diff --git a/lib/contributors/github.js b/lib/contributors/github.js
index 3c6a1404..0e77ac48 100644
--- a/lib/contributors/github.js
+++ b/lib/contributors/github.js
@@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ module.exports = function getUserInfo(username) {
   })
   .then(res => {
     var body = JSON.parse(res.body);
+    var profile = body.blog || body.html_url;
+    profile = profile.startsWith('http') ? profile : 'http://' + profile;
+
     return {
       login: body.login,
       name: body.name || username,
       avatar_url: body.avatar_url,
-      profile: body.blog || body.html_url
+      profile
     };
   });
 };
diff --git a/lib/contributors/github.test.js b/lib/contributors/github.test.js
index 0ddbaedf..c3df530b 100644
--- a/lib/contributors/github.test.js
+++ b/lib/contributors/github.test.js
@@ -41,3 +41,19 @@ test('should fill in the name when an empty string is returned', t => {
     t.is(info.name, 'nodisplayname');
   });
 });
+
+test('should append http when no absolute link is provided', t => {
+  nock('https://api.github.com')
+    .get('/users/nodisplayname')
+    .reply(200, {
+      login: 'nodisplayname',
+      name: '',
+      avatar_url: 'https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/3869412?v=3&s=400',
+      html_url: 'www.github.com/nodisplayname'
+    });
+
+  return getUserInfo('nodisplayname')
+  .then(info => {
+    t.is(info.profile, 'http://www.github.com/nodisplayname');
+  });
+});