diff --git a/xsl/gemini.xsl b/xsl/gemini.xsl
index 8bfc12360..e73a19c6d 100644
--- a/xsl/gemini.xsl
+++ b/xsl/gemini.xsl
@@ -217,7 +217,9 @@
 
   <template match="/page/portal/item">
     <text>=> </text>
-    <value-of select="link"/>
+    <call-template name="make-href">
+      <with-param name="href" select="link"/>
+    </call-template>
     <text> </text>
     <if test="content-text">
       <call-template name="normalize-paragraph">