diff --git a/bin/documentation.js b/bin/documentation.js
index 589a9bd..bef1fa6 100755
--- a/bin/documentation.js
+++ b/bin/documentation.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var documentation = require('../'),
   highlight = require('../streams/highlight.js'),
   htmlOutput = require('../streams/output/html.js'),
   lint = require('../streams/lint.js'),
+  github = require('../streams/github.js'),
   fs = require('fs'),
   vfs = require('vinyl-fs'),
   normalize = require('../streams/normalize.js'),
@@ -31,6 +32,10 @@ var yargs = require('yargs')
   .describe('p', 'generate documentation tagged as private')
   .alias('p', 'private')
 
+  .boolean('g')
+  .describe('g', 'infer links to github in documentation')
+  .alias('g', 'github')
+
   .describe('o', 'output location. omit for stdout, otherwise is a filename for single-file outputs and a directory name for multi-file outputs like html')
   .alias('o', 'output')
   .default('o', 'stdout')
@@ -74,6 +79,7 @@ if (!formatter) {
 var docStream = documentation(inputs)
   .pipe(normalize())
   .pipe(argv.lint ? lint() : new PassThrough({ objectMode: true }))
+  .pipe(argv.g ? github() : new PassThrough({ objectMode: true }))
   .pipe(flatten())
   .pipe(filterAccess(argv.private ? [] : undefined))
   .pipe(formatter);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b929bca..7b77de3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     "doctrine": "^0.6.4",
     "espree": "^1.12.2",
     "extend": "^2.0.0",
+    "github-url-from-git": "^1.4.0",
     "handlebars": "^3.0.0",
     "highlight.js": "^8.4.0",
     "module-deps": "^3.7.3",
diff --git a/share/html/assets/style.css b/share/html/assets/style.css
index b15e039..525fb94 100644
--- a/share/html/assets/style.css
+++ b/share/html/assets/style.css
@@ -8,13 +8,16 @@
   font-size:80%;
 }
 
+.fade {
+  opacity:0.50;
+}
+
 .button-indent {
   padding: .25rem 1.5rem;
   font-size: 90%;
 }
 
 .section-indent {
-  padding-left: 1rem;
   border-left: 2px solid #eee;
 }
 
diff --git a/share/html/section.hbs b/share/html/section.hbs
index b1e3bc5..c44097b 100644
--- a/share/html/section.hbs
+++ b/share/html/section.hbs
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 <div class='mt3 mb2 px3 keyline-top'>
+  {{#if context.github}}
+    <div class='right py2'>
+      <a class='fade font-smaller' href='{{{context.github}}}'><code>{{{context.path}}}</code></a>
+    </div>
+  {{/if}}
   <h3 class='regular'>
     <a class='black' id='{{permalink}}' href='#{{permalink}}'>
       <code>
diff --git a/streams/github.js b/streams/github.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..749d3f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/streams/github.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var through = require('through');
+var exec = require('child_process').exec;
+var path = require('path');
+var fs = require('fs');
+var urlFromGit = require('github-url-from-git');
+
+function findGit(filename, relative) {
+  relative = relative || '.git';
+  var newPath = path.resolve(filename, relative);
+  if (fs.existsSync(newPath)) {
+    return newPath;
+  } else if (newPath === '/') {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return findGit(filename, '../' + relative);
+}
+
+function makeGetBase() {
+  var base, root;
+  return function (file, callback) {
+    if (base && root) return callback(base, root);
+    root = path.dirname(findGit(file));
+    var cwd = { cwd: root };
+    exec('git rev-parse HEAD', cwd, function (error, head, stderr) {
+      if (error || stderr) {
+        console.error(error, stderr); return;
+      }
+      exec('git config --get remote.origin.url', cwd, function (error, remote, stderr) {
+        if (error || stderr) {
+          console.error(error, stderr); return;
+        }
+        base = urlFromGit(remote.trim()) + '/blob/' + head.trim() + '/';
+        callback(base, root);
+      });
+    });
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create a transform stream that attempts to link code to its
+ * place on GitHub.
+ *
+ * @name linkGitHub
+ * @return {stream.Transform}
+ */
+module.exports = function () {
+  var getBase = makeGetBase();
+  return through(function (comment) {
+    this.pause();
+    getBase(comment.context.file, function (base, root) {
+      comment.context.path = comment.context.file.replace(root + '/', '');
+      comment.context.github = base +
+        comment.context.file.replace(root + '/', '') +
+        '#L' + comment.context.loc.start.line + '-' +
+        'L' + comment.context.loc.end.line;
+      this.resume();
+      this.push(comment);
+    }.bind(this));
+  });
+};