diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4b45dfa..a00d095 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -116,6 +116,32 @@ as input:
           path-to-additional-verbs: 'src/additional-verbs.txt'
 ```
 
+## Long URLs
+
+Splitting URLs on separate lines to satisfy the maximum character lenght 
+breaks the link functionality on most readers
+(*e.g.*, in a terminal or on Github). Therefore we need to tolerate long URLs
+in the message body. 
+
+Nevertheless, in order to make the text readable the URL should be put either on 
+a separate line or defined as a link in markdown. 
+
+For example, this is how you can write a message with an URL on a separate line:
+
+```
+Please see this page for more details:
+http://some-domain.com/very/long/long/long/long/long/long/long/long/long/path.html
+or read the manual.
+```
+
+Here is the same message with a link definition (arguably a bit more readable):
+
+```
+Please see [this page for more details][1] or read the manual.
+
+[1]: http://some-domain.com/very/long/long/long/long/long/long/long/long/long/path.html
+```
+
 ## One-liners
 
 Usually, you need to write elaborate commit messages with a shorter header
diff --git a/local/powershell/OpinionatedCommitMessage.Tests.ps1 b/local/powershell/OpinionatedCommitMessage.Tests.ps1
index be84022..1dd253b 100755
--- a/local/powershell/OpinionatedCommitMessage.Tests.ps1
+++ b/local/powershell/OpinionatedCommitMessage.Tests.ps1
@@ -293,6 +293,51 @@ function TestFailWithAllowOneLiners
     return $true
 }
 
+function TestOKWithURLOnSeparateLine
+{
+    $url = ("http://mristin@some-domain.com/some/very/very/very/very/" +
+        "very/very/very/long/path/index.html")
+
+    $message = "Do something`n`nThis does something with URL:`n$url"
+    $got = (powershell -File OpinionatedCommitMessage.ps1 -message $message -dontThrow)|Out-String
+
+    $nl = [Environment]::NewLine
+    $expected = "The message is OK.${nl}"
+
+    if ($got -ne $expected)
+    {
+        Write-Host "TestOKWithURLOnSeparateLine: FAILED"
+        WriteExpectedGot -expected $expected -got $got
+        return $false
+    }
+
+    Write-Host "TestOKWithURLOnSeparateLine: OK"
+    return $true
+}
+
+function TestOKWithLinkDefinition
+{
+    $url = ("http://mristin@some-domain.com/some/very/very/very/very/" +
+        "very/very/very/long/path/index.html")
+
+    $message = "Do something`n`nThis does something with URL: [1]`n`n[1]: $url"
+    $got = (powershell -File OpinionatedCommitMessage.ps1 -message $message -dontThrow)|Out-String
+
+    $nl = [Environment]::NewLine
+    $expected = "The message is OK.${nl}"
+
+    if ($got -ne $expected)
+    {
+        Write-Host "TestOKWithLinkDefinition: FAILED"
+        WriteExpectedGot -expected $expected -got $got
+        return $false
+    }
+
+    Write-Host "TestOKWithLinkDefinition: OK"
+    return $true
+}
+
+
 function Main
 {
     Push-Location
@@ -313,8 +358,8 @@ function Main
         $success = TestOKPathToAdditionalVerbs -and $success
         $success = TestOKWithAllowOneLiners -and $success
         $success = TestFailWithAllowOneLiners -and $success
-
-        # TODO: TestFailAllowOneLiners
+        $success = TestOKWithURLOnSeparateLine -and $success
+        $success = TestOKWithLinkDefinition -and $success
 
         if(!$success)
         {
diff --git a/local/powershell/OpinionatedCommitMessage.ps1 b/local/powershell/OpinionatedCommitMessage.ps1
index 5dc6beb..920dba1 100644
--- a/local/powershell/OpinionatedCommitMessage.ps1
+++ b/local/powershell/OpinionatedCommitMessage.ps1
@@ -870,6 +870,9 @@ function CheckSubject([string]$subject, [hashtable]$verbs)
     return $errors
 }
 
+$urlLineRe = [Regex]::new('^[^ ]+://[^ ]+$')
+$linkDefinitionRe = [Regex]::new('^\[[^\]]+]\s*:\s*[^ ]+://[^ ]+$')
+
 function CheckBody([string]$subject, [string[]] $bodyLines)
 {
     $errors = @()
@@ -889,6 +892,12 @@ function CheckBody([string]$subject, [string[]] $bodyLines)
     for($i = 0; $i -lt $bodyLines.Count; $i++)
     {
         $line = $bodyLines[$i]
+
+        if ($urlLineRe.IsMatch($line) -or $linkDefinitionRe.IsMatch($line))
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+
         if($line.Length -gt 72)
         {
             $errors += "The line $($i + 3) of the message (line $($i + 1) of the body) " + `
diff --git a/local/powershell/OpinionatedCommitMessage.ps1.template b/local/powershell/OpinionatedCommitMessage.ps1.template
index 7a514e3..3151bdc 100755
--- a/local/powershell/OpinionatedCommitMessage.ps1.template
+++ b/local/powershell/OpinionatedCommitMessage.ps1.template
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ function CheckSubject([string]$subject, [hashtable]$verbs)
     return $errors
 }
 
+$urlLineRe = [Regex]::new('^[^ ]+://[^ ]+$')
+$linkDefinitionRe = [Regex]::new('^\[[^\]]+]\s*:\s*[^ ]+://[^ ]+$')
+
 function CheckBody([string]$subject, [string[]] $bodyLines)
 {
     $errors = @()
@@ -151,6 +154,12 @@ function CheckBody([string]$subject, [string[]] $bodyLines)
     for($i = 0; $i -lt $bodyLines.Count; $i++)
     {
         $line = $bodyLines[$i]
+
+        if ($urlLineRe.IsMatch($line) -or $linkDefinitionRe.IsMatch($line))
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+
         if($line.Length -gt 72)
         {
             $errors += "The line $($i + 3) of the message (line $($i + 1) of the body) " + `
diff --git a/src/__tests__/inspection.test.ts b/src/__tests__/inspection.test.ts
index c6289c9..53b45f2 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/inspection.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/inspection.test.ts
@@ -234,3 +234,76 @@ it('ignores merge messages.', () => {
   const errors = inspection.check(message, new Set<string>(), false);
   expect(errors).toEqual([]);
 });
+
+it('ignores URL on a separate line.', () => {
+  const url =
+    'http://mristin@some-domain.com/some/very/very/very/very/' +
+    'very/very/very/long/path/index.html';
+
+  const message = `Do something
+
+This patch does something with the URL:
+${url}
+The next line conforms to the line length.`;
+
+  const errors = inspection.check(message, new Set<string>(), false);
+  expect(errors).toEqual([]);
+});
+
+it('ignores URL on a separate line, but reports non-conform lines.', () => {
+  const long = 'long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long';
+  const url =
+    'http://mristin@some-domain.com/some/very/very/very/very/' +
+    'very/very/very/long/path/index.html';
+
+  const message = `Do something
+
+This ${long} patch does something with the URL.
+${url}`;
+
+  const errors = inspection.check(message, new Set<string>(), false);
+  expect(errors).toEqual([
+    'The line 3 of the message (line 1 of the body) exceeds ' +
+      'the limit of 72 characters. The line contains 92 characters: ' +
+      `"This ${long} patch does something with the URL.".`
+  ]);
+});
+
+it('ignores link definitions.', () => {
+  const url =
+    'http://mristin@some-domain.com/some/very/very/very/very/' +
+    'very/very/very/long/path/index.html';
+
+  const message = `Do something
+
+This patch does something with the URL: [1]
+
+[1]: ${url}
+
+The next line conforms to the line length.`;
+
+  const errors = inspection.check(message, new Set<string>(), false);
+  expect(errors).toEqual([]);
+});
+
+it('ignores link definitions, but reports non-conform lines.', () => {
+  const url =
+    'http://mristin@some-domain.com/some/very/very/very/very/' +
+    'very/very/very/long/path/index.html';
+  const long = 'long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long';
+
+  const message = `Do something
+
+This patch does something with the URL: [1]
+
+[1]: ${url}
+
+The ${long} line is too long.`;
+
+  const errors = inspection.check(message, new Set<string>(), false);
+  expect(errors).toEqual([
+    'The line 7 of the message (line 5 of the body) exceeds ' +
+      'the limit of 72 characters. The line contains 74 characters: ' +
+      `"The ${long} line is too long.".`
+  ]);
+});
diff --git a/src/inspection.ts b/src/inspection.ts
index e505d9d..eaa0f28 100644
--- a/src/inspection.ts
+++ b/src/inspection.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ function checkSubject(subject: string, additionalVerbs: Set<string>): string[] {
   return errors;
 }
 
+const urlLineRe = new RegExp('^[^ ]+://[^ ]+$');
+const linkDefinitionRe = new RegExp('^\\[[^\\]]+]\\s*:\\s*[^ ]+://[^ ]+$');
+
 function checkBody(subject: string, bodyLines: string[]): string[] {
   const errors: string[] = [];
 
@@ -145,6 +148,10 @@ function checkBody(subject: string, bodyLines: string[]): string[] {
   }
 
   for (const [i, line] of bodyLines.entries()) {
+    if (urlLineRe.test(line) || linkDefinitionRe.test(line)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
     if (line.length > 72) {
       errors.push(
         `The line ${i + 3} of the message (line ${i + 1} of the body) ` +