diff --git a/lib/helpers/parse_link_destination.js b/lib/helpers/parse_link_destination.js
index 3cf20559..9586339c 100644
--- a/lib/helpers/parse_link_destination.js
+++ b/lib/helpers/parse_link_destination.js
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ module.exports = function parseLinkDestination(state, pos) {
 
     if (code === 0x20) { break; }
 
-    if (code > 0x08 && code < 0x0e) { break; }
+    // ascii control chars
+    if (code < 0x20 || code === 0x7F) { break; }
 
     if (code === 0x5C /* \ */ && pos + 1 < max) {
       pos += 2;
diff --git a/test/fixtures/commonmark/good.txt b/test/fixtures/commonmark/good.txt
index 7d2a112e..3361eb6c 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/commonmark/good.txt
+++ b/test/fixtures/commonmark/good.txt
@@ -5546,3 +5546,11 @@ Multiple     spaces
 <p>Multiple     spaces</p>
 .
 
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+src line: 5550
+
+.
+[xss](javascript:alert(1))
+.
+<p>[xss](javascript:alert(1))</p>
+.