diff --git a/WikiEditor.i18n.php b/WikiEditor.i18n.php
index 110d7e09..3e609235 100644
--- a/WikiEditor.i18n.php
+++ b/WikiEditor.i18n.php
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ $messages['en'] = array(
 	'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-int-target-status-invalid' => 'Invalid title',
 	'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-int-target-status-external' => 'External link',
 	'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-int-target-status-loading' => 'Checking page existence...',
+	'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-int-target-status-disambig' => 'Disambiguation page',
 	'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-int-invalid' => 'The title you specified is invalid.',
 	'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-lookslikeinternal' => 'The URL you specified looks like it was intended as a link to another wiki page.
 Do you want to make it an internal link?',
@@ -361,6 +362,7 @@ For more information, see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiEditor/Too
 	'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-int-target-status-external' => 'Text shown when the link target the user entered points to an external web site
 {{Identical|External link}}',
 	'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-int-target-status-loading' => 'alt text and title text for the image shown while the title the user entered is being checked for existence',
+	'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-int-target-status-disambig' => 'Text shown when the link target the user entered points to a disambiguation page',
 	'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-int-invalid' => 'This message appears when you try to create an internal link but the page title in the link is invalid.',
 	'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-lookslikeinternal-int' => '{{Identical|Internal link}}',
 	'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-lookslikeinternal-ext' => '{{Identical|External link}}',
diff --git a/WikiEditor.php b/WikiEditor.php
index dc6df0a6..103c9eb9 100644
--- a/WikiEditor.php
+++ b/WikiEditor.php
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ $wgResourceModules += array(
 			'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-int-target-status-invalid',
 			'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-int-target-status-external',
 			'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-int-target-status-loading',
+			'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-int-target-status-disambig',
 			'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-int-invalid',
 			'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-lookslikeinternal',
 			'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-lookslikeinternal-int',
diff --git a/modules/images/dialogs/insert-disambiguation.png b/modules/images/dialogs/insert-disambiguation.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9057763
Binary files /dev/null and b/modules/images/dialogs/insert-disambiguation.png differ
diff --git a/modules/jquery.wikiEditor.dialogs.config.css b/modules/jquery.wikiEditor.dialogs.config.css
index efde00fb..39d9d50e 100644
--- a/modules/jquery.wikiEditor.dialogs.config.css
+++ b/modules/jquery.wikiEditor.dialogs.config.css
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
 #wikieditor-toolbar-link-int-target-status-exists,
 #wikieditor-toolbar-link-int-target-status-notexists,
 #wikieditor-toolbar-link-int-target-status-invalid,
-#wikieditor-toolbar-link-int-target-status-external {
+#wikieditor-toolbar-link-int-target-status-external,
+#wikieditor-toolbar-link-int-target-status-disambig {
 	padding-left: 30px;
 	background-position: 0 50%;
 	background-repeat: no-repeat;
@@ -80,6 +81,11 @@
 	background-image: url(images/dialogs/insert-link-external.png);
 	background-position: left;
 }
+#wikieditor-toolbar-link-int-target-status-disambig {
+	/* @embed */
+	background-image: url(images/dialogs/insert-disambiguation.png);
+	background-position: left;
+}
 /* File dialog */
 #wikieditor-toolbar-file-target,
 #wikieditor-toolbar-file-caption {
diff --git a/modules/jquery.wikiEditor.dialogs.config.js b/modules/jquery.wikiEditor.dialogs.config.js
index 146de0f9..ae2a1f45 100644
--- a/modules/jquery.wikiEditor.dialogs.config.js
+++ b/modules/jquery.wikiEditor.dialogs.config.js
@@ -188,40 +188,40 @@ $.wikiEditor.modules.dialogs.config = {
 						// Show loading spinner while waiting for the API to respond
 						updateWidget( 'loading' );
 						// Call the API to check page status, saving the request object so it can be aborted if
-						// necessary
+						// necessary.
+						// This used to request a page that would show whether or not the target exists, but we can
+						// also check whether it has the disambiguation property and still get existence information.
+						// If the Disambiguator extension is not installed then such a property won't be set.
 						$( '#wikieditor-toolbar-link-int-target-status' ).data(
 							'request',
-							$.ajax( {
-								url: mw.util.wikiScript( 'api' ),
-								dataType: 'json',
-								data: {
-									action: 'query',
-									indexpageids: '',
-									titles: target,
-									converttitles: '',
-									format: 'json'
-								},
-								success: function ( data ) {
-									var status;
-									if ( !data || !data.query ) {
-										// This happens in some weird cases
-										status = false;
-									} else {
-										var page = data.query.pages[data.query.pageids[0]];
-										status = 'exists';
-										if ( page.missing !== undefined ) {
-											status = 'notexists';
-										} else if ( page.invalid !== undefined ) {
-											status = 'invalid';
-										}
+							( new mw.Api() ).get( {
+								action: 'query',
+								prop: 'pageprops',
+								titles: target,
+								ppprop: 'disambiguation',
+								indexpageids: true,
+							} ).done( function ( data ) {
+								var status;
+								if ( !data.query ) {
+									// This happens in some weird cases
+									status = false;
+								} else {
+									var page = data.query.pages[data.query.pageids[0]];
+									status = 'exists';
+									if ( page.missing !== undefined ) {
+										status = 'notexists';
+									} else if ( page.invalid !== undefined ) {
+										status = 'invalid';
+									} else if ( page.pageprops !== undefined ) {
+										status = 'disambig';
 									}
-									// Cache the status of the link target if the force internal
-									// parameter was not passed
-									if ( !internal ) {
-										cache[target] = status;
-									}
-									updateWidget( status );
 								}
+								// Cache the status of the link target if the force internal
+								// parameter was not passed
+								if ( !internal ) {
+									cache[target] = status;
+								}
+								updateWidget( status );
 							} )
 						);
 					}
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ $.wikiEditor.modules.dialogs.config = {
 					var invalidMsg = mw.msg( 'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-int-target-status-invalid' );
 					var externalMsg = mw.msg( 'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-int-target-status-external' );
 					var loadingMsg = mw.msg( 'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-int-target-status-loading' );
+					var disambigMsg = mw.msg( 'wikieditor-toolbar-tool-link-int-target-status-disambig' );
 					$( '#wikieditor-toolbar-link-int-target-status' )
 						.append( $( '<div>' )
 							.attr( 'id', 'wikieditor-toolbar-link-int-target-status-exists' )
@@ -349,6 +350,10 @@ $.wikiEditor.modules.dialogs.config = {
 								'title': loadingMsg
 							} ) )
 						)
+						.append( $( '<div>' )
+							.attr( 'id', 'wikieditor-toolbar-link-int-target-status-disambig' )
+							.append( disambigMsg )
+						)
 						.data( 'existencecache', {} )
 						.children().hide();