diff --git a/code/Model/SiteTree.php b/code/Model/SiteTree.php
index f0c768cf..b11f0181 100755
--- a/code/Model/SiteTree.php
+++ b/code/Model/SiteTree.php
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ class SiteTree extends DataObject implements PermissionProvider, i18nEntityProvi
                 $this->URLSegment = "page-$this->ID";
             }
         }
-        
+
         // need to set the default values of a page e.g."Untitled [Page type]"
         if (empty($this->Title)) {
             $this->Title = _t(
@@ -1978,10 +1978,20 @@ class SiteTree extends DataObject implements PermissionProvider, i18nEntityProvi
                 ->setDisplayFields($dependentColumns)
                 ->setFieldFormatting(array(
                     'Title' => function ($value, &$item) {
+                        $title = $item->Title;
+                        $untitled = _t(
+                            __CLASS__ . '.UntitledDependentObject',
+                            'Untitled {instanceType}',
+                            ['instanceType' => $item->i18n_singular_name()]
+                        );
+                        $tag = $item->hasMethod('CMSEditLink') ? 'a' : 'span';
                         return sprintf(
-                            '<a href="admin/pages/edit/show/%d">%s</a>',
-                            (int)$item->ID,
-                            Convert::raw2xml($item->Title)
+                            '<%s%s class="dependent-content__edit-link %s">%s</%s>',
+                            $tag,
+                            $tag === 'a' ? sprintf(' href="%s"', $item->CMSEditLink()) : '',
+                            $title ? '' : 'dependent-content__edit-link--untitled',
+                            $title ? Convert::raw2xml($title) : $untitled,
+                            $tag
                         );
                     }
                 ));
diff --git a/tests/php/Model/SiteTreeBacklinksTest.php b/tests/php/Model/SiteTreeBacklinksTest.php
index 821c50cf..74bb1c75 100644
--- a/tests/php/Model/SiteTreeBacklinksTest.php
+++ b/tests/php/Model/SiteTreeBacklinksTest.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use SilverStripe\CMS\Model\SiteTree;
 use SilverStripe\Control\Director;
 use SilverStripe\Control\HTTP;
 use SilverStripe\Dev\SapphireTest;
+use SilverStripe\Forms\GridField\GridField;
 use SilverStripe\Versioned\Versioned;
 
 /**
@@ -21,6 +22,10 @@ class SiteTreeBacklinksTest extends SapphireTest
         ],
     ];
 
+    protected static $extra_dataobjects = [
+        SiteTreeBacklinksTestContentObject::class,
+    ];
+
     public function setUp()
     {
         parent::setUp();
@@ -28,6 +33,14 @@ class SiteTreeBacklinksTest extends SapphireTest
         // Log in as admin so that we don't run into permission issues.  That's not what we're
         // testing here.
         $this->logInWithPermission('ADMIN');
+
+        $page3 = $this->objFromFixture('Page', 'page3');
+        $page3->Content = str_replace(
+            '$page1.ID',
+            $this->objFromFixture('Page', 'page1')->ID,
+            $page3->Content
+        );
+        $page3->write();
     }
 
     public function testSavingPageWithLinkAddsBacklink()
@@ -251,4 +264,28 @@ class SiteTreeBacklinksTest extends SapphireTest
         // assert backlink to page 2 no longer exists
         $this->assertNotContains($page2->ID, $page1->BackLinkTracking()->column('ID'), 'Assert backlink to page 2 has been removed');
     }
+
+    public function testLinkTrackingWithUntitledObjectsDisplaysAReadableIdentifier()
+    {
+        $page = $this->objFromFixture('Page', 'page2');
+
+        $referencingObject = new SiteTreeBacklinksTestContentObject();
+        $referencingObject->Content = '<p><a href="[sitetree_link,id='
+            . $page->ID
+            . ']">Page 2</a></p>';
+        // Title purposely not set - this is the coverage case for this test
+        $referencingObject->write();
+
+        /** @var GridField $gridField */
+        $gridField = $page->getCMSFields()->dataFieldByName('DependentPages');
+
+        // Prepare and sanity check
+        $this->assertNotNull($gridField);
+        $list = $gridField->getList();
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $list->count());
+
+        $content = $gridField->getColumnContent($list->first(), 'Title');
+
+        $this->assertContains('Untitled Backlink test content object', $content);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/php/Model/SiteTreeBacklinksTest.yml b/tests/php/Model/SiteTreeBacklinksTest.yml
index 4a63c73f..56149a44 100644
--- a/tests/php/Model/SiteTreeBacklinksTest.yml
+++ b/tests/php/Model/SiteTreeBacklinksTest.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 Page:
   page1:
-    ID: 1
     Title: page1
     URLSegment: page1
 
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ Page:
   page3:
     Title: page3
     URLSegment: page3
-    Content: '<p><a href="[sitetree_link,id=1]">Testing page 1 link</a></p>'
+    Content: '<p><a href="[sitetree_link,id=$page1.ID]">Testing page 1 link</a></p>'
     LinkTracking: =>Page.page1
 
 
diff --git a/tests/php/Model/SiteTreeBacklinksTestContentObject.php b/tests/php/Model/SiteTreeBacklinksTestContentObject.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c92316e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/php/Model/SiteTreeBacklinksTestContentObject.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace SilverStripe\CMS\Tests\Model;
+
+use SilverStripe\Dev\TestOnly;
+use SilverStripe\ORM\DataObject;
+
+class SiteTreeBacklinksTestContentObject extends DataObject implements TestOnly
+{
+    private static $table_name = 'BacklinkContent';
+
+    private static $db = array(
+        'Title' => 'Text',
+        'Content' => 'HTMLText',
+    );
+
+    private static $singular_name = 'Backlink test content object';
+}