diff --git a/accessible/base/Logging.cpp b/accessible/base/Logging.cpp
index 2ad1d2c33a8a..2b4aebec16c0 100644
--- a/accessible/base/Logging.cpp
+++ b/accessible/base/Logging.cpp
@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@ static void LogShellLoadType(nsIDocShell* aDocShell) {
     case LOAD_REFRESH:
       printf("refresh; ");
       break;
+    case LOAD_REFRESH_REPLACE:
+      printf("refresh replace; ");
+      break;
     case LOAD_RELOAD_CHARSET_CHANGE:
       printf("reload charset change; ");
       break;
diff --git a/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp b/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
index d3ee7c8c67f6..59980b05220e 100644
--- a/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
+++ b/docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp
@@ -5328,7 +5328,7 @@ nsDocShell::ForceRefreshURI(nsIURI* aURI, nsIPrincipal* aPrincipal,
      * we have in mind (15000 ms as defined by REFRESH_REDIRECT_TIMER).
      * Pass a REPLACE flag to LoadURI().
      */
-    loadState->SetLoadType(LOAD_NORMAL_REPLACE);
+    loadState->SetLoadType(LOAD_REFRESH_REPLACE);
 
     /* For redirects we mimic HTTP, which passes the
      * original referrer.
@@ -5800,6 +5800,7 @@ nsresult nsDocShell::Embed(nsIContentViewer* aContentViewer,
   // Determine if this type of load should update history
   switch (mLoadType) {
     case LOAD_NORMAL_REPLACE:
+    case LOAD_REFRESH_REPLACE:
     case LOAD_STOP_CONTENT_AND_REPLACE:
     case LOAD_RELOAD_BYPASS_CACHE:
     case LOAD_RELOAD_BYPASS_PROXY:
@@ -11093,7 +11094,7 @@ bool nsDocShell::OnNewURI(nsIURI* aURI, nsIChannel* aChannel,
   // in session history.
   if (!mozilla::SessionHistoryInParent() && rootSH &&
       ((mLoadType & (LOAD_CMD_HISTORY | LOAD_CMD_RELOAD)) ||
-       mLoadType == LOAD_NORMAL_REPLACE)) {
+       mLoadType == LOAD_NORMAL_REPLACE || mLoadType == LOAD_REFRESH_REPLACE)) {
     mPreviousEntryIndex = rootSH->Index();
     if (!mozilla::SessionHistoryInParent()) {
       rootSH->LegacySHistory()->UpdateIndex();
diff --git a/docshell/base/nsDocShellLoadTypes.h b/docshell/base/nsDocShellLoadTypes.h
index 1ea189958bca..dcef69879ac6 100644
--- a/docshell/base/nsDocShellLoadTypes.h
+++ b/docshell/base/nsDocShellLoadTypes.h
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ enum LoadType : uint32_t {
                              nsIWebNavigation::LOAD_FLAGS_IS_LINK),
   LOAD_REFRESH = MAKE_LOAD_TYPE(nsIDocShell::LOAD_CMD_NORMAL,
                                 nsIWebNavigation::LOAD_FLAGS_IS_REFRESH),
+  LOAD_REFRESH_REPLACE =
+      MAKE_LOAD_TYPE(nsIDocShell::LOAD_CMD_NORMAL,
+                     nsIWebNavigation::LOAD_FLAGS_IS_REFRESH |
+                         nsIWebNavigation::LOAD_FLAGS_REPLACE_HISTORY),
   LOAD_RELOAD_CHARSET_CHANGE =
       MAKE_LOAD_TYPE(nsIDocShell::LOAD_CMD_RELOAD,
                      nsIWebNavigation::LOAD_FLAGS_CHARSET_CHANGE),
@@ -142,6 +146,7 @@ static inline bool IsValidLoadType(uint32_t aLoadType) {
     case LOAD_RELOAD_ALLOW_MIXED_CONTENT:
     case LOAD_LINK:
     case LOAD_REFRESH:
+    case LOAD_REFRESH_REPLACE:
     case LOAD_RELOAD_CHARSET_CHANGE:
     case LOAD_RELOAD_CHARSET_CHANGE_BYPASS_PROXY_AND_CACHE:
     case LOAD_RELOAD_CHARSET_CHANGE_BYPASS_CACHE:
@@ -173,6 +178,11 @@ static inline nsDOMNavigationTiming::Type ConvertLoadTypeToNavigationType(
     case LOAD_NORMAL_ALLOW_MIXED_CONTENT:
     case LOAD_LINK:
     case LOAD_STOP_CONTENT:
+    // FIXME: It isn't clear that LOAD_REFRESH_REPLACE should have a different
+    // navigation type than LOAD_REFRESH. Those loads historically used the
+    // LOAD_NORMAL_REPLACE type, and therefore wound up with TYPE_NAVIGATE by
+    // default.
+    case LOAD_REFRESH_REPLACE:
     case LOAD_REPLACE_BYPASS_CACHE:
       result = nsDOMNavigationTiming::TYPE_NAVIGATE;
       break;