diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7d69f23144..9e0acaf94f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4002,6 +4002,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dioxus-cli-config",
  "dioxus-core",
  "dioxus-core-macro",
+ "dioxus-document",
  "dioxus-fullstack-core",
  "dioxus-history",
  "dioxus-hooks",
diff --git a/packages/router/Cargo.toml b/packages/router/Cargo.toml
index 416230a942..7c802d160a 100644
--- a/packages/router/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/router/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ dioxus-core-macro = { workspace = true }
 dioxus-signals = { workspace = true }
 dioxus-hooks = { workspace = true }
 dioxus-html = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+dioxus-document = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 dioxus-history = { workspace = true }
 dioxus-router-macro = { workspace = true }
 dioxus-fullstack-core = { workspace = true, optional = true }
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ rustversion = { workspace = true }
 default = ["html"]
 streaming = ["dep:dioxus-fullstack-core"]
 wasm-split = []
-html = ["dep:dioxus-html"]
+html = ["dep:dioxus-html", "dep:dioxus-document"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 axum = { workspace = true, features = ["ws"] }
diff --git a/packages/router/src/components/link.rs b/packages/router/src/components/link.rs
index 310a6168df..89971343ec 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/components/link.rs
+++ b/packages/router/src/components/link.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ pub struct LinkProps {
     #[props(into)]
     pub to: NavigationTarget,
 
+    /// Whether to wrap the navigation in the browser's View Transition API
+    /// (`document.startViewTransition`).
+    ///
+    /// When enabled, the browser animates the transition between the old and new
+    /// page states. This is a no-op on browsers and webviews that do not support
+    /// the View Transition API.
+    #[props(default)]
+    pub view_transition: bool,
+
     #[props(extends = GlobalAttributes)]
     attributes: Vec<Attribute>,
 }
@@ -70,6 +79,7 @@ impl Debug for LinkProps {
             .field("onclick", &self.onclick.as_ref().map(|_| "onclick is set"))
             .field("onclick_only", &self.onclick_only)
             .field("rel", &self.rel)
+            .field("view_transition", &self.view_transition)
             .finish()
     }
 }
@@ -145,6 +155,7 @@ pub fn Link(props: LinkProps) -> Element {
         rel,
         to,
         class,
+        view_transition,
         ..
     } = props;
 
@@ -224,6 +235,15 @@ pub fn Link(props: LinkProps) -> Element {
         event.prevent_default();
 
         if do_default && is_router_nav {
+            if view_transition {
+                // Opt into the browser's View Transition API. The old page state is
+                // captured synchronously here, before the route change. The new state
+                // is captured on the next frame, after Dioxus has applied the DOM
+                // mutations in the microtask checkpoint following this handler.
+                dioxus_document::eval(
+                    "if (typeof document !== 'undefined' && document.startViewTransition) { document.startViewTransition(() => {}); }",
+                );
+            }
             router.push_any(to.clone());
         }