diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index a090670..c7dd5ee 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ aux_links:
   "Just the Docs on GitHub":
     - "//github.com/pmarsceill/just-the-docs"
 
+# Makes Aux links open in a new tab. Default is false
+aux_links_new_tab: false
+
 # Footer content appears at the bottom of every page's main content
 footer_content: "Copyright &copy; 2017-2019 Patrick Marsceill. Distributed by an <a href=\"https://github.com/pmarsceill/just-the-docs/tree/master/LICENSE.txt\">MIT license.</a>"
 
diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
index b1d3c72..20d3b58 100644
--- a/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -43,7 +43,15 @@ layout: table_wrappers
           {% if site.aux_links != nil %}
             <ul class="list-style-none text-small aux-nav">
               {% for link in site.aux_links %}
-                <li class="d-inline-block my-0{% unless forloop.last %} mr-2{% endunless %}"><a href="{{ link.last }}">{{ link.first }}</a></li>
+                <li class="d-inline-block my-0{% unless forloop.last %} mr-2{% endunless %}">
+                  {% if site.aux_links_new_tab %}
+                  <a href="{{ link.last }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
+                  {% else %}
+                  <a href="{{ link.last }}">
+                  {% endif %}
+                    {{ link.first }}
+                  </a>
+                </li>
               {% endfor %}
             </ul>
           {% endif %}
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index eb43a08..e18f75c 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ search_tokenizer_separator: /[\s/]+/
 aux_links:
   "Just the Docs on GitHub":
     - "//github.com/pmarsceill/just-the-docs"
+
+# Makes Aux links open in a new tab. Default is false
+aux_links_new_tab: false
 ```
 
 ## Heading anchor links