diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 852e66f..ad55dd4 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -171,6 +171,90 @@ Now, calling `/` with header `accept: application/json` will render
 }
 ```
 
+## Custom links
+restify-json-hal exposes the addLink function that allows you to link to another resource that would normally not be considered related.
+
+An example:
+
+```javascript
+server.get('/books/:bookname', (request,response,next) => {
+  /**
+   * HAL: Gets book and author
+   * @name getauthor
+   */
+  var author = "alan-watts";
+  response.addLink("get", `/authors/${author}`);
+  response.send({
+    title: request.params.bookname,
+    author: author
+  });
+  return next();
+});
+
+server.get('/authors/:authorname', (request, response, next) => {
+  /**
+   * HAL: Gets author and published books
+   * @name getauthor
+   */
+  var books = ["the-way-of-zen"];
+  for (var i = 0; i < books.length; i++) {
+    response.addLink("get", `/books/${books[i]}`, books[i]);
+  }
+  response.send({
+    author: request.params.authorname,
+    books: books
+  });
+});
+```
+
+A call to `/books/the-way-of-zen` will render:
+
+```json
+{
+  "title": "the-way-of-zen",
+  "author": "alan-watts",
+  "_links": [
+    {
+      "href": "/books/the-way-of-zen",
+      "rel": "self",
+      "description": "Gets book and author",
+      "method": "GET"
+    },
+    {
+      "rel": "getauthor",
+      "method": "GET",
+      "description": "Gets author and published books",
+      "href": "/authors/alan-watts"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+A call to `/authors/alan-watts` will render:
+
+```json
+{
+  "author": "alan-watts",
+  "books": [
+    "the-way-of-zen"
+  ],
+  "_links": [
+    {
+      "href": "/authors/alan-watts",
+      "rel": "self",
+      "description": "Gets author and published books",
+      "method": "GET"
+    },
+    {
+      "rel": "the-way-of-zen",
+      "method": "GET",
+      "description": "Gets book and author",
+      "href": "/books/the-way-of-zen"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
 ## todo
 
 - `_embedded`, somehow
diff --git a/addLink.js b/addLink.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e5a7c5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addLink.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+var parseUrlDocs = require('./parseUrlDocs.js');
+var cache = {};
+
+module.exports = (server, options) => {
+  var attachHALObj = require('./attachHALObj.js')(options);
+
+  var findLink = (method, urlWithoutQuery) => {
+    for (var i = 0; i < server.router.routes[method].length; i++) {
+      var route = server.router.routes[method][i];
+      if (route.path.exec(urlWithoutQuery)) {
+
+        var halObj = {
+          // caching is done without the url query part, so we don't put the url in the cache
+          // href: options.prefix + url,
+          rel: route.name,
+          method: method
+        };
+        // if (route.path.restifyParams) {
+        //   halObj.templated = true;
+        // }
+        parseUrlDocs({
+          chain: server.routes[route.name],
+          halObj: halObj,
+          name: route.name
+        });
+        return halObj;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (halContainer, response) => {
+
+    // this function is given to the developer
+    return (method, url, customName) => {
+      method = method.toUpperCase();
+      var urlWithoutQuery = url.indexOf("?") == -1 ? url : url.substring(0, url.indexOf("?"));
+      cache[method] = cache[method] || {};
+
+      if (!cache[method][urlWithoutQuery]) {
+        cache[method][urlWithoutQuery] = findLink(method, urlWithoutQuery)
+      }
+
+      var result = cache[method][urlWithoutQuery];
+      result.href = options.prefix + url;
+      if (customName) {
+        result.rel = customName;
+      }
+      attachHALObj(result, halContainer);
+    }
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 440ac67..60a8177 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ module.exports = (server, options) => {
   options.prefix = options.prefix || "";
   options.makeObjects = options.makeObjects || false;
 
+  var addLink = require('./addLink.js')(server, options);
+
   // override json formatter
   // add HAL data to body and then invoke normal json formatter
   var _formatJSON = server.formatters["application/json"];
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ module.exports = (server, options) => {
     } else {
       request.hal = halCache[url].slice(0);
     }
+    response.addLink = addLink(request.hal, response);
     next();
   }
 }