diff --git a/src/DownloadLink.js b/src/DownloadLink.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa06695c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DownloadLink.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { Subject } from "rxjs";
+import { switchMap, distinctUntilChanged, map } from "rxjs/operators";
+import Disposable from "./Disposable";
+
+// The `download` attribute on `<a>` tags is not respected on cross origin
+// assets. However, it does work for Object URLs. So, we download the skin as
+// soon as we show the link and swap out the href with the Object URL as soon as
+// it's loaded. The skin should already be cahced, so it should not actually
+// result in an extra network request.
+//
+// There may be a breif time where the download link will use the hash name instead
+// of the real name, but it's probably too short to actually ever be hit by a real user.
+export default class DownloadLink extends React.Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = { href: null };
+    this._hrefs = new Subject();
+    this._disposables = new Disposable();
+  }
+
+  componentDidMount() {
+    this._disposables.add(
+      this._hrefs
+        .pipe(
+          distinctUntilChanged(),
+          switchMap(href => fetch(href)),
+          switchMap(response => response.blob()),
+          map(blob => URL.createObjectURL(blob))
+        )
+        .subscribe(url => {
+          this.setState({ href: url });
+        })
+    );
+    this._hrefs.next(this.props.href);
+  }
+
+  componentDidUpdate(_prevProps, prevState) {
+    if (prevState.href !== this.state.href) {
+      URL.revokeObjectURL(prevState.href);
+    }
+    this._hrefs.next(this.props.href);
+  }
+
+  componentWillUnmount() {
+    if (this.state.href) {
+      URL.revokeObjectURL(this.state.href);
+    }
+    this._disposables.dispose();
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return <a {...this.props} href={this.state.href || this.props.href} />;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/FocusedSkin.js b/src/FocusedSkin.js
index a263828b..6e289671 100644
--- a/src/FocusedSkin.js
+++ b/src/FocusedSkin.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React from "react";
 import { connect } from "react-redux";
 import WebampComponent from "./WebampComponent";
 import Readme from "./Readme";
+import DownloadLink from "./DownloadLink";
 import * as Utils from "./utils";
 import * as Selectors from "./redux/selectors";
 import { SCREENSHOT_HEIGHT, SCREENSHOT_WIDTH } from "./constants";
@@ -156,7 +157,12 @@ class FocusedSkin extends React.Component {
         <div className="metadata">
           {Utils.filenameFromHash(this.props.hash)}
           {" ["}
-          <a href={Utils.skinUrlFromHash(this.props.hash)}>Download</a>
+          <DownloadLink
+            href={Utils.skinUrlFromHash(this.props.hash)}
+            download={Utils.filenameFromHash(this.props.hash)}
+          >
+            Download
+          </DownloadLink>
           {"]"}
         </div>
       </React.Fragment>