diff --git a/.changeset/pink-geckos-sing.md b/.changeset/pink-geckos-sing.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dba6b82c55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pink-geckos-sing.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'mermaid': minor
+---
+
+feat: support links in SVGs
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/handle-markdown-text.spec.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/handle-markdown-text.spec.ts
index 3ab4167a22..4c2a769fe4 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/handle-markdown-text.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/handle-markdown-text.spec.ts
@@ -272,6 +272,13 @@ test('markdownToHTML - Only italic formatting', () => {
   expect(output).toEqual(expectedOutput);
 });
 
+test('markdownToHTML - HTML Link', () => {
+  const input = `This is a [link](http://example.com)`;
+  const expectedOutput = `<p>This is a <a xlink:href="http://example.com" href="http://example.com" target="__blank">link</a></p>`;
+  const output = markdownToHTML(input);
+  expect(output).toEqual(expectedOutput);
+});
+
 test('markdownToHTML - Mixed formatting', () => {
   const input = `*Italic* and **bold** formatting`;
   const expectedOutput = `<p><em>Italic</em> and <strong>bold</strong> formatting</p>`;
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/handle-markdown-text.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/handle-markdown-text.ts
index f898875cf0..79fa31be81 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/handle-markdown-text.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/handle-markdown-text.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ export function markdownToHTML(markdown: string, { markdownAutoWrap }: MermaidCo
       return `${node.text}`;
     } else if (node.type === 'escape') {
       return node.text;
+    } else if (node.type === 'link') {
+      return `<a xlink:href="${node.href}" href="${node.href}" target="__blank">${node.tokens?.map(output).join('')}</a>`;
     }
     return `Unsupported markdown: ${node.type}`;
   }