diff --git a/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/commit-msg_test.sh b/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/commit-msg_test.sh
index 0cc3da0..1772eb7 100755
--- a/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/commit-msg_test.sh
+++ b/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/commit-msg_test.sh
@@ -166,6 +166,30 @@
   fi
 }
 
+function test_preserve_link {
+  cat << EOF > input
+bla bla
+
+Link: https://myhost/id/I1234567890123456789012345678901234567890
+EOF
+
+  git config gerrit.reviewUrl https://myhost/
+  ${hook} input || fail "failed hook execution"
+  git config --unset gerrit.reviewUrl
+  found=$(grep -c '^Change-Id' input) || :
+  if [[ "${found}" != "0" ]]; then
+    fail "got ${found} Change-Ids, want 0"
+  fi
+  found=$(grep -c '^Link: https://myhost/id/I' input) || :
+  if [[ "${found}" != "1" ]]; then
+    fail "got ${found} Link footers, want 1"
+  fi
+  found=$(grep -c '^Link: https://myhost/id/I1234567890123456789012345678901234567890$' input) || :
+  if [[ "${found}" != "1" ]]; then
+    fail "got ${found} Link: https://myhost/id/I123..., want 1"
+  fi
+}
+
 # Change-Id goes after existing trailers.
 function test_at_end {
   cat << EOF > input
diff --git a/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/tools/root/hooks/commit-msg b/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/tools/root/hooks/commit-msg
index 0154d43..5c7dffa 100755
--- a/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/tools/root/hooks/commit-msg
+++ b/resources/com/google/gerrit/server/tools/root/hooks/commit-msg
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 if test -n "${reviewurl}" ; then
   token="Link"
   value="${reviewurl%/}/id/I$random"
-  pattern=".*/id/I[0-9a-f]\{40\}$"
+  pattern=".*/id/I[0-9a-f]\{40\}"
 else
   token="Change-Id"
   value="I$random"