diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h
index 920c58948..7b974257a 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		virtual void addText (const char * buf, int len);
 
 		// A link has been parsed
-		virtual void addLink (uint element_number, uint attribute_number, HTChildAnchor *anchor, const BOOL *present, const char **value);
+		virtual void addLink (uint element_number, const BOOL *present, const char **value);
 
 		// A new begin HTML element has been parsed (<IMG> for exemple)
 		virtual void beginElement (uint element_number, const BOOL *present, const char **value);
@@ -699,6 +699,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		void checkImageDownload();
 		void addImageDownload(const std::string &url, CViewBase *img);
 		std::string localImageName(const std::string &url);
+		std::string getAbsoluteUrl(const std::string &url);
 
 		bool isTrustedDomain(const std::string &domain);
 		void setImage(CViewBase *view, const std::string &file);
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
index 4dd9ea7ac..f1c699a63 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 	// ***************************************************************************
 
-	void CGroupHTML::addLink (uint element_number, uint /* attribute_number */, HTChildAnchor *anchor, const BOOL *present, const char **value)
+	void CGroupHTML::addLink (uint element_number, const BOOL *present, const char **value)
 	{
 		if (_Browsing)
 		{
@@ -591,16 +591,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 					}
 					else
 					{
-						HTAnchor * dest = HTAnchor_followMainLink((HTAnchor *) anchor);
-						if (dest)
-						{
-							C3WSmartPtr uri = HTAnchor_address(dest);
-							_Link.push_back ((const char*)uri);
-						}
-						else
-						{
-							_Link.push_back("");
-						}
+						// convert href from "?key=val" into "http://domain.com/?key=val"
+						_Link.push_back(getAbsoluteUrl(suri));
 					}
 
 					for(uint8 i = MY_HTML_A_ACCESSKEY; i < MY_HTML_A_Z_ACTION_SHORTCUT; i++)
@@ -4516,7 +4508,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 		beginElement(element_number, &present[0], &value[0]);
 		if (element_number == HTML_A)
-			addLink(element_number, 0, NULL, &present[0], &value[0]);
+			addLink(element_number, &present[0], &value[0]);
 
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -4650,6 +4642,15 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		return result;
 	}
 
+	// ***************************************************************************
+	std::string CGroupHTML::getAbsoluteUrl(const std::string &url)
+	{
+		if (HTURL_isAbsolute(url.c_str()))
+			return url;
+
+		return std::string(HTParse(url.c_str(), _URL.c_str(), PARSE_ALL));
+	}
+
 	// ***************************************************************************
 	// CGroupHTML::CStyleParams style;
 	// style.FontSize;    // font-size: 10px;
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/libwww.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/libwww.cpp
index 14e921aea..09f3a0cea 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/libwww.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/libwww.cpp
@@ -322,7 +322,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				const char **	value)
 	{
 		// Do the work in the class
-		me->Parent->addLink (element_number, attribute_number, anchor, present, value);
+		if (element_number == HTML_A)
+		{
+			me->Parent->addLink (element_number, present, value);
+		}
 	}
 
 	// ***************************************************************************