diff --git a/misc.c b/misc.c
index fb1e5d9..e464c2f 100644
--- a/misc.c
+++ b/misc.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
+#include <shellapi.h>
 
 #include "options.h"
 #include "manage.h"
@@ -462,3 +463,48 @@ validate_input(const WCHAR *input, const WCHAR *exclude)
         exclude = L"\n";
     return (wcspbrk(input, exclude) == NULL);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Read the text from edit control h within the range specified in the
+ * CHARRANGE structure chrg. Return the result in a newly allocated
+ * string or NULL on error.
+ *
+ * The caller must free the returned pointer.
+ */
+wchar_t *
+get_link_text(HWND h, CHARRANGE chrg)
+{
+    size_t len = chrg.cpMax - chrg.cpMin;
+    wchar_t *url = malloc((len + 1)*sizeof(wchar_t));
+
+    if (url)
+    {
+        TEXTRANGEW txt = {chrg, url};
+        if (SendMessage(h, EM_GETTEXTRANGE, 0, (LPARAM)&txt) <= 0)
+            url[0] = '\0';
+        else
+            url[len] = '\0'; /* nul termination paranoia */
+        PrintDebug(L"get_link_text: url = <%s>", url);
+    }
+    return url;
+}
+
+/* Open specified http/https URL using ShellExecute. */
+BOOL
+open_url(const wchar_t *url)
+{
+    if (!url || !wcsbegins(url, L"http"))
+    {
+        PrintDebug(L"launch_url: empty url or unsupported scheme: <%s>", url);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    HINSTANCE ret = ShellExecuteW(NULL, L"open", url, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
+
+    if (ret <= (HINSTANCE) 32)
+    {
+        PrintDebug(L"launch_url: ShellExecute <%s> returned error: %d", url, ret);
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/misc.h b/misc.h
index f7f43cc..98c42ca 100644
--- a/misc.h
+++ b/misc.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #ifndef MISC_H
 #define MISC_H
 
+#include <richedit.h>
+
 BOOL ManagementCommandFromInput(connection_t *, LPCSTR, HWND, int);
 BOOL ManagementCommandFromInputBase64(connection_t *, LPCSTR, HWND, int, int);
 
@@ -40,4 +42,6 @@ BOOL Base64Encode(const char *input, int input_len, char **output);
 int Base64Decode(const char *input, char **output);
 WCHAR *Widen(const char *utf8);
 BOOL validate_input(const WCHAR *input, const WCHAR *exclude);
+WCHAR *get_link_text(HWND hwnd, CHARRANGE chrg);
+BOOL open_url(const WCHAR *url);
 #endif
diff --git a/openvpn.c b/openvpn.c
index e9d6a0a..ff6a1ab 100644
--- a/openvpn.c
+++ b/openvpn.c
@@ -1381,6 +1381,7 @@ INT_PTR CALLBACK
 StatusDialogFunc(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 {
     connection_t *c;
+    NMHDR* nmh;
 
     switch (msg)
     {
@@ -1420,6 +1421,13 @@ StatusDialogFunc(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
         if (SendMessage(hLogWnd, EM_SETCHARFORMAT, SCF_DEFAULT, (LPARAM) &cfm) == 0)
             ShowLocalizedMsg(IDS_ERR_SET_SIZE);
 
+        /* Recognize URLs embedded in log text */
+        /* using wParam = AURL_ENABLEURL = 1 */
+        SendMessage(hLogWnd, EM_AUTOURLDETECT, 1, 0);
+        /* Have notified by EN_LINK messages when URLs are clicked etc. */
+        LRESULT evmask = SendMessage(hLogWnd, EM_GETEVENTMASK, 0, 0);
+        SendMessage(hLogWnd, EM_SETEVENTMASK, 0, evmask | ENM_LINK);
+
         /* Set size and position of controls */
         RECT rect;
         GetClientRect(hwndDlg, &rect);
@@ -1457,6 +1465,29 @@ StatusDialogFunc(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
         }
         break;
 
+    case WM_NOTIFY:
+        c = (connection_t *) GetProp(hwndDlg, cfgProp);
+        nmh = (NMHDR*) lParam;
+
+        /* We handle only EN_LINK messages */
+        if (nmh->idFrom == ID_EDT_LOG && nmh->code == EN_LINK)
+        {
+            ENLINK *el = (ENLINK*) lParam;
+
+            if (el->msg == WM_LBUTTONUP)
+            {
+                /* get the link text */
+                wchar_t *url = get_link_text(nmh->hwndFrom, el->chrg);
+                if (!url || !open_url(url))
+                {
+                    WriteStatusLog(c, L"GUI> ", L"Opening URL failed.", false);
+                }
+                free(url);
+                return TRUE;
+            }
+        }
+        break;
+
     case WM_SHOWWINDOW:
         if (wParam == TRUE)
         {