diff --git a/lib/marked.js b/lib/marked.js
index 9f1584bb3b..2696019cda 100644
--- a/lib/marked.js
+++ b/lib/marked.js
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ Renderer.prototype.link = function(href, title, text) {
     } catch (e) {
       return '';
     }
-    if (prot.indexOf('javascript:') === 0 || prot.indexOf('vbscript:') === 0) {
+    if (prot.indexOf('javascript:') === 0 || prot.indexOf('vbscript:') === 0 || prot.indexOf('data:') === 0) {
       return '';
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/tests/links.sanitize.html b/test/tests/links.sanitize.html
index 5a5a973589..58d6f5ea38 100644
--- a/test/tests/links.sanitize.html
+++ b/test/tests/links.sanitize.html
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <p></p>
 <p></p>
 <p></p>
+<p></p>
 <p></p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/tests/links.sanitize.text b/test/tests/links.sanitize.text
index c2158fc82e..ba5d09fed7 100644
--- a/test/tests/links.sanitize.text
+++ b/test/tests/links.sanitize.text
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
 
 [URL](javascript&colon;alert&#40;1&#41;)
 
-[URL](javascript&#58document;alert&#40;1&#41;)
\ No newline at end of file
+[URL](javascript&#58document;alert&#40;1&#41;)
+
+[URL](data:text/html;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4K)
\ No newline at end of file