diff --git a/src/core/dfn-panel.js b/src/core/dfn-panel.js
index 358d89ccdd..b42d897338 100644
--- a/src/core/dfn-panel.js
+++ b/src/core/dfn-panel.js
@@ -29,6 +29,31 @@ export async function run() {
     el.tabIndex = 0;
     el.setAttribute("aria-haspopup", "dialog");
   }
+
+  /** @type {NodeListOf<HTMLAnchorElement>} */
+  const bibrefLinks = document.querySelectorAll("a.bibref[href^='#bib-']");
+  /** @type {Set<string>} */
+  const seenBibIds = new Set();
+  /** @type {Set<string>} bibIds that have an actual panel */
+  const panelBibIds = new Set();
+  bibrefLinks.forEach(link => {
+    const bibId = link.getAttribute("href")?.slice(1);
+    if (!bibId) return;
+    // Multiple links can share the same bibId (aliases); create the panel once.
+    if (!seenBibIds.has(bibId)) {
+      seenBibIds.add(bibId);
+      const panel = createBiblioPanel(link);
+      if (panel) {
+        panels.append(panel);
+        panelBibIds.add(bibId);
+      }
+    }
+    // Only mark links as dialog triggers when a panel was actually created.
+    if (panelBibIds.has(bibId)) {
+      link.setAttribute("aria-haspopup", "dialog");
+    }
+  });
+
   const firstScript = document.body.querySelector("script");
   if (firstScript) {
     firstScript.before(panels);
@@ -79,6 +104,51 @@ function createPanel(dfn) {
   return panel;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Creates a popup panel for a bibliography reference link.
+ * The panel clones the rendered `<dd>` from the references section.
+ *
+ * @param {HTMLAnchorElement} link
+ * @returns {HTMLElement | null}
+ */
+function createBiblioPanel(link) {
+  const bibId = link.getAttribute("href")?.slice(1); // e.g. "bib-html"
+  if (!bibId) return null;
+  const dt = document.getElementById(bibId);
+  if (!dt) return null;
+  const dd = dt.nextElementSibling;
+  if (!dd || dd.tagName !== "DD") return null;
+  // Don't create a panel for references that couldn't be resolved.
+  if (dd.querySelector(".respec-offending-element")) return null;
+
+  const panelId = `biblio-panel-for-${bibId}`;
+  const refKey = dt.textContent?.trim() ?? "";
+
+  /** @type {HTMLElement} */
+  const panel = html`
+    <div
+      class="dfn-panel"
+      id="${panelId}"
+      hidden
+      role="dialog"
+      aria-modal="true"
+      aria-label="Citation details for ${refKey}"
+    >
+      <span class="caret"></span>
+      <div>
+        <a
+          class="self-link"
+          href="#${bibId}"
+          aria-label="Go to reference ${refKey}. Activate to close this dialog."
+          >Reference</a
+        >
+      </div>
+      <p class="biblio-ref">${{ html: dd.innerHTML }}</p>
+    </div>
+  `;
+  return panel;
+}
+
 /** @param {HTMLElement} dfn */
 function dfnExportedMarker(dfn) {
   if (!dfn.matches("dfn[data-export]")) return null;
diff --git a/src/core/dfn-panel.runtime.js b/src/core/dfn-panel.runtime.js
index 09397bdc8b..14fb2e83d7 100644
--- a/src/core/dfn-panel.runtime.js
+++ b/src/core/dfn-panel.runtime.js
@@ -46,6 +46,25 @@ function panelListener() {
         displayPanel(dfn, panel, coords);
         break;
       }
+      case "showBiblio": {
+        hidePanel(panel);
+        /** @type {HTMLAnchorElement | null} */
+        const bibLink = /** @type {HTMLAnchorElement | null} */ (
+          target.closest("a.bibref[href^='#bib-']")
+        );
+        if (!bibLink) break;
+        const bibId = bibLink.getAttribute("href")?.slice(1);
+        if (!bibId) break;
+        panel = document.getElementById(`biblio-panel-for-${bibId}`);
+        if (!panel) break;
+        // Prevent the default scroll-to-references navigation.
+        event.preventDefault();
+        const bibCoords = deriveCoordinates(
+          /** @type {MouseEvent|KeyboardEvent} */ (event)
+        );
+        displayPanel(bibLink, panel, bibCoords);
+        break;
+      }
       case "dock": {
         if (panel) {
           panel.style.left = "";
@@ -98,7 +117,13 @@ function deriveAction(event) {
   if (target.closest("dfn:not([data-cite]), .index-term")) {
     return hitALink ? "none" : "show";
   }
+  if (target.closest("a.bibref[href^='#bib-']")) {
+    return "showBiblio";
+  }
   if (target.closest(".dfn-panel")) {
+    if (target.closest(".biblio-ref")) {
+      return "none";
+    }
     if (hitALink) {
       return target.classList.contains("self-link") ? "hide" : "dock";
     }
diff --git a/src/styles/dfn-panel.css.js b/src/styles/dfn-panel.css.js
index 8a96ced09c..6ec0bde9f3 100644
--- a/src/styles/dfn-panel.css.js
+++ b/src/styles/dfn-panel.css.js
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ dfn {
   cursor: pointer;
 }
 
+a.bibref {
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
 .dfn-panel {
   position: absolute;
   z-index: 35;
@@ -128,4 +132,8 @@ dfn {
   max-height: 30vh;
   overflow: auto;
 }
+
+.dfn-panel .biblio-ref {
+  margin-top: 0.5em;
+}
 `;
diff --git a/tests/spec/core/dfn-panel-spec.js b/tests/spec/core/dfn-panel-spec.js
index 53d7ec6c1b..ffa96721f1 100644
--- a/tests/spec/core/dfn-panel-spec.js
+++ b/tests/spec/core/dfn-panel-spec.js
@@ -285,3 +285,155 @@ describe("Core — dfnPanel", () => {
     expect(references[0].hash).toBe("#ref-for-dfn-one-1");
   });
 });
+
+describe("Core — biblioPanel", () => {
+  afterAll(flushIframes);
+
+  const localBiblio = {
+    TestRef: {
+      title: "Test Reference Title",
+      href: "https://example.com/test",
+      authors: ["Author One", "Author Two"],
+      publisher: "Test Publisher",
+      date: "2024",
+    },
+    AliasRef: {
+      aliasOf: "TestRef",
+    },
+  };
+  const body = `
+    <section id="conformance">
+      <p id="p-testref">[[TestRef]]</p>
+      <p id="p-aliasref">[[AliasRef]]</p>
+    </section>
+  `;
+  const ops = makeStandardOps({ localBiblio }, body);
+
+  describe("panel creation", () => {
+    it("creates a biblio panel for each unique bibref href", async () => {
+      const doc = await makeRSDoc(ops);
+      // [[TestRef]] and [[AliasRef]] both resolve to #bib-testref after
+      // alias normalisation, so there should be exactly one panel.
+      const panels = doc.querySelectorAll(
+        '[id^="biblio-panel-for-bib-testref"]'
+      );
+      expect(panels).toHaveSize(1);
+    });
+
+    it("has correct ARIA attributes", async () => {
+      const doc = await makeRSDoc(ops);
+      const panel = doc.getElementById("biblio-panel-for-bib-testref");
+      expect(panel).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(panel.getAttribute("role")).toBe("dialog");
+      expect(panel.getAttribute("aria-modal")).toBe("true");
+      expect(panel.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe(
+        "Citation details for [TestRef]"
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("marks bibref links with aria-haspopup", async () => {
+      const doc = await makeRSDoc(ops);
+      const bibrefLinks = doc.querySelectorAll(
+        "#p-testref a.bibref, #p-aliasref a.bibref"
+      );
+      bibrefLinks.forEach(link => {
+        expect(link.getAttribute("aria-haspopup"))
+          .withContext(`${link.textContent} should have aria-haspopup`)
+          .toBe("dialog");
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("panel is hidden by default", async () => {
+      const doc = await makeRSDoc(ops);
+      const panel = doc.getElementById("biblio-panel-for-bib-testref");
+      expect(panel.hidden).toBeTrue();
+    });
+
+    it("has a self-link pointing to the references entry", async () => {
+      const doc = await makeRSDoc(ops);
+      const panel = doc.getElementById("biblio-panel-for-bib-testref");
+      const selfLink = panel.querySelector("a.self-link");
+      expect(selfLink).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(selfLink.hash).toBe("#bib-testref");
+      expect(selfLink.textContent.trim()).toBe("Reference");
+    });
+
+    it("contains citation content from the references section", async () => {
+      const doc = await makeRSDoc(ops);
+      const panel = doc.getElementById("biblio-panel-for-bib-testref");
+      const biblioRef = panel.querySelector(".biblio-ref");
+      expect(biblioRef).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(biblioRef.textContent).toContain("Test Reference Title");
+      expect(biblioRef.textContent).toContain("Author One");
+      expect(biblioRef.textContent).toContain("Test Publisher");
+      expect(biblioRef.textContent).toContain("2024");
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("panel interaction", () => {
+    it("opens on bibref click", async () => {
+      const doc = await makeRSDoc(ops);
+      const panel = doc.getElementById("biblio-panel-for-bib-testref");
+      expect(panel.hidden).toBeTrue();
+      const bibLink = doc.querySelector("#p-testref a.bibref");
+      bibLink.click();
+      expect(panel.hidden).toBeFalse();
+    });
+
+    it("closes on external click", async () => {
+      const doc = await makeRSDoc(ops);
+      const panel = doc.getElementById("biblio-panel-for-bib-testref");
+      doc.querySelector("#p-testref a.bibref").click();
+      expect(panel.hidden).toBeFalse();
+      doc.body.click();
+      expect(panel.hidden).toBeTrue();
+    });
+
+    it("closes on self-link click", async () => {
+      const doc = await makeRSDoc(ops);
+      const panel = doc.getElementById("biblio-panel-for-bib-testref");
+      doc.querySelector("#p-testref a.bibref").click();
+      expect(panel.hidden).toBeFalse();
+      panel.querySelector("a.self-link").click();
+      expect(panel.hidden).toBeTrue();
+    });
+
+    it("does not close when clicking inside the panel", async () => {
+      const doc = await makeRSDoc(ops);
+      const panel = doc.getElementById("biblio-panel-for-bib-testref");
+      doc.querySelector("#p-testref a.bibref").click();
+      expect(panel.hidden).toBeFalse();
+      panel.click();
+      expect(panel.hidden).toBeFalse();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("does not create a panel for a bibref with no rendered entry", async () => {
+    const body = `<p id="bad">[[bad-ref-no-entry]]</p>`;
+    const ops = makeStandardOps(null, body);
+    const doc = await makeRSDoc(ops);
+    const panel = doc.querySelector('[id^="biblio-panel-for-"]');
+    expect(panel).toBeNull();
+    const link = doc.querySelector("#bad a.bibref");
+    expect(link.hasAttribute("aria-haspopup")).toBeFalse();
+  });
+
+  it("works in an exported document", async () => {
+    const rdoc = await makeRSDoc(ops);
+    const doc = await getExportedDoc(rdoc);
+
+    const panel = doc.getElementById("biblio-panel-for-bib-testref");
+    expect(panel).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(panel.hidden).toBeTrue();
+
+    const bibLink = doc.querySelector("#p-testref a.bibref");
+    bibLink.click();
+    expect(panel.hidden).toBeFalse();
+
+    const selfLink = panel.querySelector("a.self-link");
+    expect(selfLink.hash).toBe("#bib-testref");
+
+    const biblioRef = panel.querySelector(".biblio-ref");
+    expect(biblioRef.textContent).toContain("Test Reference Title");
+  });
+});