diff --git a/src/ngSanitize/filter/linky.js b/src/ngSanitize/filter/linky.js
index 8cdd3c03f915..cc0f7aa6a0b2 100644
--- a/src/ngSanitize/filter/linky.js
+++ b/src/ngSanitize/filter/linky.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  *   plain email address links.
  *
  * @param {string} text Input text.
+ * @param {string} target Window (_blank|_self|_parent|_top) or named frame to open links in.
  * @returns {string} Html-linkified text.
  *
  * @usage
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
              'mailto:us@somewhere.org,\n'+
              'another@somewhere.org,\n'+
              'and one more: ftp://127.0.0.1/.';
+           $scope.snippetWithTarget = 'http://angularjs.org/';
          }
        </script>
        <div ng-controller="Ctrl">
@@ -43,6 +45,15 @@
              <div ng-bind-html="snippet | linky"></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
+         <tr id="linky-target">
+          <td>linky target</td>
+          <td>
+            <pre>&lt;div ng-bind-html="snippetWithTarget | linky:'_blank'"&gt;<br>&lt;/div&gt;</pre>
+          </td>
+          <td>
+            <div ng-bind-html="snippetWithTarget | linky:'_blank'"></div>
+          </td>
+         </tr>
          <tr id="escaped-html">
            <td>no filter</td>
            <td><pre>&lt;div ng-bind="snippet"&gt;<br>&lt;/div&gt;</pre></td>
@@ -75,6 +86,11 @@
            toBe('new <a href="http://link">http://link</a>.');
          expect(using('#escaped-html').binding('snippet')).toBe('new http://link.');
        });
+
+       it('should work with the target property', function() {
+        expect(using('#linky-target').binding("snippetWithTarget | linky:'_blank'")).
+          toBe('<a target="_blank" href="http://angularjs.org/">http://angularjs.org/</a>');
+       });
      </doc:scenario>
    </doc:example>
  */
@@ -82,7 +98,7 @@ angular.module('ngSanitize').filter('linky', function() {
   var LINKY_URL_REGEXP = /((ftp|https?):\/\/|(mailto:)?[A-Za-z0-9._%+-]+@)\S*[^\s\.\;\,\(\)\{\}\<\>]/,
       MAILTO_REGEXP = /^mailto:/;
 
-  return function(text) {
+  return function(text, target) {
     if (!text) return text;
     var match;
     var raw = text;
@@ -91,6 +107,10 @@ angular.module('ngSanitize').filter('linky', function() {
     var writer = htmlSanitizeWriter(html);
     var url;
     var i;
+    var properties = {};
+    if (angular.isDefined(target)) {
+      properties.target = target;
+    }
     while ((match = raw.match(LINKY_URL_REGEXP))) {
       // We can not end in these as they are sometimes found at the end of the sentence
       url = match[0];
@@ -98,7 +118,8 @@ angular.module('ngSanitize').filter('linky', function() {
       if (match[2] == match[3]) url = 'mailto:' + url;
       i = match.index;
       writer.chars(raw.substr(0, i));
-      writer.start('a', {href:url});
+      properties.href = url;
+      writer.start('a', properties);
       writer.chars(match[0].replace(MAILTO_REGEXP, ''));
       writer.end('a');
       raw = raw.substring(i + match[0].length);
diff --git a/test/ngSanitize/filter/linkySpec.js b/test/ngSanitize/filter/linkySpec.js
index 0448159a09de..a3ef20708588 100644
--- a/test/ngSanitize/filter/linkySpec.js
+++ b/test/ngSanitize/filter/linkySpec.js
@@ -24,4 +24,11 @@ describe('linky', function() {
     expect(linky("send email to me@example.com, but")).
       toEqual('send email to <a href="mailto:me@example.com">me@example.com</a>, but');
   });
+
+  it('should handle target:', function() {
+    expect(linky("http://example.com", "_blank")).
+      toEqual('<a target="_blank" href="http://example.com">http://example.com</a>')
+    expect(linky("http://example.com", "someNamedIFrame")).
+      toEqual('<a target="someNamedIFrame" href="http://example.com">http://example.com</a>')
+  });
 });