diff --git a/src/components/hashtag_link/hashtag_link.js b/src/components/hashtag_link/hashtag_link.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2433c2abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/hashtag_link/hashtag_link.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { extractTagFromUrl } from 'src/services/matcher/matcher.service.js'
+
+const HashtagLink = {
+  name: 'HashtagLink',
+  props: {
+    url: {
+      required: true,
+      type: String
+    },
+    content: {
+      required: true,
+      type: String
+    },
+    tag: {
+      required: false,
+      type: String,
+      default: ''
+    }
+  },
+  methods: {
+    onClick () {
+      const tag = this.tag || extractTagFromUrl(this.url)
+      if (tag) {
+        const link = this.generateTagLink(tag)
+        this.$router.push(link)
+      } else {
+        window.open(this.url, '_blank')
+      }
+    },
+    generateTagLink (tag) {
+      return `/tag/${tag}`
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export default HashtagLink
diff --git a/src/components/hashtag_link/hashtag_link.scss b/src/components/hashtag_link/hashtag_link.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78e8fb9944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/hashtag_link/hashtag_link.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.HashtagLink {
+  position: relative;
+  white-space: normal;
+  display: inline-block;
+  color: var(--link);
+}
diff --git a/src/components/hashtag_link/hashtag_link.vue b/src/components/hashtag_link/hashtag_link.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..918ed26be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/hashtag_link/hashtag_link.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<template>
+  <span
+    class="HashtagLink"
+  >
+    <!-- eslint-disable vue/no-v-html -->
+    <a
+      :href="url"
+      class="original"
+      target="_blank"
+      @click.prevent="onClick"
+      v-html="content"
+    />
+    <!-- eslint-enable vue/no-v-html -->
+  </span>
+</template>
+
+<script src="./hashtag_link.js"/>
+
+<style lang="scss" src="./hashtag_link.scss"/>
diff --git a/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.vue b/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.vue
index 625eb727de..a22b486c34 100644
--- a/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.vue
+++ b/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.vue
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
       :style="style"
       :class="classnames"
     >
-      <button
+      <a
         class="short button-unstyled"
+        :href="url"
         @click.prevent="onClick"
       >
         <!-- eslint-disable vue/no-v-html -->
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
           class="you"
         >{{ $t('status.you') }}</span>
         <!-- eslint-enable vue/no-v-html -->
-      </button>
+      </a>
       <span
         v-if="userName !== userNameFull"
         class="full popover-default"
diff --git a/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.jsx b/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.jsx
index d98947df18..f52b037086 100644
--- a/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.jsx
+++ b/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.jsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { convertHtmlToTree } from 'src/services/html_converter/html_tree_convert
 import { convertHtmlToLines } from 'src/services/html_converter/html_line_converter.service.js'
 import StillImage from 'src/components/still-image/still-image.vue'
 import MentionsLine, { MENTIONS_LIMIT } from 'src/components/mentions_line/mentions_line.vue'
+import HashtagLink from 'src/components/hashtag_link/hashtag_link.vue'
 
 import './rich_content.scss'
 
@@ -83,13 +84,10 @@ export default Vue.component('RichContent', {
     const renderHashtag = (attrs, children, encounteredTextReverse) => {
       const linkData = getLinkData(attrs, children, tagsIndex++)
       writtenTags.push(linkData)
-      attrs.target = '_blank'
       if (!encounteredTextReverse) {
         lastTags.push(linkData)
       }
-      return <a {...{ attrs }}>
-        { children.map(processItem) }
-      </a>
+      return <HashtagLink {...{ props: linkData }}/>
     }
 
     const renderMention = (attrs, children) => {
@@ -211,7 +209,10 @@ export default Vue.component('RichContent', {
             if (!this.handleLinks) break
             const attrs = getAttrs(opener)
             // should only be this
-            if (attrs['class'] && attrs['class'].includes('hashtag')) {
+            if (
+              (attrs['class'] && attrs['class'].includes('hashtag')) || // Pleroma style
+                (attrs['rel'] === 'tag') // Mastodon style
+            ) {
               return renderHashtag(attrs, children, encounteredTextReverse)
             } else {
               attrs.target = '_blank'
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ const getLinkData = (attrs, children, index) => {
   return {
     index,
     url: attrs.href,
-    hashtag: attrs['data-tag'],
+    tag: attrs['data-tag'],
     content: flattenDeep(children).join(''),
     textContent
   }
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/components/rich_content.spec.js b/test/unit/specs/components/rich_content.spec.js
index b29edeab4a..f6c478a9d7 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/components/rich_content.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/components/rich_content.spec.js
@@ -300,10 +300,10 @@ describe('RichContent', () => {
       '<p>',
       '<a href="http://macrochan.org/images/N/H/NHCMDUXJPPZ6M3Z2CQ6D2EBRSWGE7MZY.jpg" target="_blank">',
       'NHCMDUXJPPZ6M3Z2CQ6D2EBRSWGE7MZY.jpg</a>',
-      ' <a class="hashtag" data-tag="nou" href="https://shitposter.club/tag/nou" target="_blank">',
-      '#nou</a>',
-      ' <a class="hashtag" data-tag="screencap" href="https://shitposter.club/tag/screencap" target="_blank">',
-      '#screencap</a>',
+      ' <hashtaglink-stub url="https://shitposter.club/tag/nou" content="#nou" tag="nou">',
+      '</hashtaglink-stub>',
+      ' <hashtaglink-stub url="https://shitposter.club/tag/screencap" content="#screencap" tag="screencap">',
+      '</hashtaglink-stub>',
       ' </p>'
     ].join('')