diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.JS/src/Services/UriHelper.ts b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.JS/src/Services/UriHelper.ts
index f5a797b340..350d78c5d4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.JS/src/Services/UriHelper.ts
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.Browser.JS/src/Services/UriHelper.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ registerFunction(`${registeredFunctionPrefix}.enableNavigationInterception`, ()
     if (anchorTarget) {
       const href = anchorTarget.getAttribute('href');
       const absoluteHref = toAbsoluteUri(href);
-      if (isWithinBaseUriSpace(absoluteHref)) {
+      //if the user wants to user some specific browser/OS feature, we dont handle it and let the browser/OS
+      const anyChangeBehaviorKeyHold = event.ctrlKey || event.shiftKey || event.altKey || event.metaKey;
+      if (isWithinBaseUriSpace(absoluteHref) && !anyChangeBehaviorKeyHold) 
+      {
         event.preventDefault();
         performInternalNavigation(absoluteHref);
       }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2ETest/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2ETest.csproj b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2ETest/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2ETest.csproj
index 7045e97bc6..86b67bc2e7 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2ETest/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2ETest.csproj
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2ETest/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2ETest.csproj
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel" Version="2.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="2.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="15.5.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Selenium.Support" Version="3.8.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Selenium.WebDriver" Version="3.8.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Selenium.Support" Version="3.12.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Selenium.WebDriver" Version="3.12.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.3.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.3.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2ETest/Tests/RoutingTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2ETest/Tests/RoutingTest.cs
index 64ac6cc991..d2981abef9 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2ETest/Tests/RoutingTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2ETest/Tests/RoutingTest.cs
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using BasicTestApp;
 using BasicTestApp.RouterTest;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2ETest.Infrastructure;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2ETest.Infrastructure.ServerFixtures;
 using OpenQA.Selenium;
+using OpenQA.Selenium.Interactions;
 using Xunit;
 using Xunit.Abstractions;
 
@@ -83,6 +85,54 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Blazor.E2ETest.Tests
             AssertHighlightedLinks("Other", "Other with base-relative URL (matches all)");
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void CanFollowLinkToOtherPageWithCtrlClick()
+        {
+            var key = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.OSX) ? Keys.Command : Keys.Control;
+            try
+            {
+                SetUrlViaPushState($"{ServerPathBase}/RouterTest/");
+
+                var app = MountTestComponent<TestRouter>();
+                var button = app.FindElement(By.LinkText("Other"));
+                //on mac os build we need to hold the meta button not the control for openning a popup
+              
+                new Actions(Browser)
+                    .KeyDown(Keys.Control)
+                    .Click(button)
+                    .Build()
+                    .Perform();
+
+                Assert.Equal(2, Browser.WindowHandles.Count);
+
+                //closing newly opened windows if a new one was opened
+
+                Browser.SwitchTo().Window(Browser.WindowHandles.Last());
+                Browser.Close();
+                Browser.SwitchTo().Window(Browser.WindowHandles.First());
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                // leaving the ctrl key up 
+                new Actions(Browser)
+                    .KeyUp(key)
+                    .Build()
+                    .Perform();
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CanFollowLinkToOtherPageDoesNotOpenNewWindow()
+        {
+            SetUrlViaPushState($"{ServerPathBase}/RouterTest/");
+
+            var app = MountTestComponent<TestRouter>();
+            
+            app.FindElement(By.LinkText("Other")).Click();
+            
+            Assert.Single(Browser.WindowHandles);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void CanFollowLinkToOtherPageWithBaseRelativeUrl()
         {