diff --git a/pagure/static/pagure.css b/pagure/static/pagure.css
index 66ab721..8153dc7 100644
--- a/pagure/static/pagure.css
+++ b/pagure/static/pagure.css
@@ -304,8 +304,15 @@ header h1 span {
 
 .code_table tr .cell1{
     width: 20px;
+    -webkit-user-select: none;
+    -moz-user-select: none;
+    -ms-user-select: none;
+    user-select: none;
 }
 
+.code_table tr .cell1 a::before {
+    content: attr(data-line-number);
+}
 
 .git_links {
     padding-top: 3em;
diff --git a/pagure/ui/filters.py b/pagure/ui/filters.py
index d10a9a6..391aa7e 100644
--- a/pagure/ui/filters.py
+++ b/pagure/ui/filters.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def format_loc(loc, commit=None, filename=None, prequest=None, index=None):
         if filename and commit:
             output.append(
                 '<tr><td class="cell1">'
-                '<a id="%(cnt)s" href="#%(cnt)s">%(cnt_lbl)s</a></td>'
+                '<a id="%(cnt)s" href="#%(cnt)s" data-line-number="%(cnt_lbl)s"></a></td>'
                 '<td class="prc" data-row="%(cnt_lbl)s"'
                 ' data-filename="%(filename)s" data-commit="%(commit)s">'
                 '<p>'
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def format_loc(loc, commit=None, filename=None, prequest=None, index=None):
         else:
             output.append(
                 '<tr><td class="cell1">'
-                '<a id="%(cnt)s" href="#%(cnt)s">%(cnt_lbl)s</a></td>'
+                '<a id="%(cnt)s" href="#%(cnt)s" data-line-number="%(cnt_lbl)s"></a></td>'
                 % (
                     {
                         'cnt': '%s_%s' % (index, cnt),
diff --git a/tests/test_progit_flask_ui_repo.py b/tests/test_progit_flask_ui_repo.py
index 52e1694..4afefa5 100644
--- a/tests/test_progit_flask_ui_repo.py
+++ b/tests/test_progit_flask_ui_repo.py
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ class PagureFlaskRepotests(tests.Modeltests):
         self.assertEqual(output.status_code, 200)
         self.assertTrue('<section class="file_content">' in output.data)
         self.assertTrue(
-            '<tr><td class="cell1"><a id="_1" href="#_1">1</a></td>'
+            '<tr><td class="cell1"><a id="_1" href="#_1" data-line-number="1"></a></td>'
             in output.data)
         self.assertTrue(
             '<td class="cell2"><pre> bar</pre></td>' in output.data)
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ class PagureFlaskRepotests(tests.Modeltests):
         self.assertEqual(output.status_code, 200)
         self.assertTrue('<section class="file_content">' in output.data)
         self.assertTrue(
-            '<tr><td class="cell1"><a id="_1" href="#_1">1</a></td>'
+            '<tr><td class="cell1"><a id="_1" href="#_1" data-line-number="1"></a></td>'
             in output.data)
         self.assertTrue(
             '<td class="cell2"><pre> barRow 0</pre></td>' in output.data)