diff --git a/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/keco-fix-href-commandbar-item_2018-04-16-18-12.json b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/keco-fix-href-commandbar-item_2018-04-16-18-12.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1d2cce4f7cf0ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/keco-fix-href-commandbar-item_2018-04-16-18-12.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "Passes item when href set onClick for CommandBar control",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+  "email": "keco@microsoft.com"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/CommandBar/CommandBar.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/CommandBar/CommandBar.tsx
index 223dc0968e366e..699f8a01e5d261 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/CommandBar/CommandBar.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/CommandBar/CommandBar.tsx
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ export class CommandBar extends BaseComponent<ICommandBarProps, ICommandBarState
           id={ this._id + item.key }
           className={ className }
           href={ item.disabled ? undefined : item.href }
-          onClick={ item.onClick }
+          onClick={ this._onItemClick(item) }
           title={ '' }
           aria-disabled={ item.inactive }
           data-command-key={ itemKey }
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ export class CommandBar extends BaseComponent<ICommandBarProps, ICommandBarState
     });
   }
 
-  private _onItemClick(item: IContextualMenuItem): (ev: React.MouseEvent<HTMLButtonElement>) => void {
+  private _onItemClick(item: IContextualMenuItem): (ev: React.MouseEvent<HTMLButtonElement | HTMLAnchorElement>) => void {
     return (ev: React.MouseEvent<HTMLButtonElement>): void => {
       if (item.inactive) {
         return;