diff --git a/src/Orchard/Mvc/Html/LinkExtensions.cs b/src/Orchard/Mvc/Html/LinkExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34db0c758
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+++ b/src/Orchard/Mvc/Html/LinkExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Web;
+using System.Web.Mvc;
+using System.Web.Routing;
+using System.Web.WebPages;
+
+namespace Orchard.Mvc.Html {
+    public static class LinkExtensions {
+        public static MvcHtmlString ActionLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, string actionName) {
+            return ActionLink(htmlHelper, linkText, actionName, null /* controllerName */, new RouteValueDictionary(), new RouteValueDictionary());
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString ActionLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, string actionName, object routeValues) {
+            return ActionLink(htmlHelper, linkText, actionName, null /* controllerName */, ObjectToDictionary(routeValues), new RouteValueDictionary());
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString ActionLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, string actionName, object routeValues, object htmlAttributes) {
+            return ActionLink(htmlHelper, linkText, actionName, null /* controllerName */, ObjectToDictionary(routeValues), HtmlHelper.AnonymousObjectToHtmlAttributes(htmlAttributes));
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString ActionLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, string actionName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues) {
+            return ActionLink(htmlHelper, linkText, actionName, null /* controllerName */, routeValues, new RouteValueDictionary());
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString ActionLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, string actionName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues, IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes) {
+            return ActionLink(htmlHelper, linkText, actionName, null /* controllerName */, routeValues, htmlAttributes);
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString ActionLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, string actionName, string controllerName) {
+            return ActionLink(htmlHelper, linkText, actionName, controllerName, new RouteValueDictionary(), new RouteValueDictionary());
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString ActionLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, string actionName, string controllerName, object routeValues, object htmlAttributes) {
+            return ActionLink(htmlHelper, linkText, actionName, controllerName, ObjectToDictionary(routeValues), HtmlHelper.AnonymousObjectToHtmlAttributes(htmlAttributes));
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString ActionLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, string actionName, string controllerName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues, IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes) {
+            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(linkText.ToString())) {
+                throw new ArgumentException("Argument must be a non empty string", "linkText");
+            }
+            return MvcHtmlString.Create(GenerateLink(htmlHelper.ViewContext.RequestContext, htmlHelper.RouteCollection, linkText, null /* routeName */, actionName, controllerName, routeValues, htmlAttributes));
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString ActionLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, string actionName, string controllerName, string protocol, string hostName, string fragment, object routeValues, object htmlAttributes) {
+            return ActionLink(htmlHelper, linkText, actionName, controllerName, protocol, hostName, fragment, ObjectToDictionary(routeValues), HtmlHelper.AnonymousObjectToHtmlAttributes(htmlAttributes));
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString ActionLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, string actionName, string controllerName, string protocol, string hostName, string fragment, RouteValueDictionary routeValues, IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes) {
+            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(linkText.ToString())) {
+                throw new ArgumentException("Argument must be a non empty string", "linkText");
+            }
+            return MvcHtmlString.Create(GenerateLink(htmlHelper.ViewContext.RequestContext, htmlHelper.RouteCollection, linkText, null /* routeName */, actionName, controllerName, protocol, hostName, fragment, routeValues, htmlAttributes));
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString RouteLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, object routeValues) {
+            return RouteLink(htmlHelper, linkText, ObjectToDictionary(routeValues));
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString RouteLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, RouteValueDictionary routeValues) {
+            return RouteLink(htmlHelper, linkText, routeValues, new RouteValueDictionary());
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString RouteLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, string routeName) {
+            return RouteLink(htmlHelper, linkText, routeName, (object)null /* routeValues */);
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString RouteLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, string routeName, object routeValues) {
+            return RouteLink(htmlHelper, linkText, routeName, ObjectToDictionary(routeValues));
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString RouteLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, string routeName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues) {
+            return RouteLink(htmlHelper, linkText, routeName, routeValues, new RouteValueDictionary());
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString RouteLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, object routeValues, object htmlAttributes) {
+            return RouteLink(htmlHelper, linkText, ObjectToDictionary(routeValues), HtmlHelper.AnonymousObjectToHtmlAttributes(htmlAttributes));
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString RouteLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, RouteValueDictionary routeValues, IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes) {
+            return RouteLink(htmlHelper, linkText, null /* routeName */, routeValues, htmlAttributes);
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString RouteLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, string routeName, object routeValues, object htmlAttributes) {
+            return RouteLink(htmlHelper, linkText, routeName, ObjectToDictionary(routeValues), HtmlHelper.AnonymousObjectToHtmlAttributes(htmlAttributes));
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString RouteLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, string routeName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues, IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes) {
+            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(linkText.ToString())) {
+                throw new ArgumentException("Argument must be a non empty string", "linkText");
+            }
+            return MvcHtmlString.Create(GenerateRouteLink(htmlHelper.ViewContext.RequestContext, htmlHelper.RouteCollection, linkText, routeName, routeValues, htmlAttributes));
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString RouteLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, string routeName, string protocol, string hostName, string fragment, object routeValues, object htmlAttributes) {
+            return RouteLink(htmlHelper, linkText, routeName, protocol, hostName, fragment, ObjectToDictionary(routeValues), HtmlHelper.AnonymousObjectToHtmlAttributes(htmlAttributes));
+        }
+
+        public static MvcHtmlString RouteLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, IHtmlString linkText, string routeName, string protocol, string hostName, string fragment, RouteValueDictionary routeValues, IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes) {
+            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(linkText.ToString())) {
+                throw new ArgumentException("Argument must be a non empty string", "linkText");
+            }
+            return MvcHtmlString.Create(GenerateRouteLink(htmlHelper.ViewContext.RequestContext, htmlHelper.RouteCollection, linkText, routeName, protocol, hostName, fragment, routeValues, htmlAttributes));
+        }
+
+        public static string GenerateLink(RequestContext requestContext, RouteCollection routeCollection, IHtmlString linkText, string routeName, string actionName, string controllerName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues, IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes) {
+            return GenerateLink(requestContext, routeCollection, linkText, routeName, actionName, controllerName, null /* protocol */, null /* hostName */, null /* fragment */, routeValues, htmlAttributes);
+        }
+
+        public static string GenerateLink(RequestContext requestContext, RouteCollection routeCollection, IHtmlString linkText, string routeName, string actionName, string controllerName, string protocol, string hostName, string fragment, RouteValueDictionary routeValues, IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes) {
+            return GenerateLinkInternal(requestContext, routeCollection, linkText, routeName, actionName, controllerName, protocol, hostName, fragment, routeValues, htmlAttributes, true /* includeImplicitMvcValues */);
+        }
+        
+        public static string GenerateRouteLink(RequestContext requestContext, RouteCollection routeCollection, IHtmlString linkText, string routeName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues, IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes) {
+            return GenerateRouteLink(requestContext, routeCollection, linkText, routeName, null /* protocol */, null /* hostName */, null /* fragment */, routeValues, htmlAttributes);
+        }
+
+        public static string GenerateRouteLink(RequestContext requestContext, RouteCollection routeCollection, IHtmlString linkText, string routeName, string protocol, string hostName, string fragment, RouteValueDictionary routeValues, IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes) {
+            return GenerateLinkInternal(requestContext, routeCollection, linkText, routeName, null /* actionName */, null /* controllerName */, protocol, hostName, fragment, routeValues, htmlAttributes, false /* includeImplicitMvcValues */);
+        }
+        private static string GenerateLinkInternal(RequestContext requestContext, RouteCollection routeCollection, IHtmlString linkText, string routeName, string actionName, string controllerName, string protocol, string hostName, string fragment, RouteValueDictionary routeValues, IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes, bool includeImplicitMvcValues) {
+            string url = UrlHelper.GenerateUrl(routeName, actionName, controllerName, protocol, hostName, fragment, routeValues, routeCollection, requestContext, includeImplicitMvcValues);
+            TagBuilder tagBuilder = new TagBuilder("a") {
+                InnerHtml = linkText.ToString()
+            };
+            tagBuilder.MergeAttributes(htmlAttributes);
+            tagBuilder.MergeAttribute("href", url);
+            return tagBuilder.ToString(TagRenderMode.Normal);
+        }
+
+        private static RouteValueDictionary ObjectToDictionary(object value) {
+            RouteValueDictionary dictionary = new RouteValueDictionary();
+
+            if (value != null) {
+                foreach (var prop in value.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance)) {
+                    dictionary.Add(prop.Name, prop.GetValue(value));
+                }
+            }
+
+            return dictionary;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj b/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj
index ee62487ba..eba605d31 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Localization\Services\ILocalizationStreamParser.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Localization\Services\LocalizationStreamParser.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Mvc\Html\LinkExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Security\ISslSettingsProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Security\Providers\DefaultSslSettingsProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="StaticHttpContextScope.cs" />