diff --git a/extensions/markdown/src/documentLinkProvider.ts b/extensions/markdown/src/documentLinkProvider.ts
index c87486f0204..5f6da674c78 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown/src/documentLinkProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/markdown/src/documentLinkProvider.ts
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ export default class LinkProvider implements vscode.DocumentLinkProvider {
 		const base = path.dirname(document.uri.fsPath);
 		const text = document.getText();
 
-		return this.privateInlineLinks(text, document, base)
+		return this.providerInlineLinks(text, document, base)
 			.concat(this.provideReferenceLinks(text, document, base));
 	}
 
-	private privateInlineLinks(
+	private providerInlineLinks(
 		text: string,
 		document: vscode.TextDocument,
 		base: string
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export default class LinkProvider implements vscode.DocumentLinkProvider {
 				if (link) {
 					results.push(new vscode.DocumentLink(
 						new vscode.Range(linkStart, linkEnd),
-						normalizeLink(document, link.link, base)));
+						vscode.Uri.parse(`command:_markdown.moveCursorToPosition?${encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([link.linkRange.start.line, link.linkRange.start.character]))}`)));
 				}
 			} catch (e) {
 				// noop
diff --git a/extensions/markdown/src/extension.ts b/extensions/markdown/src/extension.ts
index d6dc45c7227..2dd53b296d7 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown/src/extension.ts
+++ b/extensions/markdown/src/extension.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,16 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 	context.subscriptions.push(vscode.commands.registerCommand('markdown.showPreviewToSide', uri => showPreview(cspArbiter, uri, true)));
 	context.subscriptions.push(vscode.commands.registerCommand('markdown.showSource', showSource));
 
+	context.subscriptions.push(vscode.commands.registerCommand('_markdown.moveCursorToPosition', (line: number, character: number) => {
+		if (!vscode.window.activeTextEditor) {
+			return;
+		}
+		const position = new vscode.Position(line, character);
+		const selection = new vscode.Selection(position, position);
+		vscode.window.activeTextEditor.revealRange(selection);
+		vscode.window.activeTextEditor.selection = selection;
+	}));
+
 	context.subscriptions.push(vscode.commands.registerCommand('_markdown.revealLine', (uri, line) => {
 		const sourceUri = vscode.Uri.parse(decodeURIComponent(uri));
 		logger.log('revealLine', { uri, sourceUri: sourceUri.toString(), line });