diff --git a/doc/frontend/browser.md b/doc/frontend/browser.md
index 08d3b4b1..edf4b5c1 100644
--- a/doc/frontend/browser.md
+++ b/doc/frontend/browser.md
@@ -18,6 +18,29 @@ request to the server. This means the URL will look normal, but the downside is
 that the server must respond to all routes with correct file (`index.html`).
 Check examples for simple Ring handler example.
 
+### Anchor click handling
+
+HTML5 History router will handle click events on anchors where the href
+matches the route tree (and other [rules](../../modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend/history.cljs#L84-L98)).
+If you have need to control this logic, for example to handle some
+anchor clicks where the href matches route tree normally (i.e. browser load)
+you can provide `:ignore-anchor-click` function to add your own logic to
+event handling:
+
+```clj
+(rfe/start!
+  router
+  {:use-fragment false
+   :ignore-anchor-click (fn [e el]
+                          (not= "false" (gobj/get (.-dataset el) "reititHandleClick")))})
+
+;; Use data-reitit-handle-click to disable Reitit anchor handling
+[:a
+ {:href (rfe/href ::about)
+  :data-reitit-handle-click false}
+ "About"]
+```
+
 ## Easy
 
 Reitit frontend routers require storing the state somewhere and passing it to
diff --git a/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend/history.cljs b/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend/history.cljs
index 025141aa..333c8c95 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend/history.cljs
+++ b/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend/history.cljs
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@
           (if (exists? js/location)
             (.getDomain (.parse Uri js/location)))
 
+          ignore-anchor-click-fn (or (:ignore-anchor-click this)
+                                     (constantly true))
+
           ;; Prevent document load when clicking a elements, if the href points to URL that is part
           ;; of the routing tree."
           ignore-anchor-click
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@
                            ;; isContentEditable property is inherited from parents,
                            ;; so if the anchor is inside contenteditable div, the property will be true.
                            (not (.-isContentEditable el))
+                           (ignore-anchor-click-fn e el)
                            (reitit/match-by-path router (.getPath uri)))
                   (.preventDefault e)
                   (let [path (str (.getPath uri)
@@ -134,15 +138,23 @@
   - on-navigate    Function to be called when route changes. Takes two parameters, ´match´ and ´history´ object.
 
   Options:
-  - :use-fragment  (default true) If true, onhashchange and location hash are used to store current route."
+  - :use-fragment  (default true) If true, onhashchange and location hash are used to store current route.
+
+  Options (Html5History):
+  - :ignore-anchor-click  Function (event, anchor element) to check if Reitit
+                          should handle click events on the anchor element. By default
+                          hrefs matching the route tree are handled by Reitit."
   ([router on-navigate]
    (start! router on-navigate nil))
   ([router
     on-navigate
     {:keys [use-fragment]
-     :or {use-fragment true}}]
-   (let [opts {:router router
-               :on-navigate on-navigate}]
+     :or {use-fragment true}
+     :as opts}]
+   (let [opts (-> opts
+                  (dissoc :use-fragment)
+                  (assoc :router router
+                         :on-navigate on-navigate))]
      (-init (if use-fragment
               (map->FragmentHistory opts)
               (map->Html5History opts))))))