diff --git a/sphinx/domains/python.py b/sphinx/domains/python.py
index 79577a0e6..3745aab39 100644
--- a/sphinx/domains/python.py
+++ b/sphinx/domains/python.py
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ class PythonDomain(Domain):
 
     def resolve_any_xref(self, env, fromdocname, builder, target,
                          node, contnode):
-        modname = node.get('py:module')   # it is not likely we have these
+        modname = node.get('py:module')
         clsname = node.get('py:class')
         results = []
 
diff --git a/sphinx/domains/std.py b/sphinx/domains/std.py
index 4cdd96f2b..fe37470fe 100644
--- a/sphinx/domains/std.py
+++ b/sphinx/domains/std.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class OptionXRefRole(XRefRole):
                 target = target.strip()
         elif ' ' in target:
             program, target = _split_option(target, refnode, env)
-        refnode['refprogram'] = program
+        refnode['std:program'] = program
         return title, target
 
 
@@ -608,8 +608,8 @@ class StandardDomain(Domain):
             return make_refnode(builder, fromdocname, docname,
                                 labelid, contnode)
         elif typ == 'option':
-            if 'refprogram' in node:
-                progname = node['refprogram']
+            if 'std:program' in node:
+                progname = node['std:program']
             elif ' -' in target or ' /' in target:
                 # maybe an "any" directive, split it ourselves
                 progname, target = _split_option(target, node, env)
diff --git a/sphinx/roles.py b/sphinx/roles.py
index 1e8e70150..729dcea05 100644
--- a/sphinx/roles.py
+++ b/sphinx/roles.py
@@ -164,6 +164,15 @@ class XRefRole(object):
         return [node], []
 
 
+class AnyXRefRole(XRefRole):
+    def process_link(self, env, refnode, has_explicit_title, title, target):
+        result = XRefRole.process_link(self, env, refnode, has_explicit_title,
+                                       title, target)
+        # add all possible context info (i.e. std:program, py:module etc.)
+        refnode.attributes.update(env.ref_context)
+        return result
+
+
 def indexmarkup_role(typ, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner,
                      options={}, content=[]):
     """Role for PEP/RFC references that generate an index entry."""
@@ -319,7 +328,7 @@ specific_docroles = {
     # links to documents
     'doc': XRefRole(warn_dangling=True),
     # links to anything
-    'any': XRefRole(warn_dangling=True),
+    'any': AnyXRefRole(warn_dangling=True),
 
     'pep': indexmarkup_role,
     'rfc': indexmarkup_role,