diff --git a/lib/pleroma/html.ex b/lib/pleroma/html.ex
index d78c5f202..dc1b9b840 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/html.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/html.ex
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def extract_first_external_url(object, content) do
       result =
         content
         |> Floki.parse_fragment!()
-        |> Floki.filter_out("a.mention,a.hashtag,a[rel~=\"tag\"]")
+        |> Floki.filter_out("a.mention,a.hashtag,a.attachment,a[rel~=\"tag\"]")
         |> Floki.attribute("a", "href")
         |> Enum.at(0)
 
diff --git a/test/html_test.exs b/test/html_test.exs
index 0a4b4ebbc..f8907c8b4 100644
--- a/test/html_test.exs
+++ b/test/html_test.exs
@@ -237,5 +237,19 @@ test "does not crash when there is an HTML entity in a link" do
 
       assert {:ok, nil} = HTML.extract_first_external_url(object, object.data["content"])
     end
+
+    test "skips attachment links" do
+      user = insert(:user)
+
+      {:ok, activity} =
+        CommonAPI.post(user, %{
+          status:
+            "<a href=\"https://pleroma.gov/media/d24caa3a498e21e0298377a9ca0149a4f4f8b767178aacf837542282e2d94fb1.png?name=image.png\" class=\"attachment\">image.png</a>"
+        })
+
+      object = Object.normalize(activity)
+
+      assert {:ok, nil} = HTML.extract_first_external_url(object, object.data["content"])
+    end
   end
 end