diff --git a/src/utils/RelativePosition.js b/src/utils/RelativePosition.js
index a1b4356b..744dff37 100644
--- a/src/utils/RelativePosition.js
+++ b/src/utils/RelativePosition.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   createID,
   ContentType,
   followRedone,
+  getItem,
   ID, Doc, AbstractType // eslint-disable-line
 } from '../internals.js'
 
@@ -256,13 +257,24 @@ export const readRelativePosition = decoder => {
 export const decodeRelativePosition = uint8Array => readRelativePosition(decoding.createDecoder(uint8Array))
 
 /**
+ * Transform a relative position to an absolute position.
+ *
+ * If you want to share the relative position with other users, you should set
+ * `followUndoneDeletions` to false to get consistent results across all clients.
+ *
+ * When calculating the absolute position, we try to follow the "undone deletions". This yields
+ * better results for the user who performed undo. However, only the user who performed the undo
+ * will get the better results, the other users don't know which operations recreated a deleted
+ * range of content. There is more information in this ticket: https://github.com/yjs/yjs/issues/638
+ *
  * @param {RelativePosition} rpos
  * @param {Doc} doc
+ * @param {boolean} followUndoneDeletions - whether to follow undone deletions - see https://github.com/yjs/yjs/issues/638
  * @return {AbsolutePosition|null}
  *
  * @function
  */
-export const createAbsolutePositionFromRelativePosition = (rpos, doc) => {
+export const createAbsolutePositionFromRelativePosition = (rpos, doc, followUndoneDeletions = true) => {
   const store = doc.store
   const rightID = rpos.item
   const typeID = rpos.type
@@ -274,7 +286,7 @@ export const createAbsolutePositionFromRelativePosition = (rpos, doc) => {
     if (getState(store, rightID.client) <= rightID.clock) {
       return null
     }
-    const res = followRedone(store, rightID)
+    const res = followUndoneDeletions ? followRedone(store, rightID) : { item: getItem(store, rightID), diff: 0 }
     const right = res.item
     if (!(right instanceof Item)) {
       return null
@@ -298,7 +310,7 @@ export const createAbsolutePositionFromRelativePosition = (rpos, doc) => {
         // type does not exist yet
         return null
       }
-      const { item } = followRedone(store, typeID)
+      const { item } = followUndoneDeletions ? followRedone(store, typeID) : { item: getItem(store, typeID) }
       if (item instanceof Item && item.content instanceof ContentType) {
         type = item.content.type
       } else {
diff --git a/tests/relativePositions.tests.js b/tests/relativePositions.tests.js
index 93fec230..ab86168b 100644
--- a/tests/relativePositions.tests.js
+++ b/tests/relativePositions.tests.js
@@ -101,3 +101,25 @@ export const testRelativePositionAssociationDifference = tc => {
   t.assert(posRight != null && posRight.index === 2)
   t.assert(posLeft != null && posLeft.index === 1)
 }
+
+/**
+ * @param {t.TestCase} tc
+ */
+export const testRelativePositionWithUndo = tc => {
+  const ydoc = new Y.Doc()
+  const ytext = ydoc.getText()
+  ytext.insert(0, 'hello world')
+  const rpos = Y.createRelativePositionFromTypeIndex(ytext, 1)
+  const um = new Y.UndoManager(ytext)
+  ytext.delete(0, 6)
+  t.assert(Y.createAbsolutePositionFromRelativePosition(rpos, ydoc)?.index === 0)
+  um.undo()
+  t.assert(Y.createAbsolutePositionFromRelativePosition(rpos, ydoc)?.index === 1)
+  const posWithoutFollow = Y.createAbsolutePositionFromRelativePosition(rpos, ydoc, false)
+  console.log({ posWithoutFollow })
+  t.assert(Y.createAbsolutePositionFromRelativePosition(rpos, ydoc, false)?.index === 6)
+  const ydocClone = new Y.Doc()
+  Y.applyUpdate(ydocClone, Y.encodeStateAsUpdate(ydoc))
+  t.assert(Y.createAbsolutePositionFromRelativePosition(rpos, ydocClone)?.index === 6)
+  t.assert(Y.createAbsolutePositionFromRelativePosition(rpos, ydocClone, false)?.index === 6)
+}