diff --git a/docs/src/components/ComponentDoc/ComponentDoc.js b/docs/src/components/ComponentDoc/ComponentDoc.js
index 34bad666db..4fcf1e0817 100644
--- a/docs/src/components/ComponentDoc/ComponentDoc.js
+++ b/docs/src/components/ComponentDoc/ComponentDoc.js
@@ -73,12 +73,14 @@ class ComponentDoc extends Component {
                 subheader={_.join(componentInfo.docblock.description, ' ')}
               />
               <ComponentDocSee seeTags={seeTags} />
-              <ComponentDocLinks
-                displayName={displayName}
-                parentDisplayName={componentInfo.parentDisplayName}
-                repoPath={componentInfo.repoPath}
-                type={componentInfo.type}
-              />
+              {componentInfo.repoPath && (
+                <ComponentDocLinks
+                  displayName={displayName}
+                  parentDisplayName={componentInfo.parentDisplayName}
+                  repoPath={componentInfo.repoPath}
+                  type={componentInfo.type}
+                />
+              )}
               <ComponentProps componentsInfo={componentsInfo} displayName={displayName} />
             </Grid.Column>
           </Grid.Row>
diff --git a/docs/src/examples/addons/Ref/Types/RefExampleRef.js b/docs/src/examples/addons/Ref/Types/RefExampleRef.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6370f8158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/examples/addons/Ref/Types/RefExampleRef.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import { Grid, Table, Ref, Segment } from 'semantic-ui-react'
+
+function RefExampleRef() {
+  const objectRef = React.useRef(null)
+  const [functionalRef, setFunctionalRef] = React.useState(null)
+  const [isMounted, setIsMounted] = React.useState(false)
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    setIsMounted(true)
+    return () => setIsMounted(false)
+  }, [])
+
+  return (
+    <Grid>
+      <Grid.Column width={6}>
+        <Segment.Group>
+          <Ref innerRef={setFunctionalRef}>
+            <Segment>An example node with functional ref</Segment>
+          </Ref>
+          <Ref innerRef={objectRef}>
+            <Segment>
+              An example node with ref via <code>React.useRef()</code>
+            </Segment>
+          </Ref>
+        </Segment.Group>
+      </Grid.Column>
+      <Grid.Column width={10}>
+        {isMounted && (
+          <Table>
+            <Table.Header>
+              <Table.Row>
+                <Table.HeaderCell>Type</Table.HeaderCell>
+                <Table.HeaderCell>
+                  <code>nodeName</code>
+                </Table.HeaderCell>
+                <Table.HeaderCell>
+                  <code>textContent</code>
+                </Table.HeaderCell>
+              </Table.Row>
+            </Table.Header>
+
+            <Table.Body>
+              <Table.Row>
+                <Table.Cell singleLine>
+                  Functional ref via <code>React.useState()</code> hook
+                </Table.Cell>
+                <Table.Cell>{functionalRef.nodeName}</Table.Cell>
+                <Table.Cell>{functionalRef.textContent}</Table.Cell>
+              </Table.Row>
+
+              <Table.Row>
+                <Table.Cell singleLine>
+                  From <code>React.useRef()</code> hook
+                </Table.Cell>
+                <Table.Cell>{objectRef.current.nodeName}</Table.Cell>
+                <Table.Cell>{objectRef.current.textContent}</Table.Cell>
+              </Table.Row>
+            </Table.Body>
+          </Table>
+        )}
+      </Grid.Column>
+    </Grid>
+  )
+}
+
+export default RefExampleRef
diff --git a/docs/src/examples/addons/Ref/Types/RefForwardingExample.js b/docs/src/examples/addons/Ref/Types/RefForwardingExample.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e8ba6953d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/examples/addons/Ref/Types/RefForwardingExample.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import { Grid, Ref, Segment } from 'semantic-ui-react'
+
+const ExampleButton = React.forwardRef((props, ref) => (
+  <div>
+    <button {...props} ref={ref} />
+  </div>
+))
+
+function RefForwardingExample() {
+  const forwardedRef = React.useRef(null)
+  const [isMounted, setIsMounted] = React.useState(false)
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    setIsMounted(true)
+    return () => setIsMounted(false)
+  }, [])
+
+  return (
+    <Grid columns={2}>
+      <Grid.Column>
+        <Segment>
+          <p>
+            A button below uses <code>React.forwardRef()</code> API.
+          </p>
+
+          <Ref innerRef={forwardedRef}>
+            <ExampleButton>A button</ExampleButton>
+          </Ref>
+        </Segment>
+      </Grid.Column>
+
+      <Grid.Column>
+        {isMounted && (
+          <Segment secondary>
+            <pre>
+              {JSON.stringify(
+                {
+                  nodeName: forwardedRef.current.nodeName,
+                  nodeType: forwardedRef.current.nodeType,
+                  textContent: forwardedRef.current.textContent,
+                },
+                null,
+                2,
+              )}
+            </pre>
+          </Segment>
+        )}
+      </Grid.Column>
+    </Grid>
+  )
+}
+
+export default RefForwardingExample
diff --git a/docs/src/examples/addons/Ref/Types/index.js b/docs/src/examples/addons/Ref/Types/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6431b2eefa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/examples/addons/Ref/Types/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import React from 'react'
+
+import ComponentExample from 'docs/src/components/ComponentDoc/ComponentExample'
+import ExampleSection from 'docs/src/components/ComponentDoc/ExampleSection'
+
+const RefTypesExamples = () => (
+  <ExampleSection title='Types'>
+    <ComponentExample
+      title='Ref'
+      description={
+        <span>
+          A component exposes the <code>innerRef</code> prop that always returns
+          the DOM node of both functional and class component children.
+        </span>
+      }
+      examplePath='addons/Ref/Types/RefExampleRef'
+    />
+    <ComponentExample
+      title='Forward Ref'
+      description={
+        <span>
+          <code>React.forwardRef()</code> API is also handled by this component.
+        </span>
+      }
+      examplePath='addons/Ref/Types/RefForwardingExample'
+    />
+  </ExampleSection>
+)
+
+export default RefTypesExamples
diff --git a/docs/src/examples/addons/Ref/index.js b/docs/src/examples/addons/Ref/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fad5922cc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/examples/addons/Ref/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import { Message } from 'semantic-ui-react'
+
+import Types from './Types'
+
+const RefExamples = () => (
+  <>
+    <Message info>
+      <p>
+        Currently, it's recommended to use <code>Ref</code> component to get
+        refs to HTML elements from Semantic UI React components as not all
+        components support native ref forwarding via{' '}
+        <code>React.forwardRef()</code>.
+      </p>
+      <p>
+        As it uses deprecated <code>ReactDOM.findDOMNode()</code> you may
+        receive warnings in React's StrictMode. We are working on it in{' '}
+        <a href='https://github.com/Semantic-Org/Semantic-UI-React/issues/3819'>
+          Semantic-Org/Semantic-UI-React#3819
+        </a>
+        .
+      </p>
+    </Message>
+    <Types />
+  </>
+)
+
+export default RefExamples
diff --git a/docs/static/utils/getComponentMenu.js b/docs/static/utils/getComponentMenu.js
index 0ebd169c78..c91d27d1c5 100644
--- a/docs/static/utils/getComponentMenu.js
+++ b/docs/static/utils/getComponentMenu.js
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
+import _ from 'lodash'
 import componentMenu from '../../src/componentMenu'
 
-const getComponentMenu = () => componentMenu
+const getComponentMenu = () =>
+  _.sortBy(
+    [
+      ...componentMenu,
+      {
+        displayName: 'Ref',
+        type: 'addon',
+        external: true,
+      },
+    ],
+    'displayName',
+  )
 
 export default getComponentMenu
diff --git a/src/modules/Popup/lib/createReferenceProxy.js b/src/modules/Popup/lib/createReferenceProxy.js
index 2d61e3395c..8595ca6d94 100644
--- a/src/modules/Popup/lib/createReferenceProxy.js
+++ b/src/modules/Popup/lib/createReferenceProxy.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { isRefObject, toRefObject } from '@fluentui/react-component-ref'
+import { isRefObject } from '@fluentui/react-component-ref'
 import _ from 'lodash'
 
 class ReferenceProxy {
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class ReferenceProxy {
  * @see https://popper.js.org/popper-documentation.html#referenceObject
  */
 const createReferenceProxy = _.memoize(
-  (reference) => new ReferenceProxy(isRefObject(reference) ? reference : toRefObject(reference)),
+  (reference) => new ReferenceProxy(isRefObject(reference) ? reference : { current: reference }),
 )
 
 export default createReferenceProxy
diff --git a/static.routes.js b/static.routes.js
index 5093932991..372d31a738 100644
--- a/static.routes.js
+++ b/static.routes.js
@@ -36,27 +36,82 @@ export default async () => {
     })),
 
     // Routes for components, i.e. /element/button
-    ..._.map(getComponentMenu(), (baseInfo) => ({
-      path: getComponentPathname(baseInfo),
+    ..._.map(
+      _.filter(getComponentMenu(), (baseInfo) => !baseInfo.external),
+      (baseInfo) => ({
+        path: getComponentPathname(baseInfo),
+        component: 'docs/src/components/ComponentDoc',
+        priority: 0.8,
+        getData: async () => {
+          const componentsInfo = getComponentGroupInfo(baseInfo.displayName)
+          const sidebarSections = getSidebarSections(baseInfo.displayName)
+
+          return {
+            componentsInfo,
+            exampleSources,
+            sidebarSections,
+            displayName: baseInfo.displayName,
+            deprecated: !!_.find(
+              _.get(componentsInfo[baseInfo.displayName], 'docblock.tags'),
+              (tag) => tag.title === 'deprecated',
+            ),
+            seeTags: getInfoForSeeTags(componentsInfo[baseInfo.displayName]),
+          }
+        },
+      }),
+    ),
+
+    {
+      path: `/addons/ref/`,
       component: 'docs/src/components/ComponentDoc',
       priority: 0.8,
       getData: async () => {
-        const componentsInfo = getComponentGroupInfo(baseInfo.displayName)
-        const sidebarSections = getSidebarSections(baseInfo.displayName)
+        const componentsInfo = {
+          Ref: {
+            displayName: 'Ref',
+            props: [
+              {
+                description: ['Called when a child component will be mounted or updated.'],
+                name: 'innerRef',
+                type: 'func',
+                required: true,
+                tags: [
+                  {
+                    title: 'param',
+                    description: 'Referred node.',
+                    type: {
+                      type: 'NameExpression',
+                      name: 'HTMLElement',
+                    },
+                    name: 'node',
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+            ],
+            type: 'addon',
+            isParent: true,
+            subcomponents: [],
+            docblock: {
+              tags: [],
+              description: [
+                'This component exposes the `innerRef` prop that supports functional and React.createRef()/React.useRef() API and returns the DOM node of both functional and class component children.',
+              ],
+            },
+            examplesExist: true,
+          },
+        }
+        const sidebarSections = getSidebarSections('Ref')
 
         return {
           componentsInfo,
           exampleSources,
           sidebarSections,
-          displayName: baseInfo.displayName,
-          deprecated: !!_.find(
-            _.get(componentsInfo[baseInfo.displayName], 'docblock.tags'),
-            (tag) => tag.title === 'deprecated',
-          ),
-          seeTags: getInfoForSeeTags(componentsInfo[baseInfo.displayName]),
+          displayName: 'Ref',
+          deprecated: false,
+          seeTags: [],
         }
       },
-    })),
+    },
 
     // Routes for layouts, i.e. /layouts/theming
     ..._.map(await getLayoutPaths(), ({ routeName, componentFilename }) => ({
diff --git a/test/specs/modules/Popup/lib/createReferenceProxy-test.js b/test/specs/modules/Popup/lib/createReferenceProxy-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c08ab994a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/specs/modules/Popup/lib/createReferenceProxy-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import createReferenceProxy from 'src/modules/Popup/lib/createReferenceProxy'
+
+describe('createReferenceProxy', () => {
+  it('handles nodes', () => {
+    const node = document.createElement('div')
+    const proxy = createReferenceProxy(node)
+
+    expect(proxy.getBoundingClientRect()).to.include({ height: 0, width: 0 })
+  })
+
+  it('handles ref objects', () => {
+    const ref = React.createRef()
+    const proxy = createReferenceProxy(ref)
+
+    ref.current = document.createElement('div')
+    expect(proxy.getBoundingClientRect()).to.include({ height: 0, width: 0 })
+  })
+})