diff --git a/sphinx/texinputs/footnotehyper-sphinx.sty b/sphinx/texinputs/footnotehyper-sphinx.sty
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b03ec06fc1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sphinx/texinputs/footnotehyper-sphinx.sty
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
+\ProvidesPackage{footnotehyper-sphinx}%
+ [2016/04/22 v0.9d-sphinx hyperref aware footnote.sty (JFB)]
+\DeclareOption*{}%
+\ProcessOptions\relax
+%%
+%% Package: footnotehyper-sphinx
+%% Version: 0.9d-sphinx (2016/04/22)
+%% License: LPPL 1.3c (http://www.latex-project.org/lppl/lppl-1-3c.txt)
+%% Copyright (C) 2016 Jean-Francois Burnol <jfbu at free dot fr>.
+%%
+%% Trimmed variant of footnotehyper v0.9d (2016/04/21)
+%% Sphinx does not use the `footnote` environment defined by footnote.sty. The
+%% loading of footnote.sty may crash if the user has other footnote related
+%% packages loaded first. Thus to make sure no such crash can happen, we
+%% deactivate this construction of footnote environment and take care only
+%% of \footnote command.
+\let\FNHS@@makefntext\@makefntext\let\@makefntext\@firstofone
+\let\FNHS@endfootnote\endfootnote        % probably \undefined
+\let\FNHS@endfootnotetext\endfootnotetext
+  \RequirePackage{footnote}\relax
+\let\@makefntext\FNHS@@makefntext
+\let\footnote    \fn@latex@@footnote
+\let\footnotetext\fn@latex@@footnotetext
+\let\endfootnote \FNHS@endfootnote
+\let\endfootnotetext\FNHS@endfootnotetext
+\def\fn@fntext {\ifx\ifmeasuring@\undefined\expandafter\@secondoftwo
+                                      \else\expandafter\@firstofone\fi
+    {\ifmeasuring@\expandafter\@gobbletwo\fi}%
+    \FNHS@fn@fntext }%
+\long\def\FNHS@fn@fntext #1{\global\setbox\fn@notes\vbox
+     {\unvbox\fn@notes
+      \fn@startnote
+      \@makefntext
+       {\rule\z@\footnotesep\ignorespaces
+        \ifHy@nesting\expandafter\ltx@firstoftwo
+                \else\expandafter\ltx@secondoftwo
+        \fi
+        {\expandafter\hyper@@anchor\expandafter{\Hy@footnote@currentHref}{#1}}%
+        {\Hy@raisedlink
+          {\expandafter\hyper@@anchor\expandafter{\Hy@footnote@currentHref}%
+          {\relax}}%
+         \let\@currentHref\Hy@footnote@currentHref
+         \let\@currentlabelname\@empty
+         #1}%
+      \@finalstrut\strutbox }%
+      \fn@endnote }%
+}%
+\def\spewnotes {\endgroup
+    \if@savingnotes\else\ifvoid\fn@notes\else
+    \begingroup\let\@makefntext\@empty
+               \let\@finalstrut\@gobble
+               \let\rule\@gobbletwo
+               \H@@footnotetext{\unvbox\fn@notes}%
+    \endgroup\fi\fi
+}%
+\let\endsavenotes\spewnotes
+\def\fn@endnote  {\color@endgroup}%
+\AtBeginDocument {%
+    \let\fn@latex@@footnote    \footnote
+    \let\fn@latex@@footnotetext\footnotetext
+    \let\footnote    \FNHS@fn@footnote
+    \let\footnotetext\FNHS@fn@footnotetext
+}%
+\endinput
+%%
+%% End of file `footnotehyper-sphinx.sty'.
diff --git a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
index 9c289a57862..d85fc0dea96 100644
--- a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
+++ b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinx.sty
@@ -36,9 +36,12 @@
 \RequirePackage{fancyvrb}
 % For table captions.
 \RequirePackage{threeparttable}
-% Handle footnotes in tables.
-\RequirePackage{footnote}
+% Handle footnotes in tables; also for topic and warning blocks.
+\RequirePackage{footnotehyper-sphinx}
+% longtable is already able to handle footnotes in a hyperref compatible way
 \makesavenoteenv{tabulary}
+\makesavenoteenv{tabular}
+\makesavenoteenv{threeparttable}
 % For floating figures in the text.
 \RequirePackage{wrapfig}
 % Separate paragraphs by space by default.
@@ -313,9 +316,12 @@
    % imitate closely the layout from Sphinx <= 1.4.1; the \FrameHeightAdjust
    % will put top part of frame on this baseline.
    \def\FrameHeightAdjust {\baselineskip}%
+   % use package footnote to handle footnotes
+   \savenotes
    \trivlist\item\noindent
     % use a minipage if we are already inside a framed environment
-    \ifSphinx@inframed\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}\fi
+    % use minipage* for global footnotes
+    \ifSphinx@inframed\begin{minipage*}{\linewidth}\fi
     \MakeFramed {\Sphinx@inframedtrue
     % framed.sty puts into "\width" the added width (=2shadowsep+2shadowrule)
     % adjust \hsize to what the contents must use
@@ -326,9 +332,6 @@
     % itemize/enumerate are therein typeset more tightly, we want to keep
     % that). We copy-paste from LaTeX source code but don't do a real minipage.
     \@pboxswfalse
-       % for footnotes, but Sphinx inactivates footnotes in topics
-       \def\@mpfn{mpfootnote}\def\thempfn{\thempfootnote}\c@mpfootnote\z@
-       \let\@footnotetext\@mpfootnotetext
     \let\@listdepth\@mplistdepth \@mplistdepth\z@
     \@minipagerestore
     \@setminipage
@@ -336,14 +339,12 @@
   }%
   {% insert the "endminipage" code
     \par\unskip
-    % handle (currently non existing) minipage style footnotes
-    \ifvoid\@mpfootins\else
-      \vskip\skip\@mpfootins\normalcolor\footnoterule\unvbox\@mpfootins
-    \fi
     \@minipagefalse
    \endMakeFramed
-     \ifSphinx@inframed\end{minipage}\fi
+     \ifSphinx@inframed\end{minipage*}\fi
    \endtrivlist
+   % output the stored footnotes
+   \spewnotes
   }
 
 % \moduleauthor{name}{email}
@@ -423,9 +424,10 @@
    \def\FrameCommand##1{\hskip\@totalleftmargin
        \fboxsep\FrameSep \fboxrule\FrameRule\fbox{##1}%
        \hskip-\linewidth \hskip-\@totalleftmargin \hskip\columnwidth}%
+   \savenotes
    % use a minipage if we are already inside a framed environment
    \ifSphinx@inframed
-       \noindent\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
+       \noindent\begin{minipage*}{\linewidth}
    \else
        \vspace{\parskip}
    \fi
@@ -433,21 +435,16 @@
      \advance\hsize-\width \@totalleftmargin\z@ \linewidth\hsize
      % minipage initialization copied from LaTeX source code.
      \@pboxswfalse
-       % for footnotes
-       \def\@mpfn{mpfootnote}\def\thempfn{\thempfootnote}\c@mpfootnote\z@
-       \let\@footnotetext\@mpfootnotetext
      \let\@listdepth\@mplistdepth \@mplistdepth\z@
      \@minipagerestore
      \@setminipage }%
    }
 \newcommand{\py@endheavybox}{%
    \par\unskip
-   % handles footnotes
-   \ifvoid\@mpfootins\else
-      \vskip\skip\@mpfootins\normalcolor\footnoterule\unvbox\@mpfootins
-   \fi
    \@minipagefalse\endMakeFramed
-   \ifSphinx@inframed\end{minipage}\fi
+   \ifSphinx@inframed\end{minipage*}\fi
+   % set footnotes at bottom of page
+   \spewnotes
    % arrange for similar spacing below frame as for "light" boxes.
    \vskip .4\baselineskip
    }
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/latex.py b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
index 7ce35b80fbb..5fbdace77dd 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
@@ -179,15 +179,11 @@ def expand_show_urls(self):
                 if node.astext() != uri:
                     index = node.parent.index(node)
                     if show_urls == 'footnote':
-                        if list(traverse_parent(node, nodes.topic)):
-                            # should not expand references in topics
-                            pass
-                        else:
-                            footnote_nodes = self.create_footnote(uri)
-                            for i, fn in enumerate(footnote_nodes):
-                                node.parent.insert(index + i + 1, fn)
-
-                            self.expanded = True
+                        footnote_nodes = self.create_footnote(uri)
+                        for i, fn in enumerate(footnote_nodes):
+                            node.parent.insert(index + i + 1, fn)
+
+                        self.expanded = True
                     else:  # all other true values (b/w compat)
                         textnode = nodes.Text(" (%s)" % uri)
                         node.parent.insert(index + 1, textnode)
@@ -964,7 +960,6 @@ def visit_table(self, node):
         self.tableheaders = []
         # Redirect body output until table is finished.
         self.pushbody(self.tablebody)
-        self.restrict_footnote(node)
 
     def depart_table(self, node):
         if self.table.rowcount > 30:
@@ -1036,7 +1031,6 @@ def depart_table(self, node):
         self.body.append(endmacro)
         if not self.table.longtable and self.table.caption is not None:
             self.body.append('\\end{threeparttable}\n\n')
-        self.unrestrict_footnote(node)
         self.table = None
         self.tablebody = None