diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index b42bd5b15..c71261032 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Features added
 * #2663: Add ``--warning-is-error`` option to setup.py command
 * Show warnings if deprecated latex options are used
 * Add sphinx.config.ENUM to check the config values is in candidates
+* math: Add hyperlink marker to each equations in HTML output
 
 
 Bugs fixed
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/imgmath.py b/sphinx/ext/imgmath.py
index f8e402be3..927429086 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/imgmath.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/imgmath.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from six import text_type
 from docutils import nodes
 
 import sphinx
+from sphinx.locale import _
 from sphinx.errors import SphinxError, ExtensionError
 from sphinx.util.png import read_png_depth, write_png_depth
 from sphinx.util.osutil import ensuredir, ENOENT, cd
@@ -253,7 +254,9 @@ def html_visit_displaymath(self, node):
     self.body.append(self.starttag(node, 'div', CLASS='math'))
     self.body.append('<p>')
     if node['number']:
-        self.body.append('<span class="eqno">(%s)</span>' % node['number'])
+        self.body.append('<span class="eqno">(%s)' % node['number'])
+        self.add_permalink_ref(node, _('Permalink to this code'))
+        self.body.append('</span>')
     if fname is None:
         # something failed -- use text-only as a bad substitute
         self.body.append('<span class="math">%s</span></p>\n</div>' %
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/jsmath.py b/sphinx/ext/jsmath.py
index f36e12fed..9fb790e1b 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/jsmath.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/jsmath.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from docutils import nodes
 
 import sphinx
+from sphinx.locale import _
 from sphinx.application import ExtensionError
 from sphinx.ext.mathbase import setup_math as mathbase_setup
 
@@ -34,8 +35,9 @@ def html_visit_displaymath(self, node):
         if i == 0:
             # necessary to e.g. set the id property correctly
             if node['number']:
-                self.body.append('<span class="eqno">(%s)</span>' %
-                                 node['number'])
+                self.body.append('<span class="eqno">(%s)' % node['number'])
+                self.add_permalink_ref(node, _('Permalink to this code'))
+                self.body.append('</span>')
             self.body.append(self.starttag(node, 'div', CLASS='math'))
         else:
             # but only once!
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/mathjax.py b/sphinx/ext/mathjax.py
index bdaab55e0..420e2b312 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/mathjax.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/mathjax.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from docutils import nodes
 
 import sphinx
+from sphinx.locale import _
 from sphinx.errors import ExtensionError
 from sphinx.ext.mathbase import setup_math as mathbase_setup
 
@@ -35,7 +36,9 @@ def html_visit_displaymath(self, node):
 
     # necessary to e.g. set the id property correctly
     if node['number']:
-        self.body.append('<span class="eqno">(%s)</span>' % node['number'])
+        self.body.append('<span class="eqno">(%s)' % node['number'])
+        self.add_permalink_ref(node, _('Permalink to this code'))
+        self.body.append('</span>')
     self.body.append(self.builder.config.mathjax_display[0])
     parts = [prt for prt in node['latex'].split('\n\n') if prt.strip()]
     if len(parts) > 1:  # Add alignment if there are more than 1 equation
diff --git a/sphinx/themes/basic/static/basic.css_t b/sphinx/themes/basic/static/basic.css_t
index cdc703b09..585e992a5 100644
--- a/sphinx/themes/basic/static/basic.css_t
+++ b/sphinx/themes/basic/static/basic.css_t
@@ -585,6 +585,16 @@ span.eqno {
     float: right;
 }
 
+span.eqno a.headerlink {
+    position: relative;
+    left: 0px;
+    z-index: 1;
+}
+
+div.math:hover a.headerlink {
+    visibility: visible;
+}
+
 /* -- printout stylesheet --------------------------------------------------- */
 
 @media print {
diff --git a/tests/test_build_html.py b/tests/test_build_html.py
index 7a0cb7cfd..43f5d4519 100644
--- a/tests/test_build_html.py
+++ b/tests/test_build_html.py
@@ -968,8 +968,10 @@ def test_jsmath(app, status, warning):
 
     assert '<div class="math">\na^2 + b^2 = c^2</div>' in content
     assert '<div class="math">\n\\begin{split}a + 1 &lt; b\\end{split}</div>' in content
-    assert ('<span class="eqno">(1)</span><div class="math" id="equation-foo">\n'
-            'e^{i\\pi} = 1</div>' in content)
+    print content
+    assert (u'<span class="eqno">(1)<a class="headerlink" href="#equation-foo" '
+            u'title="Permalink to this code">\xb6</a></span>'
+            u'<div class="math" id="equation-foo">\ne^{i\\pi} = 1</div>' in content)
     assert ('<span class="eqno">(2)</span><div class="math">\n'
             'e^{ix} = \\cos x + i\\sin x</div>' in content)
     assert '<div class="math">\nn \\in \\mathbb N</div>' in content