fix doc links on `extern crate` items

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
index 1099c68b004..f60f40267d6 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use rustc_data_structures::captures::Captures;
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxHashSet;
 use rustc_hir as hir;
 use rustc_hir::def::DefKind;
-use rustc_hir::def_id::DefId;
+use rustc_hir::def_id::{DefId, LOCAL_CRATE};
 use rustc_metadata::creader::{CStore, LoadedMacro};
 use rustc_middle::ty;
 use rustc_middle::ty::TyCtxt;
@@ -662,6 +662,14 @@ pub(crate) fn href_with_root_path(
             // documented on their parent's page
             tcx.parent(did)
         }
+        DefKind::ExternCrate => {
+            // Link to the crate itself, not the `extern crate` item.
+            if let Some(local_did) = did.as_local() {
+                tcx.extern_mod_stmt_cnum(local_did).unwrap_or(LOCAL_CRATE).as_def_id()
+            } else {
+                did
+            }
+        }
         _ => did,
     };
     let cache = cx.cache();