diff --git a/inc/parser/xhtml.php b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
index 73ef58767a9a4a775a08343410b5dd5e96ccb5a2..f58b52029ff0686d80657ba88bc81830785dd10e 100644
--- a/inc/parser/xhtml.php
+++ b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ class Doku_Renderer_xhtml extends Doku_Renderer {
             $link['class']='media';
         }
 
+        $address = $this->_xmlEntities($address);
         $address = obfuscate($address);
         $title   = $address;
         if(empty($name)){