diff --git a/inc/parser/xhtml.php b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
index fbdd8ada634cf166074c76fe2daa38fbb4760f38..957dd992b1980c9660cb34c6e125f887f5e733ed 100644
--- a/inc/parser/xhtml.php
+++ b/inc/parser/xhtml.php
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ class Doku_Renderer_xhtml extends Doku_Renderer {
         if(strpos($url,'/') === false) {
             list($url, $urlparam) = explode('?', $url, 2);
             $url = wl($url, $urlparam);
+            $link['target'] = $conf['target']['wiki'];
         }
 
         if ( !$isImage ) {