diff --git a/src/Mod/AddonManager/Widgets/addonmanager_widget_readme_browser.py b/src/Mod/AddonManager/Widgets/addonmanager_widget_readme_browser.py
index 26f8390e04..ae452af344 100644
--- a/src/Mod/AddonManager/Widgets/addonmanager_widget_readme_browser.py
+++ b/src/Mod/AddonManager/Widgets/addonmanager_widget_readme_browser.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class WidgetReadmeBrowser(QtWidgets.QTextBrowser):
     correctly."""
 
     load_resource = QtCore.Signal(str)  # Str is a URL to a resource
+    follow_link = QtCore.Signal(str)  # Str is a URL to another page
 
     def __init__(self, parent: QtWidgets.QWidget = None):
         super().__init__(parent)
@@ -108,6 +109,12 @@ class WidgetReadmeBrowser(QtWidgets.QTextBrowser):
                 self.load_resource.emit(full_url)
                 self.image_map[full_url] = None
             return self.image_map[full_url]
+        elif resource_type == QtGui.QTextDocument.MarkdownResource:
+            self.follow_link.emit(name.toString())
+            return self.toMarkdown()
+        elif resource_type == QtGui.QTextDocument.HtmlResource:
+            self.follow_link.emit(name.toString())
+            return self.toHtml()
         return super().loadResource(resource_type, name)
 
     def _ensure_appropriate_width(self, image: QtGui.QImage) -> QtGui.QImage:
diff --git a/src/Mod/AddonManager/addonmanager_readme_controller.py b/src/Mod/AddonManager/addonmanager_readme_controller.py
index 44620a18f2..d699bc6156 100644
--- a/src/Mod/AddonManager/addonmanager_readme_controller.py
+++ b/src/Mod/AddonManager/addonmanager_readme_controller.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ class ReadmeController(QtCore.QObject):
         self.stop = True
         self.widget = widget
         self.widget.load_resource.connect(self.loadResource)
+        self.widget.follow_link.connect(self.follow_link)
 
     def set_addon(self, repo: Addon):
         """Set which Addon's information is displayed"""
@@ -152,6 +153,16 @@ class ReadmeController(QtCore.QObject):
             NetworkManager.AM_NETWORK_MANAGER.abort(request)
         self.resource_requests.clear()
 
+    def follow_link(self, url: str) -> None:
+        final_url = url
+        if not url.startswith("http"):
+            if url.endswith(".md"):
+                final_url = self._create_markdown_url(url)
+            else:
+                final_url = self._create_full_url(url)
+        FreeCAD.Console.PrintLog(f"Loading {final_url} in the system browser")
+        QtGui.QDesktopServices.openUrl(final_url)
+
     def _create_full_url(self, url: str) -> str:
         if url.startswith("http"):
             return url
@@ -160,6 +171,11 @@ class ReadmeController(QtCore.QObject):
         lhs, slash, _ = self.url.rpartition("/")
         return lhs + slash + url
 
+    def _create_markdown_url(self, file: str) -> str:
+        base_url = utils.get_readme_html_url(self.addon)
+        lhs, slash, _ = base_url.rpartition("/")
+        return lhs + slash + file
+
 
 class WikiCleaner(HTMLParser):
     """This HTML parser cleans up FreeCAD Macro Wiki Page for display in a