diff --git a/js/app/Config.js b/js/app/Config.js
index a65263388..3c3ae25b3 100644
--- a/js/app/Config.js
+++ b/js/app/Config.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ app.config(function ($provide, $routeProvider, $interpolateProvider, $httpProvid
         linkify: true,
         xhtmlOut: true
     });
+    markdownItConverterProvider.use(markdownitLinkTarget);
 
     $urlRouterProvider.otherwise("/");
 
diff --git a/js/bower.json b/js/bower.json
index 0ebef95d2..10331eb3c 100644
--- a/js/bower.json
+++ b/js/bower.json
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
     "masonry": "~4.0.0",
     "angular-ui-select": "~0.18.0",
     "angular-markdown-it": "~0.6.1",
-    "angular-ui-router": "~1.0.0"
+    "angular-ui-router": "~1.0.0",
+    "markdown-it-link-target": "~1.0.1"
   },
   "license": "AGPL-3.0",
   "private": true,
diff --git a/js/public/app.js b/js/public/app.js
index 6f8bf225d..a202743af 100644
--- a/js/public/app.js
+++ b/js/public/app.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ app.config(["$provide", "$routeProvider", "$interpolateProvider", "$httpProvider
         linkify: true,
         xhtmlOut: true
     });
+    markdownItConverterProvider.use(markdownitLinkTarget);
 
     $urlRouterProvider.otherwise("/");
 
diff --git a/templates/main.php b/templates/main.php
index cd33f1173..c8ec1e169 100644
--- a/templates/main.php
+++ b/templates/main.php
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Util::addScript('deck', 'vendor/ng-sortable/dist/ng-sortable.min');
 Util::addScript('deck', 'vendor/angular-ui-select/dist/select.min');
 Util::addScript('deck', 'vendor/markdown-it/dist/markdown-it.min');
 Util::addScript('deck', 'vendor/angular-markdown-it/dist/ng-markdownit.min');
+Util::addScript('deck', 'vendor/markdown-it-link-target/dist/markdown-it-link-target.min');
 Util::addScript('deck', 'public/app');
 
 ?>