diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 88527455..8465da00 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ module.exports = function(content) {
 	content = [content];
 	links.forEach(function(link) {
 		if(!loaderUtils.isUrlRequest(link.value, root)) return;
+		
+		if (link.value.indexOf('mailto:') > -1 ) return;
 
 		var uri = url.parse(link.value);
 		if (uri.hash !== null && uri.hash !== undefined) {
diff --git a/test/loaderTest.js b/test/loaderTest.js
index dedb3d32..b5957dc1 100644
--- a/test/loaderTest.js
+++ b/test/loaderTest.js
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ describe("loader", function() {
 			'module.exports = "<img src=\\"" + require("./icons.svg") + "#hash\\">";'
 		);
 	});
+	it("should ignore anchor with 'mailto:' in the href attribute", function() {
+		loader.call({}, '<a href="mailto:username@exampledomain.com"></a>').should.be.eql(
+			'module.exports = "<a href=\\"mailto:username@exampledomain.com\\"></a>";'
+		);
+	});
 	it("should ignore interpolations by default", function() {
 		loader.call({}, '<img src="${"Hello " + (1+1)}">').should.be.eql(
 			'module.exports = "<img src=\\"${\\"Hello \\" + (1+1)}\\">";'