diff --git a/lib/webrat/core/link.rb b/lib/webrat/core/link.rb
index c7205ad..6d97b02 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/core/link.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/core/link.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ module Webrat
     def absolute_href
       if href =~ /^\?/
         "#{@session.current_url}#{href}"
-      elsif href !~ %r{^https?://www.example.com(/.*)} && (href !~ /^\//)
+      elsif href !~ %r{^https?://} && (href !~ /^\//)
         "#{@session.current_url}/#{href}"
       else
         href
diff --git a/spec/api/click_link_spec.rb b/spec/api/click_link_spec.rb
index 2f29248..62b8c82 100644
--- a/spec/api/click_link_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/api/click_link_spec.rb
@@ -270,6 +270,15 @@ describe "click_link" do
   end
   
   it "should follow fully qualified local links" do
+    @session.stub!(:current_url).and_return("/page")
+    @session.response_body = <<-EOS
+      <a href="http://subdomain.example.com/page/sub">Jump to sub page</a>
+    EOS
+    @session.should_receive(:get).with("http://subdomain.example.com/page/sub", {})
+    @session.click_link "Jump to sub page"
+  end
+  
+  it "should follow fully qualified local links to example.com" do
     @session.response_body = <<-EOS
       <a href="http://www.example.com/page/sub">Jump to sub page</a>
     EOS