diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 59dca7d3ad..c77cd0341d 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -5064,7 +5064,8 @@ sub git_blob {
 			chomp $line;
 			$nr++;
 			$line = untabify($line);
-			printf "<div class=\"pre\"><a id=\"l%i\" href=\"#l%i\" class=\"linenr\">%4i</a> %s</div>\n",
+			printf "<div class=\"pre\"><a id=\"l%i\" href=\"" . href(-replay => 1)
+				. "#l%i\" class=\"linenr\">%4i</a> %s</div>\n",
 			       $nr, $nr, $nr, esc_html($line, -nbsp=>1);
 		}
 	}