diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 580feeb32..13ce2df9f 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Other contributors, listed alphabetically, are:
 * Kevin Dunn -- MathJax extension
 * Josip Dzolonga -- coverage builder
 * Buck Evan -- dummy builder
+* Matthew Fernandez -- todo extension fix
 * Hernan Grecco -- search improvements
 * Horst Gutmann -- internationalization support
 * Martin Hans -- autodoc improvements
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 40c91af68..5f381b608 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #3692: Unable to build HTML if writing .buildinfo failed
 * #4152: HTML writer crashes if a field list is placed on top of the document
 * #4063: Sphinx crashes when labeling directive ``.. todolist::``
+* #1020: ext.todo todolist not linking to the page in pdflatex
 
 Testing
 --------
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/todo.py b/sphinx/ext/todo.py
index 0e5a74720..a58422793 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/todo.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/todo.py
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ class Todo(BaseAdmonition):
 
         env = self.state.document.settings.env
         targetid = 'index-%s' % env.new_serialno('index')
+        # Stash the target to be retrieved later in latex_visit_todo_node.
+        todo['targetref'] = '%s:%s' % (env.docname, targetid)
         targetnode = nodes.target('', '', ids=[targetid])
         return [targetnode, todo]
 
@@ -173,8 +175,12 @@ def process_todo_nodes(app, doctree, fromdocname):
             para += newnode
             para += nodes.Text(desc2, desc2)
 
-            # (Recursively) resolve references in the todo content
             todo_entry = todo_info['todo']
+            # Remove targetref from the (copied) node to avoid emitting a
+            # duplicate label of the original entry when we walk this node.
+            del todo_entry['targetref']
+
+            # (Recursively) resolve references in the todo content
             env.resolve_references(todo_entry, todo_info['docname'],
                                    app.builder)
 
@@ -216,7 +222,13 @@ def depart_todo_node(self, node):
 def latex_visit_todo_node(self, node):
     # type: (nodes.NodeVisitor, todo_node) -> None
     title = node.pop(0).astext().translate(tex_escape_map)
-    self.body.append(u'\n\\begin{sphinxadmonition}{note}{%s:}' % title)
+    self.body.append(u'\n\\begin{sphinxadmonition}{note}{')
+    # If this is the original todo node, emit a label that will be referenced by
+    # a hyperref in the todolist.
+    target = node.get('targetref')
+    if target is not None:
+        self.body.append(u'\\label{%s}' % target)
+    self.body.append('%s:}' % title)
 
 
 def latex_depart_todo_node(self, node):