diff --git a/template/menubar_links.tpl b/template/menubar_links.tpl
index ff183a3..af669bc 100644
--- a/template/menubar_links.tpl
+++ b/template/menubar_links.tpl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <h3>{'Links'|@translate}</h3>
 <ul>
   {foreach from=$block->data item=link}
-  <li><a href="{$link.URL}">{$link.LABEL}</a></li>
+  <li><a href="{$link.URL}" class="external"{if isset($link.new_window)} onclick="window.open(this.href, '{$link.new_window.NAME}','{$link.new_window.FEATURES}'); return false;"{/if}>{$link.LABEL}</a></li>
   {/foreach}
 </ul>