diff --git a/writeas/AppDelegate.swift b/writeas/AppDelegate.swift
index 1d6f392..5ca302d 100644
--- a/writeas/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/writeas/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
         wc?.emphasize()
     }
 
+    @IBAction func formatAddLink(_ sender: Any) {
+        let wc = NSApplication.shared().mainWindow?.windowController as? WindowController
+        wc?.addLink()
+    }
+
     @IBAction func setFontSerif(_ sender: NSMenuItem) {
         deselectAllFonts()
         sender.state = NSOnState
diff --git a/writeas/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard b/writeas/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
index 93dc51e..bef6379 100644
--- a/writeas/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
+++ b/writeas/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
@@ -333,6 +333,12 @@ DQ
                                                 <action selector="formatEmphasis:" target="Voe-Tx-rLC" id="uTS-Jh-2A2"/>
                                             </connections>
                                         </menuItem>
+                                        <menuItem isSeparatorItem="YES" id="SmR-t9-22S"/>
+                                        <menuItem title="Add Link" keyEquivalent="k" id="GUY-qo-vEn">
+                                            <connections>
+                                                <action selector="formatAddLink:" target="Voe-Tx-rLC" id="0Le-n0-qwE"/>
+                                            </connections>
+                                        </menuItem>
                                     </items>
                                 </menu>
                             </menuItem>
diff --git a/writeas/ViewController.swift b/writeas/ViewController.swift
index 26b5069..5568d6d 100644
--- a/writeas/ViewController.swift
+++ b/writeas/ViewController.swift
@@ -94,18 +94,26 @@ class ViewController: NSViewController, NSTextViewDelegate, NSUserNotificationCe
         formatText(with: "_\(getSelectedText())_", offset: 1)
     }
 
+    func addLink() {
+        let text = getSelectedText()
+        formatText(with: "[\(text)](http://)", offset: text == "" ? 1 : (text.characters.count + 10), alwaysOffset: true)
+    }
+
     fileprivate func getSelectedText() -> String {
         let selectedRange = writerText.selectedRange()
         return (self.writerText.textStorage?.string as! NSString).substring(with: selectedRange)
     }
 
     fileprivate func formatText(with: String, offset: Int) {
+        formatText(with: with, offset: offset, alwaysOffset: false)
+    }
+    fileprivate func formatText(with: String, offset: Int, alwaysOffset: Bool) {
         let selectedRange = writerText.selectedRange()
         let selString = getSelectedText()
         if self.writerText.shouldChangeText(in: selectedRange, replacementString: with) {
             self.writerText.replaceCharacters(in: NSRange(location: selectedRange.location, length: selectedRange.length), with: with)
             self.writerText.didChangeText()
-            if selString == "" {
+            if selString == "" || alwaysOffset {
                 writerText.setSelectedRange(NSRange(location: selectedRange.location + offset, length: 0))
             }
         }
diff --git a/writeas/WindowController.swift b/writeas/WindowController.swift
index e3ed13c..62925b3 100644
--- a/writeas/WindowController.swift
+++ b/writeas/WindowController.swift
@@ -34,4 +34,7 @@ class WindowController: NSWindowController {
     func emphasize() {
         vc?.emphasize()
     }
+    func addLink() {
+        vc?.addLink()
+    }
 }