diff --git a/inc/parser/xhtml.php b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
index ecc771401a65ba6c155807f842f4acf031f6821f..3447c88f4be1204a083bf4fea01ed422410f562c 100644
--- a/inc/parser/xhtml.php
+++ b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ class Doku_Renderer_xhtml extends Doku_Renderer {
      */
     function _headerToLink($title,$create=false) {
         $title = str_replace(':','',cleanID($title,true)); //force ASCII
-        $title = ltrim($title,'0123456789');
+        $title = ltrim($title,'0123456789._-');
         if(empty($title)) $title='section';
 
         if($create){