diff --git a/packages/next/server/app-render.tsx b/packages/next/server/app-render.tsx
index d715a6b5353f2..3fb3e580a2e4d 100644
--- a/packages/next/server/app-render.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/server/app-render.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type { ServerRuntime } from '../types'
 // @ts-ignore
 import React, { experimental_use as use } from 'react'
 
-import { ParsedUrlQuery } from 'querystring'
+import { ParsedUrlQuery, stringify as stringifyQuery } from 'querystring'
 import { createFromReadableStream } from 'next/dist/compiled/react-server-dom-webpack'
 import { NextParsedUrlQuery } from './request-meta'
 import RenderResult from './render-result'
@@ -603,6 +603,56 @@ async function renderToString(element: React.ReactElement) {
   return streamToString(renderStream)
 }
 
+function getRootLayoutPath(
+  [segment, parallelRoutes, { layout }]: LoaderTree,
+  rootLayoutPath = ''
+): string | undefined {
+  rootLayoutPath += `${segment}/`
+  const isLayout = typeof layout !== 'undefined'
+  if (isLayout) return rootLayoutPath
+  // We can't assume it's `parallelRoutes.children` here in case the root layout is `app/@something/layout.js`
+  // But it's not possible to be more than one parallelRoutes before the root layout is found
+  const child = Object.values(parallelRoutes)[0]
+  if (!child) return
+  return getRootLayoutPath(child, rootLayoutPath)
+}
+
+function findRootLayoutInFlightRouterState(
+  [segment, parallelRoutes]: FlightRouterState,
+  rootLayoutSegments: string,
+  segments = ''
+): boolean {
+  segments += `${segment}/`
+  if (segments === rootLayoutSegments) {
+    return true
+  } else if (segments.length > rootLayoutSegments.length) {
+    return false
+  }
+  // We can't assume it's `parallelRoutes.children` here in case the root layout is `app/@something/layout.js`
+  // But it's not possible to be more than one parallelRoutes before the root layout is found
+  const child = Object.values(parallelRoutes)[0]
+  if (!child) return false
+  return findRootLayoutInFlightRouterState(child, rootLayoutSegments, segments)
+}
+
+function isNavigatingToNewRootLayout(
+  loaderTree: LoaderTree,
+  flightRouterState: FlightRouterState
+): boolean {
+  const newRootLayout = getRootLayoutPath(loaderTree)
+  // should always have a root layout
+  if (newRootLayout) {
+    const hasSameRootLayout = findRootLayoutInFlightRouterState(
+      flightRouterState,
+      newRootLayout
+    )
+
+    return !hasSameRootLayout
+  }
+
+  return false
+}
+
 export async function renderToHTMLOrFlight(
   req: IncomingMessage,
   res: ServerResponse,
@@ -676,6 +726,33 @@ export async function renderToHTMLOrFlight(
         : {}
       : undefined
 
+    /**
+     * The tree created in next-app-loader that holds component segments and modules
+     */
+    const loaderTree: LoaderTree = ComponentMod.tree
+
+    // If navigating to a new root layout we need to do a full page navigation.
+    if (
+      isFlight &&
+      Array.isArray(providedFlightRouterState) &&
+      isNavigatingToNewRootLayout(loaderTree, providedFlightRouterState)
+    ) {
+      stripInternalQueries(query)
+      const search = stringifyQuery(query)
+
+      // Empty so that the client-side router will do a full page navigation.
+      const flightData: FlightData = req.url! + (search ? `?${search}` : '')
+      return new FlightRenderResult(
+        ComponentMod.renderToReadableStream(
+          flightData,
+          serverComponentManifest,
+          {
+            onError: flightDataRendererErrorHandler,
+          }
+        ).pipeThrough(createBufferedTransformStream())
+      )
+    }
+
     stripInternalQueries(query)
 
     const LayoutRouter =
@@ -686,10 +763,6 @@ export async function renderToHTMLOrFlight(
       | typeof import('../client/components/hot-reloader.client').default
       | null
 
-    /**
-     * The tree created in next-app-loader that holds component segments and modules
-     */
-    const loaderTree: LoaderTree = ComponentMod.tree
     /**
      * Server Context is specifically only available in Server Components.
      * It has to hold values that can't change while rendering from the common layout down.
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation.test.ts b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e2244da222e74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import path from 'path'
+import { createNext, FileRef } from 'e2e-utils'
+import { NextInstance } from 'test/lib/next-modes/base'
+import webdriver from 'next-webdriver'
+
+describe('app-dir mpa navigation', () => {
+  if ((global as any).isNextDeploy) {
+    it('should skip next deploy for now', () => {})
+    return
+  }
+
+  if (process.env.NEXT_TEST_REACT_VERSION === '^17') {
+    it('should skip for react v17', () => {})
+    return
+  }
+  let next: NextInstance
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    next = await createNext({
+      files: {
+        app: new FileRef(path.join(__dirname, 'mpa-navigation/app')),
+        'next.config.js': new FileRef(
+          path.join(__dirname, 'mpa-navigation/next.config.js')
+        ),
+      },
+      dependencies: {
+        react: 'experimental',
+        'react-dom': 'experimental',
+      },
+    })
+  })
+  afterAll(() => next.destroy())
+
+  describe('Should do a mpa navigation when switching root layout', () => {
+    it('should work with basic routes', async () => {
+      const browser = await webdriver(next.url, '/basic-route')
+
+      expect(await browser.elementById('basic-route').text()).toBe(
+        'Basic route'
+      )
+      await browser.eval('window.__TEST_NO_RELOAD = true')
+
+      // Navigate to page with same root layout
+      await browser.elementByCss('a').click()
+      expect(
+        await browser.waitForElementByCss('#inner-basic-route').text()
+      ).toBe('Inner basic route')
+      expect(await browser.eval('window.__TEST_NO_RELOAD')).toBeTrue()
+
+      // Navigate to page with different root layout
+      await browser.elementByCss('a').click()
+      expect(await browser.waitForElementByCss('#route-group').text()).toBe(
+        'Route group'
+      )
+      expect(await browser.eval('window.__TEST_NO_RELOAD')).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+
+    it('should work with route groups', async () => {
+      const browser = await webdriver(next.url, '/route-group')
+
+      expect(await browser.elementById('route-group').text()).toBe(
+        'Route group'
+      )
+      await browser.eval('window.__TEST_NO_RELOAD = true')
+
+      // Navigate to page with same root layout
+      await browser.elementByCss('a').click()
+      expect(
+        await browser.waitForElementByCss('#nested-route-group').text()
+      ).toBe('Nested route group')
+      expect(await browser.eval('window.__TEST_NO_RELOAD')).toBeTrue()
+
+      // Navigate to page with different root layout
+      await browser.elementByCss('a').click()
+      expect(await browser.waitForElementByCss('#parallel-one').text()).toBe(
+        'One'
+      )
+      expect(await browser.waitForElementByCss('#parallel-two').text()).toBe(
+        'Two'
+      )
+      expect(await browser.eval('window.__TEST_NO_RELOAD')).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+
+    it('should work with parallel routes', async () => {
+      const browser = await webdriver(next.url, '/with-parallel-routes')
+
+      expect(await browser.elementById('parallel-one').text()).toBe('One')
+      expect(await browser.elementById('parallel-two').text()).toBe('Two')
+      await browser.eval('window.__TEST_NO_RELOAD = true')
+
+      // Navigate to page with same root layout
+      await browser.elementByCss('a').click()
+      expect(
+        await browser.waitForElementByCss('#parallel-one-inner').text()
+      ).toBe('One inner')
+      expect(await browser.eval('window.__TEST_NO_RELOAD')).toBeTrue()
+
+      // Navigate to page with different root layout
+      await browser.elementByCss('a').click()
+      expect(await browser.waitForElementByCss('#dynamic-hello').text()).toBe(
+        'dynamic hello'
+      )
+      expect(await browser.eval('window.__TEST_NO_RELOAD')).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+
+    it('should work with dynamic routes', async () => {
+      const browser = await webdriver(next.url, '/dynamic/first/route')
+
+      expect(await browser.elementById('dynamic-route').text()).toBe(
+        'dynamic route'
+      )
+      await browser.eval('window.__TEST_NO_RELOAD = true')
+
+      // Navigate to page with same root layout
+      await browser.elementByCss('a').click()
+      expect(
+        await browser.waitForElementByCss('#dynamic-second-hello').text()
+      ).toBe('dynamic hello')
+      expect(await browser.eval('window.__TEST_NO_RELOAD')).toBeTrue()
+
+      // Navigate to page with different root layout
+      await browser.elementByCss('a').click()
+      expect(
+        await browser.waitForElementByCss('#inner-basic-route').text()
+      ).toBe('Inner basic route')
+      expect(await browser.eval('window.__TEST_NO_RELOAD')).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/(route-group)/(nested-route-group)/nested-route-group/page.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/(route-group)/(nested-route-group)/nested-route-group/page.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5bfe9d5c43db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/(route-group)/(nested-route-group)/nested-route-group/page.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import Link from 'next/link'
+
+export default function Page() {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Link href="/with-parallel-routes">To with-parallel-routes</Link>
+      <p id="nested-route-group">Nested route group</p>
+    </>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/(route-group)/layout.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/(route-group)/layout.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..05b841b280b3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/(route-group)/layout.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export default function Root({ children }) {
+  return (
+    <html>
+      <head>
+        <title>Hello</title>
+      </head>
+      <body>{children}</body>
+    </html>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/(route-group)/route-group/page.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/(route-group)/route-group/page.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e0456ea2ac168
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/(route-group)/route-group/page.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import Link from 'next/link'
+
+export default function Page() {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Link href="/nested-route-group">To nested route group</Link>
+      <p id="route-group">Route group</p>
+    </>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/basic-route/inner/page.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/basic-route/inner/page.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5e23b1da9dcc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/basic-route/inner/page.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import Link from 'next/link'
+
+export default function Page() {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Link href="/route-group">To route group</Link>
+      <p id="inner-basic-route">Inner basic route</p>
+    </>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/basic-route/layout.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/basic-route/layout.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..05b841b280b3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/basic-route/layout.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export default function Root({ children }) {
+  return (
+    <html>
+      <head>
+        <title>Hello</title>
+      </head>
+      <body>{children}</body>
+    </html>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/basic-route/page.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/basic-route/page.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..24eab4ddf150a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/basic-route/page.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import Link from 'next/link'
+
+export default function Page() {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Link href="/basic-route/inner">To inner basic route</Link>
+      <p id="basic-route">Basic route</p>
+    </>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/dynamic/first/[param]/page.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/dynamic/first/[param]/page.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2f30013684886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/dynamic/first/[param]/page.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import Link from 'next/link'
+
+export default function Page({ params }) {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Link href="/dynamic/second/hello">To second dynamic</Link>
+      <p id={`dynamic-${params.param}`}>dynamic {params.param}</p>
+    </>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/dynamic/layout.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/dynamic/layout.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..05b841b280b3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/dynamic/layout.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export default function Root({ children }) {
+  return (
+    <html>
+      <head>
+        <title>Hello</title>
+      </head>
+      <body>{children}</body>
+    </html>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/dynamic/second/[param]/page.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/dynamic/second/[param]/page.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bfce324ce58ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/dynamic/second/[param]/page.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import Link from 'next/link'
+
+export default function Page({ params }) {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Link href="/basic-route/inner">To basic inner</Link>
+      <p id={`dynamic-second-${params.param}`}>dynamic {params.param}</p>
+    </>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/to-pages-dir/layout.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/to-pages-dir/layout.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..05b841b280b3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/to-pages-dir/layout.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export default function Root({ children }) {
+  return (
+    <html>
+      <head>
+        <title>Hello</title>
+      </head>
+      <body>{children}</body>
+    </html>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/to-pages-dir/page.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/to-pages-dir/page.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7bfcd1802568f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/to-pages-dir/page.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import Link from 'next/link'
+
+export default function Page() {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <p id="in-app-dir">In app dir</p>
+      <Link href="/pages-dir">To pages dir</Link>
+    </>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/with-parallel-routes/@one/inner/page.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/with-parallel-routes/@one/inner/page.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..849c7ab32a7fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/with-parallel-routes/@one/inner/page.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import Link from 'next/link'
+
+export default function Page() {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Link href="/dynamic/first/hello">To dynamic route</Link>
+      <p id="parallel-one-inner">One inner</p>
+    </>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/with-parallel-routes/@one/page.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/with-parallel-routes/@one/page.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7661f2ee7fd47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/with-parallel-routes/@one/page.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import Link from 'next/link'
+
+export default function Page() {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Link href="/with-parallel-routes/inner">To parallel inner</Link>
+      <p id="parallel-one">One</p>
+    </>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/with-parallel-routes/@two/page.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/with-parallel-routes/@two/page.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8eefbbcb300f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/with-parallel-routes/@two/page.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export default function Page() {
+  return <p id="parallel-two">Two</p>
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/with-parallel-routes/layout.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/with-parallel-routes/layout.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..267f8d02f2659
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/app/with-parallel-routes/layout.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+export default function Root({ one, two }) {
+  return (
+    <html>
+      <head>
+        <title>Hello</title>
+      </head>
+      <body>
+        {one}
+        {two}
+      </body>
+    </html>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/next.config.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/next.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cfa3ac3d7aa94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/mpa-navigation/next.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module.exports = {
+  experimental: {
+    appDir: true,
+  },
+}