diff --git a/src/core/link-to-dfn.js b/src/core/link-to-dfn.js
index 651653cd08..4298e37cc3 100644
--- a/src/core/link-to-dfn.js
+++ b/src/core/link-to-dfn.js
@@ -126,6 +126,28 @@ function mapTitleToDfns() {
         elements: duplicates,
       });
     }
+    // When a dfn uses `data-lt="For/term"` style (e.g. "script/src"), also
+    // register the short title ("src") under the for-context ("script") so that
+    // scoped links like [^ script/src ^] can resolve to it.
+    if (key.includes("/")) {
+      const lastSlash = key.lastIndexOf("/");
+      const forContext = key.slice(0, lastSlash);
+      const shortTitle = key.slice(lastSlash + 1);
+      if (shortTitle) {
+        for (const [dfnFor, typeMap] of result) {
+          // Only promote dfns that are registered with an empty for-context —
+          // dfns with an explicit for-context are already scoped correctly.
+          if (dfnFor !== "") continue;
+          if (!titleToDfns.has(shortTitle)) {
+            titleToDfns.set(shortTitle, new Map());
+          }
+          const shortTitleMap = titleToDfns.get(shortTitle);
+          if (!shortTitleMap.has(forContext)) {
+            shortTitleMap.set(forContext, new Map(typeMap));
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
   return titleToDfns;
 }
diff --git a/tests/spec/core/link-to-dfn-spec.js b/tests/spec/core/link-to-dfn-spec.js
index 36e02b9106..f0f3c74fe1 100644
--- a/tests/spec/core/link-to-dfn-spec.js
+++ b/tests/spec/core/link-to-dfn-spec.js
@@ -387,4 +387,30 @@ describe("Core — Link to definitions", () => {
     expect(codeElem.textContent).toEqual("MediaDevices");
     expect(codeElem.querySelector("code")).toBeNull();
   });
+
+  it("resolves scoped link using data-lt with slash notation", async () => {
+    // Regression test for https://github.com/speced/respec/issues/4133.
+    // Authors sometimes write <dfn data-lt="element/attr"> as shorthand for
+    // defining "attr" in the context of "element". The link [^ element/attr ^]
+    // generates a scoped link (data-link-for="element", text="attr") and must
+    // resolve to the dfn even though data-dfn-for is absent on the dfn.
+    const body = `
+      <section>
+        <p>
+          <dfn id="dfn-src" data-lt="script/src" data-dfn-type="element-attr">
+            The src IDL attribute
+          </dfn>
+        </p>
+        <p id="link-test">[^ script/src ^]</p>
+      </section>
+    `;
+    const ops = makeStandardOps(null, body);
+    const doc = await makeRSDoc(ops);
+
+    const a = doc.querySelector("#link-test a");
+    expect(a).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(a.hash).toBe("#dfn-src");
+    expect(a.classList).toContain("internalDFN");
+    expect(a.classList).not.toContain("respec-offending-element");
+  });
 });