diff --git a/repo2html b/repo2html
index 26643a4..0fc6af8 100755
--- a/repo2html
+++ b/repo2html
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ raw_tpl=
 # configuration (note that this setup in conjunction with the below defaults
 # imply that they can be passed in as environment variables as an alternative to
 # options)
-while getopts t:d:c:e:l:f:i:o:C:ER:T: opt; do
+while getopts t:d:c:e:l:f:i:o:u:C:ER:T:U: opt; do
   case "$opt" in
     t) title="$OPTARG";;
     d) desc="$OPTARG";;
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ while getopts t:d:c:e:l:f:i:o:C:ER:T: opt; do
         path_out="$path_out/$OPTARG"
       fi
       ;;
+    u) repo_url="$OPTARG";;
+    U) repo_commit_url="$OPTARG";;
     C) html_external_css="$OPTARG";;
     E) html_ext=;;
     R) rss_count="$OPTARG";;
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ msgfmt="${msgfmt:-$default}"
 # make configuration available to all scripts
 export title desc copyright license msgfmt url_root path_tpl path path_root \
   html_external_css html_footer html_index_footer html_commit_footer \
-  html_ext html_pre_index html_body_class html_tsep
+  html_ext html_pre_index html_body_class html_tsep repo_url repo_commit_url
 
 # if raw processing was requested, then we are done; pass the torch
 test $do_raw && {
diff --git a/tpl/commit b/tpl/commit
index 1bc4e01..b07018b 100755
--- a/tpl/commit
+++ b/tpl/commit
@@ -66,7 +66,15 @@ cat <<EOF
           Copyright &copy; $year $copyright.
           $license
         </div>
-        <div class="commit-id">$hash</div>
+        <div class="commit-id">$(
+          if [ -n "$repo_commit_url" ]; then
+            printf '<a href="'"$repo_commit_url"'">%s</a>' "$hash" "$hash"
+          elif [ -n "$repo_url" ]; then
+            printf '<a href="%s">%s</a>' "$repo_url" "$hash"
+          else
+            echo "$hash"
+          fi
+        )</div>
       </footer>
     </article>
   </body>