diff --git a/markdownhighlighter.cpp b/markdownhighlighter.cpp
index 5a24ed0..4da1c5e 100644
--- a/markdownhighlighter.cpp
+++ b/markdownhighlighter.cpp
@@ -149,13 +149,20 @@ void MarkdownHighlighter::initHighlightingRules() {
     {
         HighlightingRule rule(HighlighterState::Link);
 
-        // highlight urls without any other markup
+        // highlight urls without any other markup like http://www.github.com
         rule.pattern =
             QRegularExpression(QStringLiteral(R"(\b\w+?:\/\/[^\s>]+)"));
         rule.capturingGroup = 0;
         rule.shouldContain = QStringLiteral("://");
         _highlightingRules.append(rule);
 
+        // highlight urls without any other markup like www.github.com
+        rule.pattern =
+            QRegularExpression(QStringLiteral(R"(\bwww\.[^\s]+\.[^\s]+\b)"));
+        rule.capturingGroup = 0;
+        rule.shouldContain = QStringLiteral("www.");
+        _highlightingRules.append(rule);
+
         // highlight urls with <> but without any . in it
         rule.pattern =
             QRegularExpression(QStringLiteral(R"(<(\w+?:\/\/[^\s]+)>)"));
diff --git a/qmarkdowntextedit.cpp b/qmarkdowntextedit.cpp
index 5ec395f..fcfbf01 100644
--- a/qmarkdowntextedit.cpp
+++ b/qmarkdowntextedit.cpp
@@ -1238,6 +1238,15 @@ QMap<QString, QString> QMarkdownTextEdit::parseMarkdownUrlsFromText(
         urlMap[url] = url;
     }
 
+    // match urls like this: www.github.com
+    regex = QRegularExpression(R"(\bwww\.[^\s]+\.[^\s]+\b)");
+    iterator = regex.globalMatch(text);
+    while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+        QRegularExpressionMatch match = iterator.next();
+        QString url = match.captured(0);
+        urlMap[url] = QStringLiteral("http://") + url;
+    }
+
     // match reference urls like this: [this url][1] with this later:
     // [1]: http://domain
     regex = QRegularExpression(R"(\[(.*?)\]\[(.+?)\])");