diff --git a/core/client/app/components/gh-skip-link.js b/core/client/app/components/gh-skip-link.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c8f0880d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/client/app/components/gh-skip-link.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*jshint scripturl:true*/
+import Ember from 'ember';
+
+export default Ember.Component.extend({
+    tagName: 'a',
+    anchor: '',
+    classNames: ['sr-only', 'sr-only-focusable'],
+    // Add attributes to component for href
+    // href should be set to retain anchor properties
+    // such as pointer cursor and text underline
+    attributeBindings: ['href'],
+    // Used so that upon clicking on the link
+    // anchor behaviors or ignored
+    href: Ember.String.htmlSafe('javascript:;'),
+
+    scrollTo: function () {
+        var anchor = this.get('anchor'),
+            $el = Ember.$(anchor);
+
+        if ($el) {
+            // Scrolls to the top of main content or whatever
+            // is passed to the anchor attribute
+            Ember.$('body').scrollTop($el.offset().top);
+
+            // This sets focus on the content which was skipped to
+            // upon losing focus, the tabindex should be removed
+            // so that normal keyboard navigation picks up from focused
+            // element
+            Ember.$($el).attr('tabindex', -1).on('blur focusout', function () {
+                $(this).removeAttr('tabindex');
+            }).focus();
+        }
+    }.on('click')
+});
diff --git a/core/client/app/templates/application.hbs b/core/client/app/templates/application.hbs
index 256fbf3e4d..9db29c335c 100644
--- a/core/client/app/templates/application.hbs
+++ b/core/client/app/templates/application.hbs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{#gh-app showSettingsMenu=showSettingsMenu}}
-    <a class="sr-only sr-only-focusable" href="#gh-main">Skip to main content</a>
+    {{#gh-skip-link anchor=".gh-main"}}Skip to main content{{/gh-skip-link}}
 
     {{gh-alerts notify="topNotificationChange"}}