diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/CHANGELOG.md
index 75b89f95e5..04f7dec53b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 4.2.0
 -----
 
+ * Added a `AbstractController::addLink()` method to add Link headers to the current response
  * Allowed configuring taggable cache pools via a new `framework.cache.pools.tags` option (bool|service-id)
  * Allowed configuring PDO-based cache pools via a new `cache.adapter.pdo` abstract service
  * Deprecated auto-injection of the container in AbstractController instances, register them as service subscribers instead
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Controller/ControllerTrait.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Controller/ControllerTrait.php
index 6202ff9eb9..94441a3ae2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Controller/ControllerTrait.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Controller/ControllerTrait.php
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 namespace Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller;
 
 use Doctrine\Common\Persistence\ManagerRegistry;
+use Fig\Link\GenericLinkProvider;
+use Fig\Link\Link;
 use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\FormType;
 use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface;
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\Form\FormInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\BinaryFileResponse;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\JsonResponse;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RedirectResponse;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\ResponseHeaderBag;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\StreamedResponse;
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Generator\UrlGeneratorInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Exception\AccessDeniedException;
 use Symfony\Component\Security\Csrf\CsrfToken;
+use Symfony\Component\WebLink\EventListener\AddLinkHeaderListener;
 
 /**
  * Common features needed in controllers.
@@ -398,4 +402,26 @@ trait ControllerTrait
 
         return $this->container->get('message_bus')->dispatch($message);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds a Link HTTP header to the current response.
+     *
+     * @see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5988
+     *
+     * @final
+     */
+    protected function addLink(Request $request, Link $link)
+    {
+        if (!class_exists(AddLinkHeaderListener::class)) {
+            throw new \LogicException('You can not use the "addLink" method if the WebLink component is not available. Try running "composer require symfony/web-link".');
+        }
+
+        if (null === $linkProvider = $request->attributes->get('_links')) {
+            $request->attributes->set('_links', new GenericLinkProvider(array($link)));
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $request->attributes->set('_links', $linkProvider->withLink($link));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Controller/ControllerTraitTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Controller/ControllerTraitTest.php
index f30e024b0c..41d463f573 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Controller/ControllerTraitTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Controller/ControllerTraitTest.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\Controller;
 
+use Fig\Link\Link;
 use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\ControllerTrait;
 use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Tests\TestCase;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Container;
@@ -528,6 +529,21 @@ abstract class ControllerTraitTest extends TestCase
 
         $this->assertEquals($doctrine, $controller->getDoctrine());
     }
+
+    public function testAddLink()
+    {
+        $request = new Request();
+        $link1 = new Link('mercure', 'https://demo.mercure.rocks');
+        $link2 = new Link('self', 'https://example.com/foo');
+
+        $controller = $this->createController();
+        $controller->addLink($request, $link1);
+        $controller->addLink($request, $link2);
+
+        $links = $request->attributes->get('_links')->getLinks();
+        $this->assertContains($link1, $links);
+        $this->assertContains($link2, $links);
+    }
 }
 
 trait TestControllerTrait
@@ -552,5 +568,6 @@ trait TestControllerTrait
         createForm as public;
         createFormBuilder as public;
         getDoctrine as public;
+        addLink as public;
     }
 }