diff --git a/benches/benchmarks.rs b/benches/benchmarks.rs
index 01ab9e3..c27c9b1 100644
--- a/benches/benchmarks.rs
+++ b/benches/benchmarks.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "async-std")]
 use async_std::fs as afs;
+#[cfg(feature = "link_to")]
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 #[cfg(all(test, feature = "tokio"))]
 use tokio::fs as afs;
 
@@ -22,7 +24,6 @@ where
 
 use std::fs::{self, File};
 use std::io::prelude::*;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
 
diff --git a/src/content/read.rs b/src/content/read.rs
index c1a1c9a..704b051 100644
--- a/src/content/read.rs
+++ b/src/content/read.rs
@@ -199,6 +199,58 @@ pub async fn copy_async<'a>(cache: &'a Path, sri: &'a Integrity, to: &'a Path) -
     Ok(size as u64)
 }
 
+pub fn hard_link_unchecked(cache: &Path, sri: &Integrity, to: &Path) -> Result<()> {
+    let cpath = path::content_path(cache, sri);
+    std::fs::hard_link(cpath, to).with_context(|| {
+        format!(
+            "Failed to link cache contents from {} to {}",
+            path::content_path(cache, sri).display(),
+            to.display()
+        )
+    })?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub fn hard_link(cache: &Path, sri: &Integrity, to: &Path) -> Result<()> {
+    hard_link_unchecked(cache, sri, to)?;
+    let mut reader = open(cache, sri.clone())?;
+    let mut buf = [0u8; 1024 * 8];
+    loop {
+        let read = reader.read(&mut buf).with_context(|| {
+            format!(
+                "Failed to read cache contents while verifying integrity for {}",
+                path::content_path(cache, sri).display()
+            )
+        })?;
+        if read == 0 {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    reader.check()?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub async fn hard_link_async(cache: &Path, sri: &Integrity, to: &Path) -> Result<()> {
+    hard_link_unchecked(cache, sri, to)?;
+    let mut reader = open_async(cache, sri.clone()).await?;
+    let mut buf = [0u8; 1024 * 8];
+    loop {
+        let read = AsyncReadExt::read(&mut reader, &mut buf)
+            .await
+            .with_context(|| {
+                format!(
+                    "Failed to read cache contents while verifying integrity for {}",
+                    path::content_path(cache, sri).display()
+                )
+            })?;
+        if read == 0 {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    reader.check()?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 pub fn has_content(cache: &Path, sri: &Integrity) -> Option<Integrity> {
     if path::content_path(cache, sri).exists() {
         Some(sri.clone())
diff --git a/src/get.rs b/src/get.rs
index d9b70f6..07f84f2 100644
--- a/src/get.rs
+++ b/src/get.rs
@@ -300,6 +300,23 @@ where
     read::copy_unchecked_async(cache.as_ref(), sri, to.as_ref()).await
 }
 
+/// Hard links a cache entry by key to a specified location.
+pub async fn hard_link<P, K, Q>(cache: P, key: K, to: Q) -> Result<()>
+where
+    P: AsRef<Path>,
+    K: AsRef<str>,
+    Q: AsRef<Path>,
+{
+    async fn inner(cache: &Path, key: &str, to: &Path) -> Result<()> {
+        if let Some(entry) = index::find(cache, key)? {
+            read::hard_link_async(cache, &entry.integrity, to).await
+        } else {
+            Err(Error::EntryNotFound(cache.to_path_buf(), key.into()))
+        }
+    }
+    inner(cache.as_ref(), key.as_ref(), to.as_ref()).await
+}
+
 /// Gets the metadata entry for a certain key.
 ///
 /// Note that the existence of a metadata entry is not a guarantee that the
@@ -573,6 +590,55 @@ where
     read::copy_unchecked(cache.as_ref(), sri, to.as_ref())
 }
 
+/// Hard links a cache entry by key to a specified location. The cache entry
+/// contents will not be checked, and all the usual caveats of hard links
+/// apply: The potentially-shared cache might be corrupted if the hard link is
+/// modified.
+pub fn hard_link_unchecked_sync<P, K, Q>(cache: P, key: K, to: Q) -> Result<()>
+where
+    P: AsRef<Path>,
+    K: AsRef<str>,
+    Q: AsRef<Path>,
+{
+    fn inner(cache: &Path, key: &str, to: &Path) -> Result<()> {
+        if let Some(entry) = index::find(cache, key)? {
+            hard_link_hash_unchecked_sync(cache, &entry.integrity, to)
+        } else {
+            Err(Error::EntryNotFound(cache.to_path_buf(), key.into()))
+        }
+    }
+    inner(cache.as_ref(), key.as_ref(), to.as_ref())
+}
+
+/// Hard links a cache entry by key to a specified location.
+pub fn hard_link_sync<P, K, Q>(cache: P, key: K, to: Q) -> Result<()>
+where
+    P: AsRef<Path>,
+    K: AsRef<str>,
+    Q: AsRef<Path>,
+{
+    fn inner(cache: &Path, key: &str, to: &Path) -> Result<()> {
+        if let Some(entry) = index::find(cache, key)? {
+            read::hard_link(cache, &entry.integrity, to)
+        } else {
+            Err(Error::EntryNotFound(cache.to_path_buf(), key.into()))
+        }
+    }
+    inner(cache.as_ref(), key.as_ref(), to.as_ref())
+}
+
+/// Hard links a cache entry by integrity address to a specified location. The
+/// cache entry contents will not be checked, and all the usual caveats of
+/// hard links apply: The potentially-shared cache might be corrupted if the
+/// hard link is modified.
+pub fn hard_link_hash_unchecked_sync<P, Q>(cache: P, sri: &Integrity, to: Q) -> Result<()>
+where
+    P: AsRef<Path>,
+    Q: AsRef<Path>,
+{
+    read::hard_link_unchecked(cache.as_ref(), sri, to.as_ref())
+}
+
 /// Gets metadata for a certain key.
 ///
 /// Note that the existence of a metadata entry is not a guarantee that the