diff --git a/src/Orchard/Mvc/Html/ContentItemExtensions.cs b/src/Orchard/Mvc/Html/ContentItemExtensions.cs
index 8524091c7..c8caa9a03 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/Mvc/Html/ContentItemExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/Mvc/Html/ContentItemExtensions.cs
@@ -100,6 +100,19 @@ namespace Orchard.Mvc.Html {
                 Convert.ToString(metadata.EditorRouteValues["action"]),
                 metadata.EditorRouteValues.Merge(additionalRouteValues));
         }
+        
+        public static MvcHtmlString ItemEditLink(this HtmlHelper html, string linkText, IContent content, object additionalRouteValues, object htmlAttributes = null)
+        {
+            var metadata = content.ContentItem.ContentManager.GetItemMetadata(content);
+            if (metadata.EditorRouteValues == null)
+                return null;
+
+            return html.ActionLink(
+                NonNullOrEmpty(linkText, metadata.DisplayText, content.ContentItem.TypeDefinition.DisplayName),
+                Convert.ToString(metadata.EditorRouteValues["action"]),
+                metadata.EditorRouteValues.Merge(additionalRouteValues),
+                new RouteValueDictionary(htmlAttributes));
+        }
 
         public static MvcHtmlString ItemAdminLink(this HtmlHelper html, IContent content) {
             return ItemAdminLink(html, null, content);