diff --git a/modules/markup/markdown/goldmark.go b/modules/markup/markdown/goldmark.go
index 67d81488fd..8a3da3b08f 100644
--- a/modules/markup/markdown/goldmark.go
+++ b/modules/markup/markdown/goldmark.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"forgejo.org/modules/markup"
+	"forgejo.org/modules/markup/common"
 	markdownutil "forgejo.org/modules/markup/markdown/util"
 	"forgejo.org/modules/setting"
 
@@ -74,6 +75,18 @@ func (g *ASTTransformer) Transform(node *ast.Document, reader text.Reader, pc pa
 			}
 		case *ast.CodeSpan:
 			g.transformCodeSpan(ctx, v, reader)
+		case *common.Footnote:
+			if scope, found := ctx.Metas["scope"]; found {
+				v.Name = fmt.Appendf(v.Name, "-%s", scope)
+			}
+		case *common.FootnoteLink:
+			if scope, found := ctx.Metas["scope"]; found {
+				v.Name = fmt.Appendf(v.Name, "-%s", scope)
+			}
+		case *common.FootnoteBackLink:
+			if scope, found := ctx.Metas["scope"]; found {
+				v.Name = fmt.Appendf(v.Name, "-%s", scope)
+			}
 		}
 		return ast.WalkContinue, nil
 	})
diff --git a/modules/markup/markdown/markdown_test.go b/modules/markup/markdown/markdown_test.go
index c854861031..f9306b99a2 100644
--- a/modules/markup/markdown/markdown_test.go
+++ b/modules/markup/markdown/markdown_test.go
@@ -802,6 +802,49 @@ Citation needed[^0].`,
 	}
 }
 
+func TestFootnoteWithScope(t *testing.T) {
+	testcases := []struct {
+		testcase string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			`Citation needed[^0].
+[^0]: Source`,
+			`<p>Citation needed<sup id="fnref:user-content-0-comment-999"><a href="#fn:user-content-0-comment-999" rel="nofollow">1</a></sup>.</p>
+<div>
+<hr/>
+<ol>
+<li id="fn:user-content-0-comment-999">
+<p>Source <a href="#fnref:user-content-0-comment-999" rel="nofollow">↩︎</a></p>
+</li>
+</ol>
+</div>
+`,
+		}, {
+			`[^0]: Source
+
+Citation needed[^0].`,
+			`<p>Citation needed<sup id="fnref:user-content-0-comment-999"><a href="#fn:user-content-0-comment-999" rel="nofollow">1</a></sup>.</p>
+<div>
+<hr/>
+<ol>
+<li id="fn:user-content-0-comment-999">
+<p>Source <a href="#fnref:user-content-0-comment-999" rel="nofollow">↩︎</a></p>
+</li>
+</ol>
+</div>
+`,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range testcases {
+		metas := map[string]string{"scope": "comment-999"}
+		res, err := markdown.RenderString(&markup.RenderContext{Ctx: git.DefaultContext, Metas: metas}, test.testcase)
+		require.NoError(t, err, "Unexpected error in testcase: %q", test.testcase)
+		assert.Equal(t, test.expected, string(res), "Unexpected result in testcase %q", test.testcase)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestTaskList(t *testing.T) {
 	testcases := []struct {
 		testcase string
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/issue.go b/routers/web/repo/issue.go
index cab508e6c6..715f5dca8f 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/issue.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/issue.go
@@ -1590,6 +1590,7 @@ func ViewIssue(ctx *context.Context) {
 		ok                   bool
 		marked               = make(map[int64]issues_model.RoleDescriptor)
 		comment              *issues_model.Comment
+		commentIdx           int
 		participants         = make([]*user_model.User, 1, 10)
 		latestCloseCommentID int64
 	)
@@ -1645,15 +1646,17 @@ func ViewIssue(ctx *context.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	for _, comment = range issue.Comments {
+	for commentIdx, comment = range issue.Comments {
 		comment.Issue = issue
+		metas := ctx.Repo.Repository.ComposeMetas(ctx)
+		metas["scope"] = fmt.Sprintf("comment-%d", commentIdx)
 
 		if comment.Type == issues_model.CommentTypeComment || comment.Type == issues_model.CommentTypeReview {
 			comment.RenderedContent, err = markdown.RenderString(&markup.RenderContext{
 				Links: markup.Links{
 					Base: ctx.Repo.RepoLink,
 				},
-				Metas:   ctx.Repo.Repository.ComposeMetas(ctx),
+				Metas:   metas,
 				GitRepo: ctx.Repo.GitRepo,
 				Ctx:     ctx,
 			}, comment.Content)
@@ -1730,7 +1733,7 @@ func ViewIssue(ctx *context.Context) {
 				Links: markup.Links{
 					Base: ctx.Repo.RepoLink,
 				},
-				Metas:   ctx.Repo.Repository.ComposeMetas(ctx),
+				Metas:   metas,
 				GitRepo: ctx.Repo.GitRepo,
 				Ctx:     ctx,
 			}, comment.Content)