diff --git a/panel/models/html.ts b/panel/models/html.ts
index fe549519e2..64f985e158 100644
--- a/panel/models/html.ts
+++ b/panel/models/html.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@ import {Markup} from "@bokehjs/models/widgets/markup"
 import {PanelMarkupView} from "./layout"
 import {serializeEvent} from "./event-to-object"
 
+function searchAllDOMs(node: Element | ShadowRoot, selector: string): (Element | ShadowRoot)[] {
+  let found: (Element | ShadowRoot)[] = []
+  if (node instanceof Element && node.matches(selector)) {
+    found.push(node)
+  }
+  node.children && Array.from(node.children).forEach(child => {
+    found = found.concat(searchAllDOMs(child, selector))
+  })
+  if (node instanceof Element && node.shadowRoot) {
+    found = found.concat(searchAllDOMs(node.shadowRoot, selector))
+  }
+  return found
+}
+
 @server_event("html_stream")
 export class HTMLStreamEvent extends ModelEvent {
   constructor(readonly model: HTML, readonly patch: string, readonly start: number) {
@@ -127,12 +141,27 @@ export class HTMLView extends PanelMarkupView {
   }
 
   set_html(html: string | null): void {
-    if (html !== null) {
-      this.container.innerHTML = html
-      if (this.model.run_scripts) {
-        run_scripts(this.container)
+    if (html === null) {
+      return
+    }
+    this.container.innerHTML = html
+    if (this.model.run_scripts) {
+      run_scripts(this.container)
+    }
+    this._setup_event_listeners()
+    for (const anchor of this.container.querySelectorAll("a")) {
+      const link = anchor.getAttribute("href")
+      if (link && link.startsWith("#")) {
+        anchor.addEventListener("click", () => {
+          const found = searchAllDOMs(document.body, link)
+          if ((found.length > 0) && found[0] instanceof Element) {
+            found[0].scrollIntoView()
+          }
+        })
+        if (!this.root.has_finished() && this.model.document && window.location.hash === link) {
+          this.model.document.on_event("document_ready", () => setTimeout(() => anchor.scrollIntoView(), 5))
+        }
       }
-      this._setup_event_listeners()
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/panel/tests/ui/pane/test_markup.py b/panel/tests/ui/pane/test_markup.py
index 3e43a9eacf..71399b79d0 100644
--- a/panel/tests/ui/pane/test_markup.py
+++ b/panel/tests/ui/pane/test_markup.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 from playwright.sync_api import expect
 
+from panel.layout import Row
 from panel.models import HTML
 from panel.pane import Markdown
 from panel.tests.util import serve_component, wait_until
@@ -115,3 +116,40 @@ def test_html_model_no_stylesheet(page):
     header_element = page.locator('h1:has-text("Header")')
     assert header_element.is_visible()
     assert header_element.text_content() == "Header"
+
+def test_anchor_scroll(page):
+    md = ''
+    for tag in ['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3']:
+        md += f'# {tag}\n\n'
+        md += f'{tag} content\n' * 50
+
+    content = Markdown(md)
+    link = Markdown('<a id="link1" href="#tag1">Link1</a><a id="link3" href="#tag3">Link</a>')
+
+    serve_component(page, Row(link, content))
+
+    expect(page.locator('#tag1')).to_be_in_viewport()
+    expect(page.locator('#tag3')).not_to_be_in_viewport()
+
+    page.locator('#link3').click()
+
+    expect(page.locator('#tag1')).not_to_be_in_viewport()
+    expect(page.locator('#tag3')).to_be_in_viewport()
+
+    page.locator('#link1').click()
+
+    expect(page.locator('#tag1')).to_be_in_viewport()
+    expect(page.locator('#tag3')).not_to_be_in_viewport()
+
+def test_anchor_scroll_on_init(page):
+    md = ''
+    for tag in ['tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3']:
+        md += f'# {tag}\n\n'
+        md += f'{tag} content\n' * 50
+
+    content = Markdown(md)
+
+    serve_component(page, content, suffix='#tag3')
+
+    expect(page.locator('#tag1')).not_to_be_in_viewport()
+    expect(page.locator('#tag3')).to_be_in_viewport()