diff --git a/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js b/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
index d5deb1a3..76f30c8a 100755
--- a/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
+++ b/js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js
@@ -1231,6 +1231,11 @@ define( [
 					$activeClickedLink = $( link ).closest( ".ui-btn" ).not( ".ui-disabled" );
 					$activeClickedLink.addClass( $.mobile.activeBtnClass );
 					$( "." + $.mobile.activePageClass + " .ui-btn" ).not( link ).blur();
+					
+					// By caching the href value to data and switching the href to a #, we can avoid address bar showing in iOS. The click handler resets the href during its initial steps if this data is present
+					$( link )
+						.jqmData( "href", $( link  ).attr( "href" )  )
+						.attr( "href", "#" );
 				}
 			}
 		});
@@ -1254,6 +1259,11 @@ define( [
 				httpCleanup = function(){
 					window.setTimeout( function() { removeActiveLinkClass( true ); }, 200 );
 				};
+			
+			// If there's data cached for the real href value, set the link's href back to it again. This pairs with an address bar workaround from the vclick handler	
+			if( $link.jqmData( "href" ) ){
+				$link.attr( "href", $link.jqmData( "href" ) );
+			}
 
 			//if there's a data-rel=back attr, go back in history
 			if( $link.is( ":jqmData(rel='back')" ) ) {
@@ -1329,7 +1339,7 @@ define( [
 
 				//this may need to be more specific as we use data-rel more
 				role = $link.attr( "data-" + $.mobile.ns + "rel" ) || undefined;
-
+				
 			$.mobile.changePage( href, { transition: transition, reverse: reverse, role: role } );
 			event.preventDefault();
 		});