diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/textformatter/s9e/factory.php b/phpBB/phpbb/textformatter/s9e/factory.php
index f82c7b0771..e97b4feb85 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/textformatter/s9e/factory.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/textformatter/s9e/factory.php
@@ -470,11 +470,17 @@ class factory implements \phpbb\textformatter\cache_interface
 		$tag->attributes->add('text');
 		$tag->template = '<xsl:value-of select="@text"/>';
 
+		$board_url = generate_board_url() . '/';
 		$tag->filterChain
 			->add(array($this->link_helper, 'truncate_local_url'))
 			->resetParameters()
 			->addParameterByName('tag')
-			->addParameterByValue(generate_board_url() . '/');
+			->addParameterByValue($board_url);
+		$tag->filterChain
+			->add(array($this->link_helper, 'truncate_local_url'))
+			->resetParameters()
+			->addParameterByName('tag')
+			->addParameterByValue(preg_replace('(^\\w+:)', '', $board_url));
 		$tag->filterChain
 			->add(array($this->link_helper, 'truncate_text'))
 			->resetParameters()
diff --git a/tests/text_formatter/s9e/default_formatting_test.php b/tests/text_formatter/s9e/default_formatting_test.php
index ce15a52adc..157af196d9 100644
--- a/tests/text_formatter/s9e/default_formatting_test.php
+++ b/tests/text_formatter/s9e/default_formatting_test.php
@@ -257,6 +257,10 @@ class phpbb_textformatter_s9e_default_formatting_test extends phpbb_test_case
 				'[url=http://example.org/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]http://example.org/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[/url]',
 				'<a href="http://example.org/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" class="postlink">http://example.org/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</a>'
 			),
+			array(
+				'[url]//localhost/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=1[/url]',
+				'<a href="//localhost/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=1" class="postlink">viewforum.php?f=1</a>'
+			),
 			array(
 				'[quote="[url=http://example.org]xxx[/url]"]...[/quote]',
 				'<blockquote><div><cite><a href="http://example.org" class="postlink">xxx</a> wrote:</cite>...</div></blockquote>'