diff --git a/src/core/confirmation.js b/src/core/confirmation.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d78cad82b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/confirmation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export class Confirmation {
+  static confirmMethod(message, _element, _submitter) {
+    return Promise.resolve(confirm(message))
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/core/drive/form_submission.js b/src/core/drive/form_submission.js
index c2ac1a0db..107afcecf 100644
--- a/src/core/drive/form_submission.js
+++ b/src/core/drive/form_submission.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { Confirmation } from "./confirmation"
 import { FetchRequest, FetchMethod, fetchMethodFromString, fetchEnctypeFromString, isSafe } from "../../http/fetch_request"
 import { expandURL } from "../url"
 import { clearBusyState, dispatch, getAttribute, getMetaContent, hasAttribute, markAsBusy } from "../../util"
@@ -22,10 +23,6 @@ export const FormEnctype = {
 export class FormSubmission {
   state = FormSubmissionState.initialized
 
-  static confirmMethod(message, _element, _submitter) {
-    return Promise.resolve(confirm(message))
-  }
-
   constructor(delegate, formElement, submitter, mustRedirect = false) {
     const method = getMethod(formElement, submitter)
     const action = getAction(getFormAction(formElement, submitter), method)
@@ -78,7 +75,7 @@ export class FormSubmission {
     const confirmationMessage = getAttribute("data-turbo-confirm", this.submitter, this.formElement)
 
     if (typeof confirmationMessage === "string") {
-      const answer = await FormSubmission.confirmMethod(confirmationMessage, this.formElement, this.submitter)
+      const answer = await Confirmation.confirmMethod(confirmationMessage, this.formElement, this.submitter)
       if (!answer) {
         return
       }
diff --git a/src/core/index.js b/src/core/index.js
index a4a4f2d23..1d34e45df 100644
--- a/src/core/index.js
+++ b/src/core/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Session } from "./session"
 import { PageRenderer } from "./drive/page_renderer"
 import { PageSnapshot } from "./drive/page_snapshot"
 import { FrameRenderer } from "./frames/frame_renderer"
-import { FormSubmission } from "./drive/form_submission"
+import { Confirmation } from "./confirmation"
 import { fetch, recentRequests } from "../http/fetch"
 
 const session = new Session(recentRequests)
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export function setProgressBarDelay(delay) {
 }
 
 export function setConfirmMethod(confirmMethod) {
-  FormSubmission.confirmMethod = confirmMethod
+  Confirmation.confirmMethod = confirmMethod
 }
 
 export function setFormMode(mode) {
diff --git a/src/core/session.js b/src/core/session.js
index cdb978348..a4fc0b7e5 100644
--- a/src/core/session.js
+++ b/src/core/session.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { PageView } from "./drive/page_view"
 import { FrameElement } from "../elements/frame_element"
 import { Preloader } from "./drive/preloader"
 import { Cache } from "./cache"
+import { Confirmation } from "./confirmation"
 
 export class Session {
   navigator = new Navigator(this)
@@ -223,9 +224,17 @@ export class Session {
     )
   }
 
-  followedLinkToLocation(link, location) {
+  async followedLinkToLocation(link, location) {
     const action = this.getActionForLink(link)
     const acceptsStreamResponse = link.hasAttribute("data-turbo-stream")
+    const confirmationMessage = link.getAttribute("data-turbo-confirm")
+
+    if (typeof confirmationMessage === "string") {
+      const answer = await Confirmation.confirmMethod(confirmationMessage, link, link)
+      if (!answer) {
+        return
+      }
+    }
 
     this.visit(location.href, { action, acceptsStreamResponse })
   }
diff --git a/src/tests/functional/visit_tests.js b/src/tests/functional/visit_tests.js
index 782871747..174d922a1 100644
--- a/src/tests/functional/visit_tests.js
+++ b/src/tests/functional/visit_tests.js
@@ -267,6 +267,31 @@ test("Turbo history state after a reload", async ({ page }) => {
   )
 })
 
+test("test data-turbo-confirm on anchor element without data-turbo-method", async ({ page }) => {
+  let confirmed = false
+
+  page.on("dialog", (alert) => {
+    assert.equal(alert.message(), "Are you sure?")
+    alert.accept()
+    confirmed = true
+  })
+
+  await page.evaluate(() => {
+    const link = document.querySelector("#same-origin-link")
+
+    if (link) link.dataset.turboConfirm = "Are you sure?"
+  })
+
+  assert.equal(await page.locator("#same-origin-link[data-turbo-confirm]:not([data-turbo-method])").count(), 1)
+  assert.equal(pathname(page.url()), "/src/tests/fixtures/visit.html")
+
+  await page.click("#same-origin-link")
+  await nextEventNamed(page, "turbo:load")
+
+  assert.isTrue(confirmed)
+  assert.equal(pathname(page.url()), "/src/tests/fixtures/one.html")
+})
+
 async function visitLocation(page, location) {
   return page.evaluate((location) => window.Turbo.visit(location), location)
 }