diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 36530736dd..e984489e7c 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -1878,7 +1878,7 @@ function aes_encrypt($val,$ky)
 
 if(! function_exists('linkify')) {
 function linkify($s) {
-	$s = preg_replace("/(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\.\=\_\~\#\'\%]*)/", ' <a href="$1" >$1</a>', $s);
+	$s = preg_replace("/(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\.\=\_\~\#\'\%]*)/", ' <a href="$1" target="external-link">$1</a>', $s);
 	return($s);
 }}
 
diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index 9e5f5a3711..8382cc8044 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ function bbcode($Text) {
 	// Perform URL Search
 
 
-	$Text = preg_replace("/([^\]\=]|^)(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\.\=\_\~\#\'\%]+)/", ' <a href="$2" >$2</a>', $Text);
+	$Text = preg_replace("/([^\]\=]|^)(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\.\=\_\~\#\'\%]+)/", ' <a href="$2" target="external-link">$2</a>', $Text);
 
-	$Text = preg_replace("/\[url\]([$URLSearchString]*)\[\/url\]/", '<a href="$1" >$1</a>', $Text);
-	$Text = preg_replace("(\[url\=([$URLSearchString]*)\](.+?)\[/url\])", '<a href="$1" >$2</a>', $Text);
+	$Text = preg_replace("/\[url\]([$URLSearchString]*)\[\/url\]/", '<a href="$1" target="external-link">$1</a>', $Text);
+	$Text = preg_replace("(\[url\=([$URLSearchString]*)\](.+?)\[/url\])", '<a href="$1" target="external-link">$2</a>', $Text);
 	//$Text = preg_replace("(\[url\=([$URLSearchString]*)\]([$URLSearchString]*)\[/url\])", '<a href="$1" target="_blank">$2</a>', $Text);