `${baseUrl}#${destination.hash}`;
+      }
+    }
     if (shouldReplace) {
-      window.history.replaceState(newState, '');
+      window.history.replaceState(newState, '', newUrl);
     } else {
       this._maxUid = this._uid;
-      window.history.pushState(newState, '');
+      window.history.pushState(newState, '', newUrl);
     }
 
     if (typeof PDFJSDev !== 'undefined' && PDFJSDev.test('CHROME') &&