diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/static.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/static.js.es6
index c656b99df..5b87c64c7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/static.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/static.js.es6
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { ajax } from 'discourse/lib/ajax';
 import computed from 'ember-addons/ember-computed-decorators';
 
 export default Ember.Controller.extend({
-
   needs: ['application'],
 
   showLoginButton: Em.computed.equal("model.path", "login"),
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/hamburger-menu.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/hamburger-menu.js.es6
index 9201b70bd..099e51d8e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/hamburger-menu.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/hamburger-menu.js.es6
@@ -1,17 +1,33 @@
 import { createWidget, applyDecorators } from 'discourse/widgets/widget';
 import { h } from 'virtual-dom';
+import DiscourseURL from 'discourse/lib/url';
+import { ajax } from 'discourse/lib/ajax';
+
+createWidget('priority-faq-link', {
+  tagName: 'a.faq-priority',
+
+  buildAttributes(attrs) {
+    return { href: attrs.href };
+  },
+
+  html() {
+    return [ I18n.t('faq'), ' ', h('span.badge.badge-notification', I18n.t('new_item')) ];
+  },
+
+  click(e) {
+    if (this.siteSettings.faq_url === this.attrs.href) {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      ajax("/users/read-faq", { method: "POST" }).then(() => {
+        this.currentUser.set('read_faq', true);
+        return DiscourseURL.routeToTag($(e.target).closest('a')[0]);
+      });
+    }
+  }
+});
 
 export default createWidget('hamburger-menu', {
   tagName: 'div.hamburger-panel',
 
-  faqLink(href) {
-    return h('a.faq-priority', { attributes: { href } }, [
-             I18n.t('faq'),
-             ' ',
-             h('span.badge.badge-notification', I18n.t('new_item'))
-           ]);
-  },
-
   adminLinks() {
     const { currentUser } = this;
 
@@ -139,7 +155,9 @@ export default createWidget('hamburger-menu', {
 
     const prioritizeFaq = this.currentUser && !this.currentUser.read_faq;
     if (prioritizeFaq) {
-      results.push(this.attach('menu-links', { heading: true, contents: () => this.faqLink(faqUrl) }));
+      results.push(this.attach('menu-links', { heading: true, contents: () => {
+        return this.attach('priority-faq-link', { href: faqUrl });
+      }}));
     }
 
     if (currentUser && currentUser.staff) {