diff --git a/dtd/c3d2web.dtd b/dtd/c3d2web.dtd
index daccf9c57..7baaa3b90 100644
--- a/dtd/c3d2web.dtd
+++ b/dtd/c3d2web.dtd
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 <!ATTLIST link
   href      %URI;   #IMPLIED
   title     CDATA   #IMPLIED
+  class     CDATA   #IMPLIED
   >
 
 <!ELEMENT image (#PCDATA)>
diff --git a/xsd/c3d2web.xsd b/xsd/c3d2web.xsd
index 421a31aea..7c6245adb 100644
--- a/xsd/c3d2web.xsd
+++ b/xsd/c3d2web.xsd
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@
 
   <xs:group name="Inline.class">
     <xs:choice>
-      <xs:element ref="link"/>
       <xs:element ref="link"/>
       <xs:element ref="em"/>
       <xs:element ref="image"/>
@@ -126,6 +125,7 @@
 	<xs:element ref="image" minOccurs="0"/>
       </xs:sequence>
       <xs:attribute name="href" type="xs:anyURI" use="optional"/>
+      <xs:attribute name="class" type="xs:string" use="optional"/>
     </xs:complexType>
   </xs:element>
 
diff --git a/xsl/common.xsl b/xsl/common.xsl
index ca1bdedb3..dc5060f68 100644
--- a/xsl/common.xsl
+++ b/xsl/common.xsl
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
     </xsl:variable>
 
     <a href="{$href}">
+      <xsl:if test="@class">
+        <xsl:attribute name="class"><xsl:value-of select="@class"/></xsl:attribute>
+      </xsl:if>
+
       <xsl:apply-templates/>
     </a>
   </xsl:template>