diff --git a/components/wiki/lazwiki/wikiparser.pas b/components/wiki/lazwiki/wikiparser.pas
index 746abd5333..b1a3a5f3ef 100644
--- a/components/wiki/lazwiki/wikiparser.pas
+++ b/components/wiki/lazwiki/wikiparser.pas
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ var
 
 // normalize link to get the page, e.g. convert spaces to underscores
 function WikiInternalLinkToPage(Link: string): string;
+function WikiIsExternalLink(Link: string): boolean;
 
 function GetWikiPageID(doc: TDOMNode): string;
 function GetWikiPageID(s: TStream): string;
@@ -1560,6 +1561,25 @@ begin
   end;
 end;
 
+function WikiIsExternalLink(Link: string): boolean;
+// check if Link starts with a scheme http://
+var
+  p: PChar;
+begin
+  Result:=false;
+  if Link='' then exit;
+  p:=PChar(Link);
+  while p^ in ['a'..'z','A'..'Z'] do inc(p);
+  if p=PChar(Link) then exit;
+  if p^<>':' then exit;
+  inc(p);
+  if p^<>'/' then exit;
+  inc(p);
+  if p^<>'/' then exit;
+  inc(p);
+  Result:=true;
+end;
+
 function GetWikiPageID(doc: TDOMNode): string;
 var
   Node: TDOMNode;
diff --git a/components/wiki/test/wikisearchmain.pas b/components/wiki/test/wikisearchmain.pas
index 22e434c6d7..6c28763ff5 100644
--- a/components/wiki/test/wikisearchmain.pas
+++ b/components/wiki/test/wikisearchmain.pas
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ interface
 
 uses
   Classes, SysUtils, math, FileUtil, LazLogger, LazUTF8, LazFileUtils, laz2_DOM,
-  Forms, Controls, Graphics, Dialogs, StdCtrls, ExtCtrls, ComCtrls,
+  Forms, Controls, Graphics, Dialogs, StdCtrls, ExtCtrls, ComCtrls, LCLIntf,
   IpHtml, Ipfilebroker, IpMsg,
   CodeToolManager, CodeCache,
-  WikiHelpManager, WikiSearchOptions;
+  WikiHelpManager, WikiSearchOptions, WikiParser;
 
 type
 
@@ -258,6 +258,12 @@ begin
     //Target := TIpHtmlNodeAREA(HotNode).Target;
   end;
   debugln(['TWikiSearchDemoForm.ResultsIpHtmlPanelHotClick href=',href]);
+  if WikiIsExternalLink(HRef) then begin
+    // open external page
+    OpenURL(HRef);
+    exit;
+  end;
+
   // open page in PageIpHtmlPanel
   ms:=TMemoryStream.Create;
   try