diff --git a/inc/parser/handler.php b/inc/parser/handler.php
index c165e0a87d40a014f4c2042212ff5cb3e88463dd..53b6e8ea6e655a5552d660f0e1fdf60a71bd7354 100644
--- a/inc/parser/handler.php
+++ b/inc/parser/handler.php
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ class Doku_Handler {
 
         //decide which kind of link it is
 
-        if ( preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z]+>{1}.+$/u',$link[0]) ) {
+        if ( preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z]+>{1}.*$/u',$link[0]) ) {
         // Interwiki
             $interwiki = preg_split('/>/u',$link[0]);
             $this->_addCall(