diff --git a/website/client/src/directives/markdown.js b/website/client/src/directives/markdown.js
index 99237ee1c8..f4da7164f2 100644
--- a/website/client/src/directives/markdown.js
+++ b/website/client/src/directives/markdown.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ export default function markdown (el, { value, oldValue }) {
   } else {
     el.innerHTML = '';
   }
+  // This is a hack, but it's one idea for how we might do things
+  el.innerHTML = el.innerHTML.replace('href="h', 'href="/external?link=h');
 
   el.classList.add('markdown');
 }
diff --git a/website/client/src/router/index.js b/website/client/src/router/index.js
index 09727c789e..4ea5092447 100644
--- a/website/client/src/router/index.js
+++ b/website/client/src/router/index.js
@@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ const router = new VueRouter({
       ],
     },
 
+    { name: 'externalLink', path: '/external' },
+
     // Only used to handle some redirects
     // See router.beforeEach
     { path: '/redirect/:redirect', name: 'redirect' },
@@ -393,6 +395,11 @@ router.beforeEach(async (to, from, next) => {
 
   if (to.name === 'redirect') return handleRedirect(to, from, next);
 
+  if (to.name === 'externalLink') {
+    setTimeout(() => router.app.$emit('bv::show::modal', 'external-link-modal'), 500);
+    return null;
+  }
+
   if (!isUserLoggedIn && routeRequiresLogin) {
     // Redirect to the login page unless the user is trying to reach the
     // root of the website, in which case show the home page.