t a/typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_content.php b/typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_content.php
index 96d11c1..ab3968b 100755
--- a/typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_content.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/cms/tslib/class.tslib_content.php
@@ -6031,6 +6031,10 @@ class tslib_cObj {
 								$absoluteUrlScheme . '://' . $targetDomain . '/index.php?id=' . $page['uid'], $addQueryParams
 							) . $sectionMark;
 						} else { // Internal link or current domain's linking scheme should be used
+							if(intval($page['doktype']) === t3lib_pageSelect::DOKTYPE_LINK && empty($page['target'])) {
+								// if: link to external url
+								$target = $GLOBALS['TSFE']->extTarget;
+							}
 							if ($forceTarget) {
 								$target = $forceTarget;
 							}