diff --git a/packages/core/__tests__/markdown-summary.test.ts b/packages/core/__tests__/markdown-summary.test.ts
index efb317f0..9b6ac037 100644
--- a/packages/core/__tests__/markdown-summary.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/__tests__/markdown-summary.test.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ const fixtures = {
   quote: {
     text: 'Where the world builds software',
     cite: 'https://github.com/about'
+  },
+  link: {
+    text: 'GitHub',
+    href: 'https://github.com/'
   }
 }
 
@@ -237,4 +241,12 @@ describe('@actions/core/src/markdown-summary', () => {
     const expected = `<blockquote cite="https://github.com/about">Where the world builds software</blockquote>${os.EOL}`
     await assertSummary(expected)
   })
+
+  it('adds a link with href', async () => {
+    await markdownSummary
+      .addLink(fixtures.link.text, fixtures.link.href)
+      .write()
+    const expected = `<a href="https://github.com/">GitHub</a>${os.EOL}`
+    await assertSummary(expected)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/core/src/markdown-summary.ts b/packages/core/src/markdown-summary.ts
index 461fef0b..352767ca 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/markdown-summary.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/markdown-summary.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const {access, appendFile, writeFile} = promises
 export const SUMMARY_ENV_VAR = 'GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY'
 
 export type SummaryTableRow = (SummaryTableCell | string)[]
+
 export interface SummaryTableCell {
   /**
    * Cell content
@@ -312,6 +313,19 @@ class MarkdownSummary {
     const element = this.wrap('blockquote', text, attrs)
     return this.add(element).addEOL()
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Adds an HTML anchor tag to the summary buffer
+   *
+   * @param {string} text link text/content
+   * @param {string} href hyperlink
+   *
+   * @returns {MarkdownSummary} markdown summary instance
+   */
+  addLink(text: string, href: string): MarkdownSummary {
+    const element = this.wrap('a', text, {href})
+    return this.add(element).addEOL()
+  }
 }
 
 // singleton export