diff --git a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
index 67db8b7..f8512c3 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- layouts/_default/_markup/render-link.html -->
 <a href="{{ .Destination | safeURL }}"
    {{ with .Title }} title="{{ . }}"{{ end }}
-   {{ if strings.HasPrefix .Destination "http" }}
+   {{ if and (strings.HasPrefix .Destination "http") (not (strings.HasPrefix .Destination site.BaseURL)) }}
      target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"
    {{ end }}
 >