Index: client/src/main/java/org/hippoecm/hst/tag/HstLinkTag.java
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--- client/src/main/java/org/hippoecm/hst/tag/HstLinkTag.java	(revision 58589)
+++ client/src/main/java/org/hippoecm/hst/tag/HstLinkTag.java	(working copy)
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.hippoecm.hst.configuration.hosting.Mount;
 import org.hippoecm.hst.configuration.sitemap.HstSiteMapItem;
+import org.hippoecm.hst.content.beans.ObjectBeanManagerException;
 import org.hippoecm.hst.content.beans.standard.HippoBean;
 import org.hippoecm.hst.content.beans.standard.IdentifiableContentBean;
 import org.hippoecm.hst.core.linking.HstLink;
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@
     
     protected IdentifiableContentBean identifiableContentBean;
 
+    protected String nodeId;
+
     protected String path;
 
     protected String siteMapItemRefId;
@@ -157,6 +160,14 @@
                 }
             }
 
+            if (hippoBean == null && nodeId != null) {
+                try {
+                    hippoBean = (HippoBean) reqContext.getObjectBeanManager().getObjectByUuid(nodeId);
+                } catch (ObjectBeanManagerException e) {
+                    log.warn("Cannot find content bean by id: '{}'.", nodeId);
+                }
+            }
+
             if(linkForAttributeSet) {
                 if(link == null && path == null && hippoBean == null && siteMapItemRefId == null) {
                     String dispatcher = (String)servletRequest.getAttribute("javax.servlet.include.servlet_path");
@@ -346,6 +357,7 @@
         super.cleanup();
         var = null;
         identifiableContentBean = null;
+        nodeId = null;
         scope = null;
         path = null;
         siteMapItemRefId = null;
@@ -392,6 +404,10 @@
         return this.identifiableContentBean;
     }
     
+    public String getNodeId(){
+        return this.nodeId;
+    }
+    
     public String getPath(){
         return path;
     }
@@ -463,7 +479,11 @@
          linkForAttributeSet = true;
         this.identifiableContentBean = identifiableContentBean;
     }
-    
+
+    public void setNodeId(String nodeId) {
+        this.nodeId = nodeId;
+    }
+
     public void setMount(String mount) {
         this.mountAlias = mount;
     }
Index: client/src/main/resources/META-INF/hst-core.tld
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--- client/src/main/resources/META-INF/hst-core.tld	(revision 58589)
+++ client/src/main/resources/META-INF/hst-core.tld	(working copy)
@@ -332,6 +332,13 @@
       <type>org.hippoecm.hst.content.beans.standard.IdentifiableContentBean</type>
     </attribute>
     <attribute>
+      <description>Identifier of an IdentifiableContentBean object. This is a stringified identifier of one of your bean mapped objects</description>
+      <name>nodeId</name>
+      <required>false</required>
+      <rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
+      <type>java.lang.String</type>
+    </attribute>
+    <attribute>
       <description>A string id, which is the refId of a sitemap item you want to link to. Note that the sitemapitem
         belonging to the refId should not be a wildcard matcher, and non of its ancestors should be a wildcard. Using
         this to create a link to a sitemap item can be handy when you know to which sitemap item you want to link, but