diff --git a/pagure/templates/commit.html b/pagure/templates/commit.html
index fed0887..53c0e60 100644
--- a/pagure/templates/commit.html
+++ b/pagure/templates/commit.html
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
         {% if splitted_message|length > 1 %}
         <pre class="commit_message_body">
             {% for message in splitted_message %}
-    {{ message }}
+    {{ message | linkify | safe}}
             {% endfor %}
         </pre>
         {% endif %}
diff --git a/pagure/ui/filters.py b/pagure/ui/filters.py
index cd388a6..e860f55 100644
--- a/pagure/ui/filters.py
+++ b/pagure/ui/filters.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import textwrap
 import arrow
 import flask
 import six
+import bleach
 
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qsl
 from jinja2 import escape
@@ -74,6 +75,17 @@ def format_ts(string):
     return arr.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z")
 
 
+@UI_NS.app_template_filter("linkify")
+def linkify_text(text):
+    """ escape all html tags with bleach, then use bleach to linkify
+    """
+    if text:
+        cleaned = bleach.clean(text, tags=[], attributes=[])
+        return bleach.linkify(cleaned)
+    else:
+        return ""
+
+
 @UI_NS.app_template_filter("format_loc")
 def format_loc(
     loc,