diff --git a/src/components/Link/__tests__/index.js b/src/components/Link/__tests__/index.js
index 363aebd07..c6e5b376c 100644
--- a/src/components/Link/__tests__/index.js
+++ b/src/components/Link/__tests__/index.js
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ import expectJSX from "expect-jsx"
 import dom from "../../../_utils/jsdom"
 import Link from "../"
 
-dom("http://localhost/test/")
+process.env.PHENOMIC_USER_URL = "http://localhost/test/"
 process.env.PHENOMIC_USER_PATHNAME = "/test/"
+dom(process.env.PHENOMIC_USER_URL)
 
 expect.extend(expectJSX)
 
@@ -67,6 +68,36 @@ test("should render normal <a> tag if to is not 'local'", () => {
   .toEqual("http://test.com")
 })
 
+test("should render normal <a> tag if to is not in the same root path", () => {
+  const component = renderer(
+    createElement(
+      Link,
+      {
+        to: "http://localhost/root",
+        className: "foo",
+        children: <span />,
+      },
+    ),
+    {
+      router: {
+        isActive: () => false,
+      },
+    }
+  )
+
+  expect(component.props.href)
+  .toEqual("http://localhost/root")
+
+  expect(component).toEqualJSX(
+    <a
+      href="http://localhost/root"
+      className="foo"
+    >
+      <span />
+    </a>
+  )
+})
+
 test("should allow passing props to <a> tag", () => {
   const component = renderer(
     createElement(
diff --git a/src/components/Link/index.js b/src/components/Link/index.js
index 2f96c9917..50c059cea 100644
--- a/src/components/Link/index.js
+++ b/src/components/Link/index.js
@@ -38,11 +38,20 @@ function Link(
     return simpleLink
   }
 
-  const link = document.createElement("a")
-  link.href = to
+  const toLink = document.createElement("a")
+  toLink.href = to
 
   if (
-    origin(link) === origin(window.location)
+    // parent absolute url with the same domain
+    // should not be Link
+    to.indexOf("://") > -1 &&
+    to.indexOf(process.env.PHENOMIC_USER_URL) === -1
+  ) {
+    return simpleLink
+  }
+
+  if (
+    origin(toLink) === origin(window.location)
     // we might want to restrict Link to path including the pathname
     // but this will require to preprend pathname to all Links from the
     // collection, which sucks.
@@ -50,8 +59,8 @@ function Link(
     // you will need to includes the entire url, / won't work at it will use
     // the react-router basename defined by Phenomic.
     // &&
-    // link.pathname.includes(process.env.PHENOMIC_USER_PATHNAME)
-    // link.pathname.indexOf(process.env.PHENOMIC_USER_PATHNAME) > -1
+    // toLink.pathname.includes(process.env.PHENOMIC_USER_PATHNAME)
+    // toLink.pathname.indexOf(process.env.PHENOMIC_USER_PATHNAME) > -1
   ) {
     return (
       <RouterLink