diff --git a/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp b/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
index b7420b2ed9b8..e3fede4be1ab 100644
--- a/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
+++ b/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
@@ -11347,6 +11347,30 @@ nsDocShell::OnLeaveLink()
   return rv;
 }
 
+NS_IMETHODIMP
+nsDocShell::GetLinkState(nsIURI* aLinkURI, nsLinkState& aState)
+{
+  if (!aLinkURI) {
+    // No uri means not a link
+    aState = eLinkState_NotLink;
+    return NS_OK;
+  }
+    
+  aState = eLinkState_Unvisited;
+
+  // no history, leave state unchanged
+  if (!mGlobalHistory)
+    return NS_OK;
+
+  PRBool isVisited;
+  NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS(mGlobalHistory->IsVisited(aLinkURI, &isVisited),
+                    NS_ERROR_FAILURE);
+  if (isVisited)
+    aState = eLinkState_Visited;
+  
+  return NS_OK;
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Web Shell Services API
 
diff --git a/docshell/base/nsDocShell.h b/docshell/base/nsDocShell.h
index d0fc83e03939..00c21e8952e3 100644
--- a/docshell/base/nsDocShell.h
+++ b/docshell/base/nsDocShell.h
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ public:
         nsIURI* aURI,
         const PRUnichar* aTargetSpec);
     NS_IMETHOD OnLeaveLink();
+    NS_IMETHOD GetLinkState(nsIURI* aLinkURI, nsLinkState& aState);
 
     nsDocShellInfoLoadType ConvertLoadTypeToDocShellLoadInfo(PRUint32 aLoadType);
     PRUint32 ConvertDocShellLoadInfoToLoadType(nsDocShellInfoLoadType aDocShellLoadType);
diff --git a/webshell/public/nsILinkHandler.h b/webshell/public/nsILinkHandler.h
index 4b62d4ccc6dd..b860cd34b4c9 100644
--- a/webshell/public/nsILinkHandler.h
+++ b/webshell/public/nsILinkHandler.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class nsGUIEvent;
 
 // Interface ID for nsILinkHandler
 #define NS_ILINKHANDLER_IID \
- { 0x71627c30, 0xd3c5, 0x4ad0,{0xb5, 0x33, 0x6e, 0x01, 0x91, 0xf2, 0x79, 0x32}}
+ { 0x514bc565, 0x8d38, 0x4dde,{0xb4, 0xeb, 0xe7, 0xb5, 0x01, 0x2b, 0xf4, 0x64}}
 
 /**
  * Interface used for handling clicks on links
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ public:
    * Process the mouse leaving a link.
    */
   NS_IMETHOD OnLeaveLink() = 0;
+      
+
+  /**
+   * Get the state of a link to a given absolute URL
+   */
+  NS_IMETHOD GetLinkState(nsIURI* aLinkURI, nsLinkState& aState) = 0;
 };
 
 NS_DEFINE_STATIC_IID_ACCESSOR(nsILinkHandler, NS_ILINKHANDLER_IID)