diff --git a/src/create-navigation-transition.ts b/src/create-navigation-transition.ts
index faeca53..1128979 100644
--- a/src/create-navigation-transition.ts
+++ b/src/create-navigation-transition.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ export const NavigationUserInitiated = Symbol.for(
 export const NavigationOriginalEvent = Symbol.for(
   "@virtualstate/navigation/originalEvent"
 );
+export const NavigationSourceElement = Symbol.for(
+  "@virtualstate/navigation/sourceElement"
+);
 
 export interface NavigationNavigateOptions<S = unknown>
   extends NavigationNavigateOptionsPrototype<S> {
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ export interface NavigationNavigateOptions<S = unknown>
   [NavigationCanIntercept]?: boolean;
   [NavigationUserInitiated]?: boolean;
   [NavigationOriginalEvent]?: PreventDefaultLike;
+  [NavigationSourceElement]?: Element;
 }
 
 export const EventAbortController = Symbol.for(
@@ -234,6 +238,7 @@ export function createNavigationTransition<S = unknown>(
         (typeof navigationType === "string" ? navigationType : "replace"),
     userInitiated: options?.[NavigationUserInitiated] ?? false,
     destination,
+    sourceElement: options?.[NavigationSourceElement]
   })
 
   const originalEvent = options?.[NavigationOriginalEvent];
diff --git a/src/events/navigate-event.ts b/src/events/navigate-event.ts
index e0a76e0..7e2f22d 100644
--- a/src/events/navigate-event.ts
+++ b/src/events/navigate-event.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export class NavigateEvent<S = unknown> implements Spec<S> {
     readonly signal: AbortSignal;
     readonly userInitiated: boolean;
     readonly navigationType: NavigationNavigationType;
+    readonly sourceElement?: Element;
 
     constructor(public type: "navigate", init: NavigateEventInit<S>) {
         if (!init) {
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ export class NavigateEvent<S = unknown> implements Spec<S> {
         this.signal = init.signal;
         this.userInitiated = init.userInitiated ?? false;
         this.navigationType = init.navigationType ?? "push";
+        this.sourceElement = init.sourceElement;
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/get-polyfill.ts b/src/get-polyfill.ts
index 1d15c69..f9ee953 100644
--- a/src/get-polyfill.ts
+++ b/src/get-polyfill.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   NavigationSetEntries, NavigationSetOptions
 } from "./navigation";
 import { InvalidStateError } from "./navigation-errors";
-import { InternalNavigationNavigateOptions, NavigationDownloadRequest, NavigationFormData, NavigationOriginalEvent, NavigationUserInitiated } from "./create-navigation-transition";
+import { InternalNavigationNavigateOptions, NavigationDownloadRequest, NavigationFormData, NavigationOriginalEvent, NavigationSourceElement, NavigationUserInitiated } from "./create-navigation-transition";
 import { stringify, parse } from './util/serialization';
 import {NavigationHistory} from "./history";
 import {like, ok} from "./is";
@@ -310,11 +310,13 @@ function interceptWindowClicks(navigation: Navigation, window: WindowLike) {
           return;
         }
       }
+      const sourceElement = aEl;
       const options: InternalNavigationNavigateOptions = {
         history: "auto",
         [NavigationUserInitiated]: true,
         [NavigationDownloadRequest]: aEl.download,
         [NavigationOriginalEvent]: ev,
+        [NavigationSourceElement]: sourceElement as any as Element,
       };
       navigation.navigate(aEl.href, options);
     }
@@ -347,6 +349,7 @@ function interceptWindowClicks(navigation: Navigation, window: WindowLike) {
           return;
         }
       }
+      const sourceElement = ev.submitter || form;
       let formData;
       /* c8 ignore start */
       try {
@@ -377,6 +380,7 @@ function interceptWindowClicks(navigation: Navigation, window: WindowLike) {
         [NavigationUserInitiated]: true,
         [NavigationFormData]: navFormData,
         [NavigationOriginalEvent]: unknownEvent,
+        [NavigationSourceElement]: sourceElement as any as Element
       };
       navigation.navigate(url.href, options);
     }
diff --git a/src/global-window.ts b/src/global-window.ts
index 9566034..afd8bef 100644
--- a/src/global-window.ts
+++ b/src/global-window.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ export interface EventPrototype {
     target: ElementPrototype;
     composedPath?(): ElementPrototype[];
     defaultPrevented: unknown;
-    submitter: Record<string, unknown>;
 }
 
 export interface MouseEventPrototype extends EventPrototype {
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ export interface MouseEventPrototype extends EventPrototype {
 }
 
 export interface SubmitEventPrototype extends EventPrototype {
-
+    submitter?: ElementPrototype;
 }
 
 export interface PopStateEventPrototype extends EventPrototype {
diff --git a/src/spec/navigation.ts b/src/spec/navigation.ts
index 40bff14..149a7cc 100644
--- a/src/spec/navigation.ts
+++ b/src/spec/navigation.ts
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ export interface NavigateEvent<S = unknown, R = unknown | void> extends Event<"n
   readonly formData?: FormData;
   readonly downloadRequest?: string;
   readonly info: unknown;
+  readonly sourceElement?: Element;
 
   intercept(options?: NavigationIntercept<R>): void;
   scroll(): void;
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ export interface NavigateEventInit<S = unknown> extends EventInit {
   formData?: FormData;
   downloadRequest?: string;
   info?: unknown;
+  sourceElement?: Element;
 }
 
 export interface NavigationDestination<S = unknown> {