diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 77cc5db8e..f1de45c45 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ==================
 ### Changed
 ### Added
+* Support for links in PDFs
 ### Fixed
 
 
diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 7e7b88ba1..c614645fd 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -521,6 +521,15 @@ ctx.addPage(400, 800)
 ctx.fillText('Hello World 2', 50, 80)
 ```
 
+It is possible to add hyperlinks use `.beginTag(uri)` and `.closeTag()`:
+
+```js
+ctx.beginTag("https://google.com")
+ctx.font = '22px Helvetica'
+ctx.fillText('Hello World', 50, 80)
+ctx.closeTag()
+```
+
 See also:
 
 * [Image#dataMode](#imagedatamode) for embedding JPEGs in PDFs
diff --git a/examples/pdf-link.js b/examples/pdf-link.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fb981ff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pdf-link.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+const fs = require('fs')
+const Canvas = require('..')
+
+const canvas = Canvas.createCanvas(400, 200, 'pdf')
+const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d')
+
+let y = 80
+let x = 50
+
+ctx.beginTag("https://google.com")
+ctx.font = '22px Helvetica'
+ctx.fillText('node-canvas pdf', x, y)
+ctx.closeTag()
+
+fs.writeFile('out.pdf', canvas.toBuffer(), function (err) {
+  if (err) throw err
+
+  console.log('created out.pdf')
+})
diff --git a/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.cc b/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.cc
index 56e68d899..fed7789fc 100644
--- a/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.cc
+++ b/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.cc
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ Context2d::Initialize(Napi::Env& env, Napi::Object& exports) {
     InstanceMethod<&Context2d::CreatePattern>("createPattern"),
     InstanceMethod<&Context2d::CreateLinearGradient>("createLinearGradient"),
     InstanceMethod<&Context2d::CreateRadialGradient>("createRadialGradient"),
+    #if CAIRO_VERSION >= CAIRO_VERSION_ENCODE(1, 16, 0)
+    InstanceMethod<&Context2d::BeginTag>("beginTag"),
+    InstanceMethod<&Context2d::CloseTag>("closeTag"),
+    #endif
     InstanceAccessor<&Context2d::GetFormat>("pixelFormat"),
     InstanceAccessor<&Context2d::GetPatternQuality, &Context2d::SetPatternQuality>("patternQuality"),
     InstanceAccessor<&Context2d::GetImageSmoothingEnabled, &Context2d::SetImageSmoothingEnabled>("imageSmoothingEnabled"),
@@ -3354,3 +3358,29 @@ Context2d::Ellipse(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info) {
   }
   cairo_set_matrix(ctx, &save_matrix);
 }
+
+#if CAIRO_VERSION >= CAIRO_VERSION_ENCODE(1, 16, 0)
+
+/*
+ * Open and close a link tag
+ */
+
+void
+Context2d::BeginTag(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info) {
+  Napi::String strValue;
+  if (!info[0].ToString().UnwrapTo(&strValue)) return;
+
+  std::string str = strValue.Utf8Value();
+  std::string uri = "uri='" + str + "'";
+
+  cairo_t *ctx = context();
+  cairo_tag_begin(ctx, CAIRO_TAG_LINK, uri.c_str());
+}
+
+void
+Context2d::CloseTag(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info) {
+  cairo_t *ctx = context();
+  cairo_tag_end(ctx, CAIRO_TAG_LINK);
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.h b/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.h
index 745106e2d..8bd062c36 100644
--- a/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.h
+++ b/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.h
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ class Context2d : public Napi::ObjectWrap<Context2d> {
     void SetFont(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info, const Napi::Value& value);
     void SetTextBaseline(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info, const Napi::Value& value);
     void SetTextAlign(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info, const Napi::Value& value);
+    void BeginTag(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info);
+    void CloseTag(const Napi::CallbackInfo& info);
     inline void setContext(cairo_t *ctx) { _context = ctx; }
     inline cairo_t *context(){ return _context; }
     inline Canvas *canvas(){ return _canvas; }