diff --git a/htmlSanityCheck-core/src/main/java/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/tools/Web.java b/htmlSanityCheck-core/src/main/java/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/tools/Web.java
index f8209d58..240524ed 100644
--- a/htmlSanityCheck-core/src/main/java/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/tools/Web.java
+++ b/htmlSanityCheck-core/src/main/java/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/tools/Web.java
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ public static boolean isRemoteURL(String imgSrc) {
                 || startsWithIP(imgSrc);
     }
 
+    public static boolean isVirtualURL(String resource) {
+        return resource.startsWith("javascript:");
+    }
 
     /**
      * Checks if this String represents a data-image-URI
@@ -211,6 +214,7 @@ public static boolean isLocalResource(String link) {
                 || (link.isEmpty())
                 || isCrossReference(link)      // "#link" or similar
                 || isRemoteURL(link)           // "mailto:", "http" etc
+                || isVirtualURL(link)          // "javascript:" ...
         ) {
             return false;
         } else {
diff --git a/htmlSanityCheck-core/src/test/groovy/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/tools/WebSpec.groovy b/htmlSanityCheck-core/src/test/groovy/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/tools/WebSpec.groovy
index 37d06be4..1ea9866e 100644
--- a/htmlSanityCheck-core/src/test/groovy/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/tools/WebSpec.groovy
+++ b/htmlSanityCheck-core/src/test/groovy/org/aim42/htmlsanitycheck/tools/WebSpec.groovy
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ class WebSpec extends Specification {
 
         false   | "10.0.0.1/index.html"  // this is a valid REMOTE address, defaults to http or https
 
+        false   | "javascript:dummy"
     }
 
     @Unroll
@@ -142,7 +143,5 @@ class WebSpec extends Specification {
         false     | "1.2.3"
         false     | "1.2"
         false     | "110"
-
-
     }
 }
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