diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-dropdown/gr-dropdown.js b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-dropdown/gr-dropdown.js
index dcb428f28b..3d9d36b34b 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-dropdown/gr-dropdown.js
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-dropdown/gr-dropdown.js
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
       if (typeof link.url === 'undefined') {
         return '';
       }
-      if (link.target) {
+      if (link.target || !link.url.startsWith('/')) {
         return link.url;
       }
       return this._computeRelativeURL(link.url);
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-dropdown/gr-dropdown_test.html b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-dropdown/gr-dropdown_test.html
index 456f235290..7bb4dce5fe 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-dropdown/gr-dropdown_test.html
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-dropdown/gr-dropdown_test.html
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ limitations under the License.
     });
 
     test('link URLs', () => {
+      assert.equal(
+          element._computeLinkURL({url: 'http://example.com/test'}),
+          'http://example.com/test');
+      assert.equal(
+          element._computeLinkURL({url: 'https://example.com/test'}),
+          'https://example.com/test');
       assert.equal(
           element._computeLinkURL({url: '/test'}),
           '//' + window.location.host + '/test');