diff --git a/.changeset/breezy-eyes-teach.md b/.changeset/breezy-eyes-teach.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ab45e666e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/breezy-eyes-teach.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+"astro": patch
+---
+
+Fixes back navigation to fragment links (e.g. `#about`) in Firefox when using view transitions
+
+Co-authored-by: Florian Lefebvre <69633530+florian-lefebvre@users.noreply.github.com>
+Co-authored-by: Sarah Rainsberger <sarah@rainsberger.ca>
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/transitions/router.ts b/packages/astro/src/transitions/router.ts
index d77842f4da3c..848fa38bb4db 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/transitions/router.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/transitions/router.ts
@@ -213,7 +213,9 @@ const moveToLocation = (to: URL, from: URL, options: Options, historyState?: Sta
 			// ... what comes next is a intra-page navigation
 			// that won't reload the page but instead scroll to the fragment
 			history.scrollRestoration = 'auto';
-			location.href = to.href;
+			const savedState = history.state;
+			location.href = to.href; // this kills the history state on Firefox
+			history.state || history.replaceState(savedState, ''); // this restores the history state
 		} else {
 			if (!scrolledToTop) {
 				scrollTo({ left: 0, top: 0, behavior: 'instant' });