diff --git a/gerrit-gwtexpui/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtml.java b/gerrit-gwtexpui/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtml.java
index b8f0800373..10c2a784ac 100644
--- a/gerrit-gwtexpui/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtml.java
+++ b/gerrit-gwtexpui/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtml.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public abstract class SafeHtml
           "(?:[(]" + part + "*" + "[)])*" +
           part + "*" +
         ")",
-        "<a href=\"$1\" target=\"_blank\">$1</a>");
+        "<a href=\"$1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$1</a>");
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/gerrit-gwtexpui/src/test/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtml_LinkifyTest.java b/gerrit-gwtexpui/src/test/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtml_LinkifyTest.java
index bf96d770fd..8fe743e7ed 100644
--- a/gerrit-gwtexpui/src/test/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtml_LinkifyTest.java
+++ b/gerrit-gwtexpui/src/test/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtml_LinkifyTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ public class SafeHtml_LinkifyTest {
     final SafeHtml n = o.linkify();
     assertThat(o).isNotSameAs(n);
     assertThat(n.asString()).isEqualTo(
-        "A <a href=\"http://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\">http://go.here/</a> B");
+        "A <a href=\"http://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\""
+        + ">http://go.here/</a> B");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ public class SafeHtml_LinkifyTest {
     final SafeHtml n = o.linkify();
     assertThat(o).isNotSameAs(n);
     assertThat(n.asString()).isEqualTo(
-        "A <a href=\"https://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\">https://go.here/</a> B");
+        "A <a href=\"https://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\""
+        + ">https://go.here/</a> B");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -43,7 +45,8 @@ public class SafeHtml_LinkifyTest {
     final SafeHtml n = o.linkify();
     assertThat(o).isNotSameAs(n);
     assertThat(n.asString()).isEqualTo(
-        "A (<a href=\"http://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\">http://go.here/</a>) B");
+        "A (<a href=\"http://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\""
+        + ">http://go.here/</a>) B");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -52,7 +55,8 @@ public class SafeHtml_LinkifyTest {
     final SafeHtml n = o.linkify();
     assertThat(o).isNotSameAs(n);
     assertThat(n.asString()).isEqualTo(
-        "A <a href=\"http://go.here/#m()\" target=\"_blank\">http://go.here/#m()</a> B");
+        "A <a href=\"http://go.here/#m()\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\""
+        + ">http://go.here/#m()</a> B");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -61,7 +65,8 @@ public class SafeHtml_LinkifyTest {
     final SafeHtml n = o.linkify();
     assertThat(o).isNotSameAs(n);
     assertThat(n.asString()).isEqualTo(
-        "A &lt;<a href=\"http://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\">http://go.here/</a>&gt; B");
+        "A &lt;<a href=\"http://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\""
+        + ">http://go.here/</a>&gt; B");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -70,7 +75,8 @@ public class SafeHtml_LinkifyTest {
     final SafeHtml n = o.linkify();
     assertThat(o).isNotSameAs(n);
     assertThat(n.asString()).isEqualTo(
-        "A <a href=\"http://go.here/foo\" target=\"_blank\">http://go.here/foo</a> B");
+        "A <a href=\"http://go.here/foo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\""
+        + ">http://go.here/foo</a> B");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -79,7 +85,8 @@ public class SafeHtml_LinkifyTest {
     final SafeHtml n = o.linkify();
     assertThat(o).isNotSameAs(n);
     assertThat(n.asString()).isEqualTo(
-        "A <a href=\"http://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\">http://go.here/</a>. B");
+        "A <a href=\"http://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\""
+        + ">http://go.here/</a>. B");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -88,7 +95,8 @@ public class SafeHtml_LinkifyTest {
     final SafeHtml n = o.linkify();
     assertThat(o).isNotSameAs(n);
     assertThat(n.asString()).isEqualTo(
-        "A <a href=\"http://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\">http://go.here/</a>, B");
+        "A <a href=\"http://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\""
+        + ">http://go.here/</a>, B");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -97,7 +105,8 @@ public class SafeHtml_LinkifyTest {
     final SafeHtml n = o.linkify();
     assertThat(o).isNotSameAs(n);
     assertThat(n.asString()).isEqualTo(
-        "A <a href=\"http://go.here/.\" target=\"_blank\">http://go.here/.</a>. B");
+        "A <a href=\"http://go.here/.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\""
+        + ">http://go.here/.</a>. B");
   }
 
   private static SafeHtml html(String text) {
diff --git a/gerrit-gwtexpui/src/test/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtml_WikifyTest.java b/gerrit-gwtexpui/src/test/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtml_WikifyTest.java
index 41d6f37374..8f6ff8d5d8 100644
--- a/gerrit-gwtexpui/src/test/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtml_WikifyTest.java
+++ b/gerrit-gwtexpui/src/test/java/com/google/gwtexpui/safehtml/client/SafeHtml_WikifyTest.java
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ public class SafeHtml_WikifyTest {
     final SafeHtml n = o.wikify();
     assertThat(o).isNotSameAs(n);
     assertThat(n.asString()).isEqualTo(
-        "<p>A <a href=\"http://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\">http://go.here/</a> B</p>");
+        "<p>A <a href=\"http://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\""
+        + ">http://go.here/</a> B</p>");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ public class SafeHtml_WikifyTest {
     final SafeHtml n = o.wikify();
     assertThat(o).isNotSameAs(n);
     assertThat(n.asString()).isEqualTo(
-        "<p>A <a href=\"https://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\">https://go.here/</a> B</p>");
+        "<p>A <a href=\"https://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\""
+        + ">https://go.here/</a> B</p>");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -83,7 +85,8 @@ public class SafeHtml_WikifyTest {
     final SafeHtml n = o.wikify();
     assertThat(o).isNotSameAs(n);
     assertThat(n.asString()).isEqualTo(
-        "<p>A (<a href=\"http://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\">http://go.here/</a>) B</p>");
+        "<p>A (<a href=\"http://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\""
+        + ">http://go.here/</a>) B</p>");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -92,7 +95,8 @@ public class SafeHtml_WikifyTest {
     final SafeHtml n = o.wikify();
     assertThat(o).isNotSameAs(n);
     assertThat(n.asString()).isEqualTo(
-        "<p>A <a href=\"http://go.here/#m()\" target=\"_blank\">http://go.here/#m()</a> B</p>");
+        "<p>A <a href=\"http://go.here/#m()\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\""
+        + ">http://go.here/#m()</a> B</p>");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -101,7 +105,8 @@ public class SafeHtml_WikifyTest {
     final SafeHtml n = o.wikify();
     assertThat(o).isNotSameAs(n);
     assertThat(n.asString()).isEqualTo(
-        "<p>A &lt;<a href=\"http://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\">http://go.here/</a>&gt; B</p>");
+        "<p>A &lt;<a href=\"http://go.here/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\""
+        + ">http://go.here/</a>&gt; B</p>");
   }
 
   private static SafeHtml html(String text) {