diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 410f228..d82cec9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ ARG CARGO_TARGET
 ARG MDBOOK_MERMAID_VERSION
 ARG MDBOOK_TOC_VERSION
 ARG MDBOOK_ADMONISH_VERSION
+ARG MDBOOK_EXTERNAL_LINKS_VERSION
 
 ENV CARGO_TARGET_DIR="/usr/local/cargo-target"
 
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,sharing=locked,target=/usr/local/cargo-target \
 RUN --mount=type=cache,sharing=locked,target=/usr/local/cargo-target \
     cargo install mdbook-admonish --version "${MDBOOK_ADMONISH_VERSION}" --target "${CARGO_TARGET}" && \
     strip "$(which mdbook-admonish)"
+RUN --mount=type=cache,sharing=locked,target=/usr/local/cargo-target \
+    cargo install mdbook-external-links --version "${MDBOOK_EXTERNAL_LINKS_VERSION}" --target "${CARGO_TARGET}" && \
+    strip "$(which mdbook-external-links)"
 
 FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
 
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@ COPY --from=builder /usr/local/cargo/bin/mdbook /usr/bin/mdbook
 COPY --from=builder /usr/local/cargo/bin/mdbook-mermaid /usr/bin/mdbook-mermaid
 COPY --from=builder /usr/local/cargo/bin/mdbook-toc /usr/bin/mdbook-toc
 COPY --from=builder /usr/local/cargo/bin/mdbook-admonish /usr/bin/mdbook-admonish
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/cargo/bin/mdbook-external-links /usr/bin/mdbook-external-links
 
 WORKDIR /book
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/usr/bin/mdbook" ]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4ef2608..84af87e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ DOCKER_VERSION := $(shell cat ./deps/Cargo.toml | grep 'mdbook = ' | awk '{print
 MDBOOK_MERMAID_VERSION := $(shell cat ./deps/Cargo.toml | grep 'mdbook-mermaid = ' | awk '{print $$3}' | tr -d '"')
 MDBOOK_TOC_VERSION := $(shell cat ./deps/Cargo.toml | grep 'mdbook-toc = ' | awk '{print $$3}' | tr -d '"')
 MDBOOK_ADMONISH_VERSION := $(shell cat ./deps/Cargo.toml | grep 'mdbook-admonish = ' | awk '{print $$3}' | tr -d '"')
+MDBOOK_EXTERNAL_LINKS_VERSION := $(shell cat ./deps/Cargo.toml | grep 'mdbook-external-links = ' | awk '{print $$3}' | tr -d '"')
 DOCKER_TAG := v${DOCKER_VERSION}
 GITHUB_REF_NAME ?= local
 DOCKER_SCOPE := mdbook-${GITHUB_REF_NAME}
diff --git a/deps/Cargo.lock b/deps/Cargo.lock
index 0a7ca76..ecc3fc9 100644
--- a/deps/Cargo.lock
+++ b/deps/Cargo.lock
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "mdbook",
  "mdbook-admonish",
+ "mdbook-external-links",
  "mdbook-mermaid",
  "mdbook-toc",
 ]
@@ -1114,6 +1115,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "toml_edit 0.22.14",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mdbook-external-links"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8bb30ec067291a0356ced10184d57384a67939eae837f653bba36b2d15ca61d6"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "clap",
+ "mdbook",
+ "pulldown-cmark 0.9.6",
+ "pulldown-cmark-to-cmark",
+ "semver",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mdbook-mermaid"
 version = "0.13.0"
@@ -1524,6 +1540,15 @@ version = "0.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "007d8adb5ddab6f8e3f491ac63566a7d5002cc7ed73901f72057943fa71ae1ae"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pulldown-cmark-to-cmark"
+version = "10.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0194e6e1966c23cc5fd988714f85b18d548d773e81965413555d96569931833d"
+dependencies = [
+ "pulldown-cmark 0.9.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.36"
diff --git a/deps/Cargo.toml b/deps/Cargo.toml
index 49c7811..f0ac62c 100644
--- a/deps/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deps/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ mdbook = "0.4.40"
 mdbook-admonish = "1.17.0"
 mdbook-mermaid = "0.13.0"
 mdbook-toc = "0.14.2"
+mdbook-external-links = "0.1.1"
diff --git a/example/book.toml b/example/book.toml
index f9d6113..51fa9e4 100644
--- a/example/book.toml
+++ b/example/book.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ renderer = ["html"]
 command = "mdbook-admonish"
 assets_version = "3.0.2" # do not edit: managed by `mdbook-admonish install`
 
+[preprocessor.external-links]
+
 [output.html]
 additional-js = ["mermaid.min.js", "mermaid-init.js"]
 additional-css = ["mdbook-admonish.css", "/book/mdbook-admonish.css"]
diff --git a/example/src/SUMMARY.md b/example/src/SUMMARY.md
index ae39e3b..c2ba674 100644
--- a/example/src/SUMMARY.md
+++ b/example/src/SUMMARY.md
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 - [mdbook-mermaid](./mdbook-mermaid.md)
 - [mdbook-toc](./mdbook-toc.md)
 - [mdbook-admonish](./mdbook-admonish.md)
+- [mdbook-external-links](./mdbook-external-links.md)
diff --git a/example/src/mdbook-external-links.md b/example/src/mdbook-external-links.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29c50bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/src/mdbook-external-links.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# mdbook-toc
+
+[jonahgoldwastaken/mdbook-external-links: Open external links inside your mdBooks in a different tab.](https://github.com/jonahgoldwastaken/mdbook-external-links)
+
+> Note: Any link starting with http(s) is considered "external"
+
+## Installation
+
+`book.toml`
+
+```toml
+[preprocessor.external-links]
+```
+
+
+## Example
+
+```md
+[Open IANA's example domain in a new tab](https://example.com)
+```