Accessing <Link>'s underlying node via innerRef

packages/react-router-dom/docs/api/Link.md

@@ -36,3 +36,16 @@ When `true`, clicking the link will replace the current entry in the history sta
 ```js
 <Link to="/courses" replace />
 ```
+
+## innerRef: function
+
+Allows access to the underlying `ref` of the component
+
+```js
+
+const refCallback = node => {
+  // `node` refers to the mounted DOM element or null when unmounted
+}
+
+<Link to="/" innerRef={refCallback} />
+```

packages/react-router-dom/modules/Link.js

@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ class Link extends React.Component {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { replace, to, ...props } = this.props // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
+    const { replace, to, innerRef, ...props } = this.props // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
 
     const href = this.context.router.history.createHref(
       typeof to === 'string' ? { pathname: to } : to
     )
 
-    return <a {...props} onClick={this.handleClick} href={href}/>
+    return <a {...props} onClick={this.handleClick} href={href} ref={innerRef}/>
   }
 }
 

packages/react-router-dom/modules/__tests__/Link-test.js

@@ -24,6 +24,22 @@ describe('A <Link>', () => {
 
     expect(href).toEqual('/the/path?the=query#the-hash')
   })
+
+  it('exposes its ref via an innerRef prop', done => {
+    const node = document.createElement('div')
+
+    const refCallback = n => {
+      expect(n.tagName).toEqual('A')
+      done()
+    }
+
+    ReactDOM.render(
+      <MemoryRouter>
+        <Link to="/" innerRef={refCallback}>link</Link>
+      </MemoryRouter>,
+      node
+    )
+  })
 })
 
 describe('When a <Link> is clicked', () => {