diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/highlight.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/highlight.rs
index f8fc9243e14b9..ece3ee640e2a6 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/highlight.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/highlight.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 //!
 //! Use the `render_with_highlighting` to highlight some rust code.
 
+use crate::clean::PrimitiveType;
 use crate::html::escape::Escape;
 use crate::html::render::Context;
 
@@ -584,6 +585,13 @@ fn string<T: Display>(
                             .ok()
                             .map(|(url, _, _)| url)
                     }
+                    LinkFromSrc::Primitive(prim) => format::href_with_root_path(
+                        PrimitiveType::primitive_locations(context.tcx())[&prim],
+                        context,
+                        Some(context_info.root_path),
+                    )
+                    .ok()
+                    .map(|(url, _, _)| url),
                 }
             })
         {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/span_map.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/span_map.rs
index 54476d9c9a459..d517f3ac0e3a9 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/span_map.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/span_map.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::clean;
+use crate::clean::{self, PrimitiveType};
 use crate::html::sources;
 
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxHashMap;
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 crate enum LinkFromSrc {
     Local(clean::Span),
     External(DefId),
+    Primitive(PrimitiveType),
 }
 
 /// This function will do at most two things:
@@ -73,17 +74,20 @@ impl<'tcx> SpanMapVisitor<'tcx> {
                 Some(def_id)
             }
             Res::Local(_) => None,
+            Res::PrimTy(p) => {
+                // FIXME: Doesn't handle "path-like" primitives like arrays or tuples.
+                let span = path_span.unwrap_or(path.span);
+                self.matches.insert(span, LinkFromSrc::Primitive(PrimitiveType::from(p)));
+                return;
+            }
             Res::Err => return,
             _ => return,
         };
         if let Some(span) = self.tcx.hir().res_span(path.res) {
-            self.matches.insert(
-                path_span.unwrap_or_else(|| path.span),
-                LinkFromSrc::Local(clean::Span::new(span)),
-            );
-        } else if let Some(def_id) = info {
             self.matches
-                .insert(path_span.unwrap_or_else(|| path.span), LinkFromSrc::External(def_id));
+                .insert(path_span.unwrap_or(path.span), LinkFromSrc::Local(clean::Span::new(span)));
+        } else if let Some(def_id) = info {
+            self.matches.insert(path_span.unwrap_or(path.span), LinkFromSrc::External(def_id));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc/check-source-code-urls-to-def-std.rs b/src/test/rustdoc/check-source-code-urls-to-def-std.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b129ceb5b7302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc/check-source-code-urls-to-def-std.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// compile-flags: -Zunstable-options --generate-link-to-definition
+
+#![crate_name = "foo"]
+
+// @has 'src/foo/check-source-code-urls-to-def-std.rs.html'
+
+fn babar() {}
+
+// @has - '//a[@href="{{channel}}/std/primitive.u32.html"]' 'u32'
+// @has - '//a[@href="{{channel}}/std/primitive.str.html"]' 'str'
+// @has - '//a[@href="{{channel}}/std/primitive.bool.html"]' 'bool'
+// @has - '//a[@href="../../src/foo/check-source-code-urls-to-def-std.rs.html#7"]' 'babar'
+pub fn foo(a: u32, b: &str, c: String) {
+    let x = 12;
+    let y: bool = true;
+    babar();
+}
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc/check-source-code-urls-to-def.rs b/src/test/rustdoc/check-source-code-urls-to-def.rs
index e3ae79ccdb17a..0cb8e4230166f 100644
--- a/src/test/rustdoc/check-source-code-urls-to-def.rs
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc/check-source-code-urls-to-def.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ impl Foo {
 fn babar() {}
 
 // @has - '//a/@href' '/struct.String.html'
+// @has - '//a/@href' '/primitive.u32.html'
+// @has - '//a/@href' '/primitive.str.html'
 // @count - '//a[@href="../../src/foo/check-source-code-urls-to-def.rs.html#21"]' 5
 // @has - '//a[@href="../../source_code/struct.SourceCode.html"]' 'source_code::SourceCode'
 pub fn foo(a: u32, b: &str, c: String, d: Foo, e: bar::Bar, f: source_code::SourceCode) {
@@ -40,5 +42,9 @@ pub fn foo(a: u32, b: &str, c: String, d: Foo, e: bar::Bar, f: source_code::Sour
 
 // @has - '//a[@href="../../src/foo/auxiliary/source-code-bar.rs.html#14-16"]' 'bar::sub::Trait'
 // @has - '//a[@href="../../src/foo/auxiliary/source-code-bar.rs.html#14-16"]' 'Trait'
-pub fn foo2<T: bar::sub::Trait, V: Trait>(t: &T, v: &V) {
+pub fn foo2<T: bar::sub::Trait, V: Trait>(t: &T, v: &V, b: bool) {
 }
+
+// @has - '//a[@href="../../foo/primitive.bool.html"]' 'bool'
+#[doc(primitive = "bool")]
+mod whatever {}