diff --git a/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.js b/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.js
index b5dd9b915e..9de27a9ecb 100644
--- a/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.js
+++ b/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.js
@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ export default {
         const store = this.$store
         store.commit('setProfileView', { v })
       }
+    },
+    linkClicked ({target}) {
+      if (target.tagName === 'SPAN') {
+        target = target.parentNode
+      }
+      if (target.tagName === 'A') {
+        window.open(target.href, '_blank')
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.vue b/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.vue
index ebe4df3825..d2fd7591b0 100644
--- a/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.vue
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
           <span v-if="!hideUserStatsLocal">{{user.followers_count}}</span>
         </div>
       </div>
-      <p v-if="!hideBio && user.description_html" class="profile-bio" v-html="user.description_html"></p>
+      <p @click.prevent="linkClicked" v-if="!hideBio && user.description_html" class="profile-bio" v-html="user.description_html"></p>
       <p v-else-if="!hideBio" class="profile-bio">{{ user.description }}</p>
     </div>
   </div>