diff --git a/app/post_metadata.go b/app/post_metadata.go
index 143fe6eb95..8b4a89b913 100644
--- a/app/post_metadata.go
+++ b/app/post_metadata.go
@@ -316,6 +316,10 @@ func getFirstLinkAndImages(str string) (string, []string) {
 			if firstLink == "" {
 				firstLink = v.Destination()
 			}
+		case *markdown.InlineLink:
+			if firstLink == "" {
+				firstLink = v.Destination()
+			}
 		case *markdown.InlineImage:
 			images = append(images, v.Destination())
 		case *markdown.ReferenceImage:
diff --git a/app/post_metadata_test.go b/app/post_metadata_test.go
index bc6cf706d9..0d494e4182 100644
--- a/app/post_metadata_test.go
+++ b/app/post_metadata_test.go
@@ -1280,11 +1280,11 @@ func TestGetFirstLinkAndImages(t *testing.T) {
 			ExpectedFirstLink: "https://example.com",
 			ExpectedImages:    []string{"https://example.com/logo"},
 		},
-		"markdown links (not returned)": {
+		"markdown links": {
 			Input: `this is a [our page](http://example.com) and [another page][]
 
 [another page]: http://www.exaple.com/another_page`,
-			ExpectedFirstLink: "",
+			ExpectedFirstLink: "http://example.com",
 			ExpectedImages:    []string{},
 		},
 	} {