diff --git a/lib/plugins/tag/asset_link.js b/lib/plugins/tag/asset_link.js
index 8cf335c30b..fc631fa35d 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/tag/asset_link.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/tag/asset_link.js
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const url = require('url');
+const { escapeHTML } = require('hexo-util');
 
 /**
  * Asset link tag
  *
  * Syntax:
- *   {% asset_link slug [title] %}
+ *   {% asset_link slug [title] [escape] %}
  */
 module.exports = ctx => {
   const PostAsset = ctx.model('PostAsset');
@@ -18,8 +19,17 @@ module.exports = ctx => {
     const asset = PostAsset.findOne({post: this._id, slug});
     if (!asset) return;
 
-    const title = args.length ? args.join(' ') : asset.slug;
+    let escape = args[args.length - 1];
+    if (escape === 'true' || escape === 'false') {
+      args.pop();
+    } else {
+      escape = 'true';
+    }
 
-    return `<a href="${url.resolve(ctx.config.root, asset.path)}" title="${title}">${title}</a>`;
+    let title = args.length ? args.join(' ') : asset.slug;
+    const attrTitle = escapeHTML(title);
+    if (escape === 'true') title = attrTitle;
+
+    return `<a href="${url.resolve(ctx.config.root, asset.path)}" title="${attrTitle}">${title}</a>`;
   };
 };
diff --git a/lib/plugins/tag/post_link.js b/lib/plugins/tag/post_link.js
index 87cf248ceb..5ba86e62b3 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/tag/post_link.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/tag/post_link.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
 
+const { escapeHTML } = require('hexo-util');
+
 /**
  * Post link tag
  *
  * Syntax:
- *   {% post_link slug [title] %}
+ *   {% post_link slug [title] [escape] %}
  */
 module.exports = ctx => {
   const Post = ctx.model('Post');
@@ -13,11 +15,20 @@ module.exports = ctx => {
     const slug = args.shift();
     if (!slug) return;
 
+    let escape = args[args.length - 1];
+    if (escape === 'true' || escape === 'false') {
+      args.pop();
+    } else {
+      escape = 'true';
+    }
+
     const post = Post.findOne({slug});
     if (!post) return;
 
-    const title = args.length ? args.join(' ') : post.title;
+    let title = args.length ? args.join(' ') : post.title;
+    const attrTitle = escapeHTML(title);
+    if (escape === 'true') title = attrTitle;
 
-    return `<a href="${ctx.config.root}${post.path}" title="${title}">${title}</a>`;
+    return `<a href="${ctx.config.root}${post.path}" title="${attrTitle}">${title}</a>`;
   };
 };
diff --git a/test/scripts/tags/asset_link.js b/test/scripts/tags/asset_link.js
index d95697b724..4531bcd9b4 100644
--- a/test/scripts/tags/asset_link.js
+++ b/test/scripts/tags/asset_link.js
@@ -44,6 +44,18 @@ describe('asset_link', () => {
     assetLink('bar Hello world').should.eql('<a href="/foo/bar" title="Hello world">Hello world</a>');
   });
 
+  it('should escape tag in title by default', () => {
+    assetLink('bar "Hello" <world>').should.eql('<a href="/foo/bar" title="&quot;Hello&quot; &lt;world&gt;">&quot;Hello&quot; &lt;world&gt;</a>');
+  });
+
+  it('should escape tag in title', () => {
+    assetLink('bar "Hello" <world> true').should.eql('<a href="/foo/bar" title="&quot;Hello&quot; &lt;world&gt;">&quot;Hello&quot; &lt;world&gt;</a>');
+  });
+
+  it('should not escape tag in title', () => {
+    assetLink('bar "Hello" <b>world</b> false').should.eql('<a href="/foo/bar" title="&quot;Hello&quot; &lt;b&gt;world&lt;&#x2F;b&gt;">"Hello" <b>world</b></a>');
+  });
+
   it('with space', () => {
     // {% asset_link "spaced asset" "spaced title" %}
     assetLinkTag.call(post, ['spaced asset', 'spaced title'])
diff --git a/test/scripts/tags/post_link.js b/test/scripts/tags/post_link.js
index af7db1f435..b2b6f6dd42 100644
--- a/test/scripts/tags/post_link.js
+++ b/test/scripts/tags/post_link.js
@@ -8,11 +8,16 @@ describe('post_link', () => {
 
   hexo.config.permalink = ':title/';
 
-  before(() => hexo.init().then(() => Post.insert({
+  before(() => hexo.init().then(() => Post.insert([{
     source: 'foo',
     slug: 'foo',
     title: 'Hello world'
-  })));
+  },
+  {
+    source: 'title-with-tag',
+    slug: 'title-with-tag',
+    title: '"Hello" <new world>!'
+  }])));
 
   it('default', () => {
     postLink(['foo']).should.eql('<a href="/foo/" title="Hello world">Hello world</a>');
@@ -22,6 +27,27 @@ describe('post_link', () => {
     postLink(['foo', 'test']).should.eql('<a href="/foo/" title="test">test</a>');
   });
 
+  it('should escape tag in title by default', () => {
+    postLink(['title-with-tag']).should.eql('<a href="/title-with-tag/" title="&quot;Hello&quot; &lt;new world&gt;!">&quot;Hello&quot; &lt;new world&gt;!</a>');
+  });
+
+  it('should escape tag in title', () => {
+    postLink(['title-with-tag', 'true']).should.eql('<a href="/title-with-tag/" title="&quot;Hello&quot; &lt;new world&gt;!">&quot;Hello&quot; &lt;new world&gt;!</a>');
+  });
+
+  it('should escape tag in custom title', () => {
+    postLink(['title-with-tag', '<test>', 'title', 'true']).should.eql('<a href="/title-with-tag/" title="&lt;test&gt; title">&lt;test&gt; title</a>');
+  });
+
+  it('should not escape tag in title', () => {
+    postLink(['title-with-tag', 'false']).should.eql('<a href="/title-with-tag/" title="&quot;Hello&quot; &lt;new world&gt;!">"Hello" <new world>!</a>');
+  });
+
+  it('should not escape tag in custom title', () => {
+    postLink(['title-with-tag', 'This is a <b>Bold</b> "statement"', 'false'])
+      .should.eql('<a href="/title-with-tag/" title="This is a &lt;b&gt;Bold&lt;&#x2F;b&gt; &quot;statement&quot;">This is a <b>Bold</b> "statement"</a>');
+  });
+
   it('no slug', () => {
     should.not.exist(postLink([]));
   });