diff --git a/lib/redmine/wiki_formatting.rb b/lib/redmine/wiki_formatting.rb
index 284cdc933..b1085a74a 100644
--- a/lib/redmine/wiki_formatting.rb
+++ b/lib/redmine/wiki_formatting.rb
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ module Redmine
     module LinksHelper
       AUTO_LINK_RE = %r{
                       (                          # leading text
-                        <\w+.*?>|                # leading HTML tag, or
+                        <\w+[^>]*?>|             # leading HTML tag, or
                         [\s\(\[,;]|              # leading punctuation, or
                         ^                        # beginning of line
                       )
@@ -113,8 +113,12 @@ module Redmine
 
       # Destructively replaces urls into clickable links
       def auto_link!(text)
+        Rails.logger.debug "====================="
+        Rails.logger.debug text
+        Rails.logger.debug "====================="
         text.gsub!(AUTO_LINK_RE) do
           all, leading, proto, url, post = $&, $1, $2, $3, $6
+          Rails.logger.debug all
           if leading =~ /<a\s/i || leading =~ /![<>=]?/
             # don't replace URLs that are already linked
             # and URLs prefixed with ! !> !< != (textile images)
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/redmine/wiki_formatting_test.rb b/test/unit/lib/redmine/wiki_formatting_test.rb
index 830ab20ca..05c0f5e1d 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/redmine/wiki_formatting_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/lib/redmine/wiki_formatting_test.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,19 @@ EXPECTED
     assert_equal expected.gsub(%r{[\r\n\t]}, ''), Redmine::WikiFormatting::NullFormatter::Formatter.new(raw).to_html.gsub(%r{[\r\n\t]}, '')
   end
 
+  def test_links_separated_with_line_break_should_link
+    raw = <<-DIFF
+link: https://www.redmine.org
+http://www.redmine.org
+DIFF
+
+    expected = <<-EXPECTED
+<p>link: <a class="external" href="https://www.redmine.org">https://www.redmine.org</a><br />
+<a class="external" href="http://www.redmine.org">http://www.redmine.org</a></p>
+EXPECTED
+    
+  end
+
   def test_supports_section_edit
     with_settings :text_formatting => 'textile' do
       assert_equal true, Redmine::WikiFormatting.supports_section_edit?