diff --git a/doc/configuration.toml b/doc/configuration.toml
index 10d18f2..14ad2b0 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.toml
+++ b/doc/configuration.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 prefix = "/"
 # If true, generate relative URLs for all internal URLs.  Default is false.
 relative = false
+# IF true, external links (full URLs) will be opened in a new tab.
+extern-new-tab = false
+# If true, "foreign" (non-Markdown) files will be opened in a new tab.
+foreign-new-tab = false
 
 [classnames]
 # CSS class to use for an invalid reference.
diff --git a/src/dragonglass/config.py b/src/dragonglass/config.py
index 52547f2..f5fae20 100644
--- a/src/dragonglass/config.py
+++ b/src/dragonglass/config.py
@@ -98,6 +98,18 @@ class Context:
         metadata_section = self.config.get("metadata", {})
         return metadata_section.get("description-title", False)
 
+    @property
+    def extern_in_new_tab(self) -> bool:
+        """Returns ``True`` if external links (full URLs) will e opened in a new tab, ``False`` if not."""
+        links_section = self.config.get("links", {})
+        return links_section.get("extern-new-tab", False)
+
+    @property
+    def foreign_in_new_tab(self) -> bool:
+        """Returns ``True`` if non-Markdown local files will be opened in a new tab, ``False`` if not."""
+        links_section = self.config.get("links", {})
+        return links_section.get("foreign-new-tab", False)
+
     @property
     def relative_links(self) -> bool:
         """
diff --git a/src/dragonglass/mparse.py b/src/dragonglass/mparse.py
index d96fb4e..5dd25b5 100644
--- a/src/dragonglass/mparse.py
+++ b/src/dragonglass/mparse.py
@@ -401,7 +401,12 @@ class ObsidianLinks(Extension):
         """Returns the classname for invalid references."""
         return self._context.get_classname('invalid-reference')
 
-    def _parse_reference(self, contents: str) -> tuple[str | None, str]:
+    @property
+    def extern_link_target(self) -> str:
+        """Returns the target attribute for external links, ot ``None`` if there is none."""
+        return '_blank' if self._context.extern_in_new_tab else None
+
+    def _parse_reference(self, contents: str) -> tuple[str | None, str, str | None]:
         """
         Parse a reference and break it into link target and title.
 
@@ -411,6 +416,7 @@ class ObsidianLinks(Extension):
         Returns:
             str: The link target, or ``None`` if the link is invalid.
             str: The link title to be used.
+            str: The target attribute for the resulting anchor, or ``None`` if not specified.
         """
         contents = contents.replace(r'\|','|')  # handle case where we're inside tables
         text = None
@@ -435,8 +441,11 @@ class ObsidianLinks(Extension):
                                     self._context.current_node if self._context.relative_links else None)
             if hashloc:
                 link = f"{link}#hdr-{hashloc}"
-            return link, text
-        return None, text
+            target_window = None
+            if not node.is_md and self._context.foreign_in_new_tab:
+                target_window = '_blank'
+            return link, text, target_window
+        return None, text, None
 
     class ObsidianLinksProc(InlineProcessor):
         """Processor that handles Obsidian links, [[page]]."""
@@ -467,7 +476,7 @@ class ObsidianLinks(Extension):
                 int: The index of the first character in ``data`` that was *not* consumed by the pattern, or ``None``
                     if the match was rejected.
             """
-            link, text = self._extref._parse_reference(m.group(1))
+            link, text, target = self._extref._parse_reference(m.group(1))
             if link is None:
                 el = etree.Element('span')
                 el.set('class', self._extref.invalid_reference_classname)
@@ -476,6 +485,8 @@ class ObsidianLinks(Extension):
                 el = etree.Element('a')
                 el.set('href', link)
                 el.set('class', self._extref.obsidian_link_classname)
+                if target:
+                    el.set('target', target)
                 el.text = text
             return el, m.start(0), m.end(0)
 
@@ -515,9 +526,12 @@ class ObsidianLinks(Extension):
             if is_proper_url(link):
                 el = etree.Element('a')
                 el.set('href', link)
+                target = self._extref.extern_link_target
+                if target:
+                    el.set('target', target)
                 el.text = text
             else:
-                newlink, _ = self._extref._parse_reference(sanitize_reference(link))
+                newlink, _, target = self._extref._parse_reference(sanitize_reference(link))
                 if newlink is None:
                     el = etree.Element('span')
                     el.set('class', self._extref.invalid_reference_classname)
@@ -526,6 +540,8 @@ class ObsidianLinks(Extension):
                     el = etree.Element('a')
                     el.set('href', newlink)
                     el.set('class', self._extref.obsidian_link_classname)
+                    if target:
+                        el.set('target', target)
                     el.text = text
             return el, m.start(0), m.end(0)
 
diff --git a/src/dragonglass/tree.py b/src/dragonglass/tree.py
index ec48081..9ebab1b 100644
--- a/src/dragonglass/tree.py
+++ b/src/dragonglass/tree.py
@@ -250,15 +250,15 @@ class SourceIndex:
 
         Returns:
             SourceNode: The node that was found, or ``None`` if the node was not found.
-            str: Indicates whether the match was on "NAME" or "ALIAS".  Returns ``None`` if the node was not found.
+            str: Indicates whether the match was on "NAME", "ALIAS", or "PATH".  Returns ``None``
+                if the node was not found.
         """
         if reference in self._byname:
             return self._byname[reference], 'NAME'
         elif reference in self._byalias:
             return self._byalias[reference], 'ALIAS'
         else:
-            new_path = from_node.path.parent / reference
-            s = new_path.as_posix()
-            if s in self._bypath:
-                return self._bypath[s], 'PATH'
+            new_path = (from_node.path.parent / reference).as_posix()
+            if new_path in self._bypath:
+                return self._bypath[new_path], 'PATH'
             return None, None