diff --git a/html.go b/html.go
index 661322e..567d43a 100644
--- a/html.go
+++ b/html.go
@@ -999,6 +999,13 @@ func isMailto(link []byte) bool {
 	return bytes.HasPrefix(link, []byte("mailto:"))
 }
 
+func needSkipLink(flags HTMLFlags, dest []byte) bool {
+	if flags&SkipLinks != 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+	return flags&Safelink != 0 && !isSafeLink(dest) && !isMailto(dest)
+}
+
 func isSmartypantable(node *Node) bool {
 	pt := node.Parent.Type
 	return pt != Link && pt != CodeBlock && pt != Code
@@ -1134,7 +1141,7 @@ func (r *HTML) RenderNode(w io.Writer, node *Node, entering bool) {
 	case Link:
 		// mark it but don't link it if it is not a safe link: no smartypants
 		dest := node.LinkData.Destination
-		if r.flags&Safelink != 0 && !isSafeLink(dest) && !isMailto(dest) {
+		if needSkipLink(r.flags, dest) {
 			if entering {
 				r.out(w, tag("tt", nil, false))
 			} else {
diff --git a/inline_test.go b/inline_test.go
index e16cab9..ccca327 100644
--- a/inline_test.go
+++ b/inline_test.go
@@ -1114,5 +1114,18 @@ func TestDisableSmartDashes(t *testing.T) {
 		"foo --- bar\n",
 		"<p>foo --- bar</p>\n",
 	}, TestParams{
-		Options: Options{Extensions: Smartypants | SmartypantsLatexDashes}})
+		Options: Options{Extensions: Smartypants | SmartypantsLatexDashes},
+	})
+}
+
+func TestSkipLinks(t *testing.T) {
+	doTestsInlineParam(t, []string{
+		"[foo](gopher://foo.bar)",
+		"<p><tt>foo</tt></p>\n",
+
+		"[foo](mailto://bar/)\n",
+		"<p><tt>foo</tt></p>\n",
+	}, TestParams{
+		HTMLFlags: SkipLinks,
+	})
 }