diff --git a/lib/scripts/linkwiz.js b/lib/scripts/linkwiz.js
index 68d66d091583279eb141d67522aa4f7856c73a6b..2b31e73d137e74f405cc13ea3fcb9eab5b8b3cfb 100644
--- a/lib/scripts/linkwiz.js
+++ b/lib/scripts/linkwiz.js
@@ -198,6 +198,12 @@ var linkwiz = {
         var stxt = sel.getText();
         if(!stxt) stxt=title;
 
+        // prepend colon inside namespaces for non namespace pages
+        if(linkwiz.textArea.form['id'].value.indexOf(':') != -1 &&
+           linkwiz.entry.value.indexOf(':') == -1){
+            linkwiz.entry.value = ':'+linkwiz.entry.value;
+        }
+
         var link = '[['+linkwiz.entry.value+'|';
         if(stxt) link += stxt;
         link += ']]';