diff --git a/models/repo.go b/models/repo.go
index fb7bbbd036..845c1b75a9 100644
--- a/models/repo.go
+++ b/models/repo.go
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"html"
+	"html/template"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
@@ -46,6 +49,10 @@ var (
 	LanguageIgns, Licenses []string
 )
 
+var (
+	DescriptionPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`https?://\S+`)
+)
+
 // getAssetList returns corresponding asset list in 'conf'.
 func getAssetList(prefix string) []string {
 	assets := make([]string, 0, 15)
@@ -145,6 +152,16 @@ func (repo *Repository) GetOwner() (err error) {
 	return err
 }
 
+func (repo *Repository) DescriptionHtml() template.HTML {
+	sanitize := func(s string) string {
+		// TODO(nuss-justin): Improve sanitization. Strip all tags?
+		ss := html.EscapeString(s)
+
+		return fmt.Sprintf(`<a href="%s" target="_blank">%s</a>`, ss, ss)
+	}
+	return template.HTML(DescriptionPattern.ReplaceAllStringFunc(repo.Description, sanitize))
+}
+
 // IsRepositoryExist returns true if the repository with given name under user has already existed.
 func IsRepositoryExist(u *User, repoName string) (bool, error) {
 	repo := Repository{OwnerId: u.Id}
@@ -1000,4 +1017,4 @@ func IsWatching(uid, rid int64) bool {
 
 func ForkRepository(repoName string, uid int64) {
 
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/repo/nav.tmpl b/templates/repo/nav.tmpl
index ea7799b351..b689e44299 100644
--- a/templates/repo/nav.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/nav.tmpl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         <div class="row">
             <div class="col-md-7">
                 <h3 class="name"><i class="fa fa-book fa-lg"></i><a href="{{.Owner.HomeLink}}">{{.Owner.Name}}</a> / <a href="/{{.Owner.Name}}/{{.Repository.Name}}">{{.Repository.Name}}</a> {{if .Repository.IsPrivate}}<span class="label label-default">Private</span>{{else if .Repository.IsMirror}}<span class="label label-default">Mirror</span>{{end}}</h3>
-                <p class="desc">{{.Repository.Description}}{{if .Repository.Website}} <a href="{{.Repository.Website}}">{{.Repository.Website}}</a>{{end}}</p>
+                <p class="desc">{{.Repository.DescriptionHtml}}{{if .Repository.Website}} <a href="{{.Repository.Website}}">{{.Repository.Website}}</a>{{end}}</p>
             </div>
             <div class="col-md-5 actions text-right clone-group-btn">
                 {{if not .IsBareRepo}}