diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2452244fc25967..8769b5b95c9f58 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -645,10 +645,15 @@ out/doc/api/assets/%: doc/api_assets/% out/doc/api/assets
 run-npm-ci = $(PWD)/$(NPM) ci
 
 gen-api = tools/doc/generate.js --node-version=$(FULLVERSION) \
+		--apilinks=out/apilinks.json \
 		--analytics=$(DOCS_ANALYTICS) $< --output-directory=out/doc/api
+gen-apilink = tools/doc/apilinks.js $(wildcard lib/*.js) > $@
+
+out/apilinks.json: $(wildcard lib/*.js) tools/doc/apilinks.js
+	$(call available-node, $(gen-apilink))
 
 out/doc/api/%.json out/doc/api/%.html: doc/api/%.md tools/doc/generate.js \
-	tools/doc/html.js tools/doc/json.js
+	tools/doc/html.js tools/doc/json.js | out/apilinks.json
 	$(call available-node, $(gen-api))
 
 out/doc/api/all.html: $(apidocs_html) tools/doc/allhtml.js
diff --git a/doc/api_assets/style.css b/doc/api_assets/style.css
index f59f3770048097..7d65b7405b41d1 100644
--- a/doc/api_assets/style.css
+++ b/doc/api_assets/style.css
@@ -283,6 +283,11 @@ h2, h3, h4, h5 {
   padding-right: 40px;
 }
 
+.srclink {
+  float: right;
+  font-size: smaller;
+}
+
 h1 span, h2 span, h3 span, h4 span {
   position: absolute;
   display: block;
diff --git a/test/doctool/test-apilinks.js b/test/doctool/test-apilinks.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e53c81a08a7203
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/doctool/test-apilinks.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+'use strict';
+
+require('../common');
+const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const path = require('path');
+const { execFileSync } = require('child_process');
+
+const script = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'tools', 'doc', 'apilinks.js');
+
+const apilinks = fixtures.path('apilinks');
+fs.readdirSync(apilinks).forEach((fixture) => {
+  if (!fixture.endsWith('.js')) return;
+  const file = path.join(apilinks, fixture);
+
+  const expectedContent = fs.readFileSync(file + 'on', 'utf8');
+
+  const output = execFileSync(
+    process.execPath,
+    [script, file],
+    { encoding: 'utf-8' }
+  );
+
+  const expectedLinks = JSON.parse(expectedContent);
+  const actualLinks = JSON.parse(output);
+
+  for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(expectedLinks)) {
+    assert.ok(k in actualLinks, `link not found: ${k}`);
+    assert.ok(actualLinks[k].endsWith('/' + v),
+              `link ${actualLinks[k]} expected to end with ${v}`);
+    delete actualLinks[k];
+  }
+
+  assert.strictEqual(
+    Object.keys(actualLinks).length, 0,
+    `unexpected links returned ${JSON.stringify(actualLinks)}`
+  );
+});
diff --git a/test/doctool/test-doctool-html.js b/test/doctool/test-doctool-html.js
index 8c05ea6a0b3229..2fcb8315afd325 100644
--- a/test/doctool/test-doctool-html.js
+++ b/test/doctool/test-doctool-html.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function toHTML({ input, filename, nodeVersion, analytics }, cb) {
     .use(html.firstHeader)
     .use(html.preprocessText)
     .use(html.preprocessElements, { filename })
-    .use(html.buildToc, { filename })
+    .use(html.buildToc, { filename, apilinks: {} })
     .use(remark2rehype, { allowDangerousHTML: true })
     .use(raw)
     .use(htmlStringify)
diff --git a/test/fixtures/apilinks/buffer.js b/test/fixtures/apilinks/buffer.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8ee44123a5e8ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/apilinks/buffer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// Buffer instance methods are exported as 'buf'.
+
+function Buffer() {
+}
+
+Buffer.prototype.instanceMethod = function() {}
+
+module.exports = {
+  Buffer
+};
diff --git a/test/fixtures/apilinks/buffer.json b/test/fixtures/apilinks/buffer.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..528eca6eb21548
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/apilinks/buffer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "buffer.Buffer": "buffer.js#L5",
+  "buf.instanceMethod": "buffer.js#L8"
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/apilinks/mod.js b/test/fixtures/apilinks/mod.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..72606121f53fdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/apilinks/mod.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// A module may export one or more methods.
+
+function foo() {
+}
+
+
+module.exports = {
+  foo
+};
diff --git a/test/fixtures/apilinks/mod.json b/test/fixtures/apilinks/mod.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7d803e623672da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/apilinks/mod.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "mod.foo": "mod.js#L5"
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/apilinks/prototype.js b/test/fixtures/apilinks/prototype.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..40218e844e68ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/apilinks/prototype.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// An exported class using classic prototype syntax.
+
+function Class() {
+}
+
+Class.classMethod = function() {}
+Class.prototype.instanceMethod = function() {}
+
+module.exports = {
+  Class
+};
diff --git a/test/fixtures/apilinks/prototype.json b/test/fixtures/apilinks/prototype.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d61c32da62a64e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/apilinks/prototype.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "prototype.Class": "prototype.js#L5",
+  "Class.classMethod": "prototype.js#L8",
+  "class.instanceMethod": "prototype.js#L9"
+}
diff --git a/tools/doc/apilinks.js b/tools/doc/apilinks.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..98dd7827d67ac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/doc/apilinks.js
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// Scan API sources for definitions.
+//
+// Note the output is produced based on a world class parser, adherence to
+// conventions, and a bit of guess work. Examples:
+//
+//  * We scan for top level module.exports statements, and determine what
+//    is exported by looking at the source code only (i.e., we don't do
+//    an eval). If exports include `Foo`, it probably is a class, whereas
+//    if what is exported is `constants` it probably is prefixed by the
+//    basename of the source file (e.g., `zlib`), unless that source file is
+//    `buffer.js`, in which case the name is just `buf`.  unless the constant
+//    is `kMaxLength`, in which case it is `buffer`.
+//
+//  * We scan for top level definitions for those exports, handling
+//    most common cases (e.g., `X.prototype.foo =`, `X.foo =`,
+//    `function X(...) {...}`). Over time, we expect to handle more
+//    cases (example: ES2015 class definitions).
+
+const acorn = require('../../deps/acorn');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const child_process = require('child_process');
+
+// Run a command, capturing stdout, ignoring errors.
+function execSync(command) {
+  try {
+    return child_process.execSync(
+      command,
+      { stdio: ['ignore', null, 'ignore'] }
+    ).toString().trim();
+  } catch {
+    return '';
+  }
+}
+
+// Determine orign repo and tag (or hash) of the most recent commit.
+const local_branch = execSync('git name-rev --name-only HEAD');
+const tracking_remote = execSync(`git config branch.${local_branch}.remote`);
+const remote_url = execSync(`git config remote.${tracking_remote}.url`);
+const repo = (remote_url.match(/(\w+\/\w+)\.git\r?\n?$/) ||
+             ['', 'nodejs/node'])[1];
+
+const hash = execSync('git log -1 --pretty=%H') || 'master';
+const tag = execSync(`git describe --contains ${hash}`).split('\n')[0] || hash;
+
+// Extract definitions from each file specified.
+const definition = {};
+process.argv.slice(2).forEach((file) => {
+  const basename = path.basename(file, '.js');
+
+  // Parse source.
+  const source = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8');
+  const ast = acorn.parse(source, { ecmaVersion: 10, locations: true });
+  const program = ast.body;
+
+  // Scan for exports.
+  const exported = { constructors: [], identifiers: [] };
+  program.forEach((statement) => {
+    if (statement.type !== 'ExpressionStatement') return;
+    const expr = statement.expression;
+    if (expr.type !== 'AssignmentExpression') return;
+
+    let lhs = expr.left;
+    if (expr.left.object.type === 'MemberExpression') lhs = lhs.object;
+    if (lhs.type !== 'MemberExpression') return;
+    if (lhs.object.name !== 'module') return;
+    if (lhs.property.name !== 'exports') return;
+
+    let rhs = expr.right;
+    while (rhs.type === 'AssignmentExpression') rhs = rhs.right;
+
+    if (rhs.type === 'NewExpression') {
+      exported.constructors.push(rhs.callee.name);
+    } else if (rhs.type === 'ObjectExpression') {
+      rhs.properties.forEach((property) => {
+        if (property.value.type === 'Identifier') {
+          exported.identifiers.push(property.value.name);
+          if (/^[A-Z]/.test(property.value.name[0])) {
+            exported.constructors.push(property.value.name);
+          }
+        }
+      });
+    } else if (rhs.type === 'Identifier') {
+      exported.identifiers.push(rhs.name);
+    }
+  });
+
+  // Scan for definitions matching those exports; currently supports:
+  //
+  //   ClassName.foo = ...;
+  //   ClassName.prototype.foo = ...;
+  //   function Identifier(...) {...};
+  //
+  const link = `https://github.com/${repo}/blob/${tag}/` +
+    path.relative('.', file).replace(/\\/g, '/');
+
+  program.forEach((statement) => {
+    if (statement.type === 'ExpressionStatement') {
+      const expr = statement.expression;
+      if (expr.type !== 'AssignmentExpression') return;
+      if (expr.left.type !== 'MemberExpression') return;
+
+      let object;
+      if (expr.left.object.type === 'MemberExpression') {
+        if (expr.left.object.property.name !== 'prototype') return;
+        object = expr.left.object.object;
+      } else if (expr.left.object.type === 'Identifier') {
+        object = expr.left.object;
+      } else {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (!exported.constructors.includes(object.name)) return;
+
+      let objectName = object.name;
+      if (expr.left.object.type === 'MemberExpression') {
+        objectName = objectName.toLowerCase();
+        if (objectName === 'buffer') objectName = 'buf';
+      }
+
+      let name = expr.left.property.name;
+      if (expr.left.computed) {
+        name = `${objectName}[${name}]`;
+      } else {
+        name = `${objectName}.${name}`;
+      }
+
+      definition[name] = `${link}#L${statement.loc.start.line}`;
+    } else if (statement.type === 'FunctionDeclaration') {
+      const name = statement.id.name;
+      if (!exported.identifiers.includes(name)) return;
+      if (basename.startsWith('_')) return;
+      definition[`${basename}.${name}`] =
+        `${link}#L${statement.loc.start.line}`;
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+console.log(JSON.stringify(definition, null, 2));
diff --git a/tools/doc/generate.js b/tools/doc/generate.js
index f2e3e8a1649985..28e09d003fa6db 100644
--- a/tools/doc/generate.js
+++ b/tools/doc/generate.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ let filename = null;
 let nodeVersion = null;
 let analytics = null;
 let outputDir = null;
+let apilinks = {};
 
 args.forEach(function(arg) {
   if (!arg.startsWith('--')) {
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@ args.forEach(function(arg) {
     analytics = arg.replace(/^--analytics=/, '');
   } else if (arg.startsWith('--output-directory=')) {
     outputDir = arg.replace(/^--output-directory=/, '');
+  } else if (arg.startsWith('--apilinks=')) {
+    apilinks = JSON.parse(
+      fs.readFileSync(arg.replace(/^--apilinks=/, ''), 'utf8')
+    );
   }
 });
 
@@ -71,7 +76,7 @@ fs.readFile(filename, 'utf8', (er, input) => {
     .use(json.jsonAPI, { filename })
     .use(html.firstHeader)
     .use(html.preprocessElements, { filename })
-    .use(html.buildToc, { filename })
+    .use(html.buildToc, { filename, apilinks })
     .use(remark2rehype, { allowDangerousHTML: true })
     .use(raw)
     .use(htmlStringify)
diff --git a/tools/doc/html.js b/tools/doc/html.js
index f1ac9e144e61e1..899605437ce7b3 100644
--- a/tools/doc/html.js
+++ b/tools/doc/html.js
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ function versionSort(a, b) {
   return +b.match(numberRe)[0] - +a.match(numberRe)[0];
 }
 
-function buildToc({ filename }) {
+function buildToc({ filename, apilinks }) {
   return (tree, file) => {
     const startIncludeRefRE = /^\s*<!-- \[start-include:(.+)\] -->\s*$/;
     const endIncludeRefRE = /^\s*<!-- \[end-include:.+\] -->\s*$/;
@@ -376,6 +376,11 @@ function buildToc({ filename }) {
                   `id="${headingText}">#</a></span>`;
       }
 
+      const api = headingText.replace(/^.*:\s+/, '').replace(/\(.*/, '');
+      if (apilinks[api]) {
+        anchor = `<a class="srclink" href=${apilinks[api]}>[src]</a>${anchor}`;
+      }
+
       node.children.push({ type: 'html', value: anchor });
     });