diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a098fb46..576365ed 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ NEWS ( CHANGELOG and HISTORY )                                     HTMLPurifier
 ==========================
 
 4.8.0, unknown release date
+# By default, when a link has a target attribute associated
+  with it, we now also add rel="noreferrer" in order to
+  prevent the new window from being able to overwrite
+  the original frame.  To disable this protection,
+  set %HTML.TargetNoreferrer to FALSE.
 ! Full PHP 7 compatibility, the test suite is ALL GO.
 ! %CSS.AllowDuplicates permits duplicate CSS properties.
 ! Support for 'tel' URIs.
diff --git a/configdoc/usage.xml b/configdoc/usage.xml
index afdea088..d3856974 100644
--- a/configdoc/usage.xml
+++ b/configdoc/usage.xml
@@ -227,6 +227,11 @@
    <line>271</line>
   </file>
  </directive>
+ <directive id="HTML.TargetNoreferrer">
+  <file name="HTMLPurifier/HTMLModuleManager.php">
+   <line>276</line>
+  </file>
+ </directive>
  <directive id="Attr.IDBlacklist">
   <file name="HTMLPurifier/IDAccumulator.php">
    <line>27</line>
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier.includes.php b/library/HTMLPurifier.includes.php
index bc28112c..d2329fd8 100644
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier.includes.php
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier.includes.php
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ require 'HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/SafeObject.php';
 require 'HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/SafeParam.php';
 require 'HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/ScriptRequired.php';
 require 'HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/TargetBlank.php';
+require 'HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/TargetNoreferrer.php';
 require 'HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/Textarea.php';
 require 'HTMLPurifier/ChildDef/Chameleon.php';
 require 'HTMLPurifier/ChildDef/Custom.php';
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ require 'HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/StyleAttribute.php';
 require 'HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/Tables.php';
 require 'HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/Target.php';
 require 'HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/TargetBlank.php';
+require 'HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/TargetNoreferrer.php';
 require 'HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/Text.php';
 require 'HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/Tidy.php';
 require 'HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/XMLCommonAttributes.php';
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier.safe-includes.php b/library/HTMLPurifier.safe-includes.php
index c58a9403..fe587c78 100644
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier.safe-includes.php
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier.safe-includes.php
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ require_once $__dir . '/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/SafeObject.php';
 require_once $__dir . '/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/SafeParam.php';
 require_once $__dir . '/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/ScriptRequired.php';
 require_once $__dir . '/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/TargetBlank.php';
+require_once $__dir . '/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/TargetNoreferrer.php';
 require_once $__dir . '/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/Textarea.php';
 require_once $__dir . '/HTMLPurifier/ChildDef/Chameleon.php';
 require_once $__dir . '/HTMLPurifier/ChildDef/Custom.php';
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ require_once $__dir . '/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/StyleAttribute.php';
 require_once $__dir . '/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/Tables.php';
 require_once $__dir . '/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/Target.php';
 require_once $__dir . '/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/TargetBlank.php';
+require_once $__dir . '/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/TargetNoreferrer.php';
 require_once $__dir . '/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/Text.php';
 require_once $__dir . '/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/Tidy.php';
 require_once $__dir . '/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/XMLCommonAttributes.php';
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/TargetNoreferrer.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/TargetNoreferrer.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..587dc2e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/AttrTransform/TargetNoreferrer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+
+// must be called POST validation
+
+/**
+ * Adds rel="noreferrer" to any links which target a different window
+ * than the current one.  This is used to prevent malicious websites
+ * from silently replacing the original window, which could be used
+ * to do phishing.
+ * This transform is controlled by %HTML.TargetNoreferrer.
+ */
+class HTMLPurifier_AttrTransform_TargetNoreferrer extends HTMLPurifier_AttrTransform
+{
+    /**
+     * @param array $attr
+     * @param HTMLPurifier_Config $config
+     * @param HTMLPurifier_Context $context
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function transform($attr, $config, $context)
+    {
+        if (isset($attr['rel'])) {
+            $rels = explode(' ', $attr['rel']);
+        } else {
+            $rels = array();
+        }
+        if (isset($attr['target']) && !in_array('noreferrer', $rels)) {
+            $rels[] = 'noreferrer';
+        }
+        if (!empty($rels) || isset($attr['rel'])) {
+            $attr['rel'] = implode(' ', $rels);
+        }
+
+        return $attr;
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema/schema.ser b/library/HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema/schema.ser
index 98fd412a..2ec212da 100644
Binary files a/library/HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema/schema.ser and b/library/HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema/schema.ser differ
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema/schema/HTML.TargetNoreferrer.txt b/library/HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema/schema/HTML.TargetNoreferrer.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb5a0b0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/ConfigSchema/schema/HTML.TargetNoreferrer.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+HTML.TargetNoreferrer
+TYPE: bool
+VERSION: 4.8.0
+DEFAULT: TRUE
+--DESCRIPTION--
+If enabled, noreferrer rel attributes are added to links which have
+a target attribute associated with them.  This prevents malicious
+destinations from overwriting the original window.
+--# vim: et sw=4 sts=4
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/TargetNoreferrer.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/TargetNoreferrer.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32484d60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/TargetNoreferrer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Module adds the target-based noreferrer attribute transformation to a tags.  It
+ * is enabled by HTML.TargetNoreferrer
+ */
+class HTMLPurifier_HTMLModule_TargetNoreferrer extends HTMLPurifier_HTMLModule
+{
+    /**
+     * @type string
+     */
+    public $name = 'TargetNoreferrer';
+
+    /**
+     * @param HTMLPurifier_Config $config
+     */
+    public function setup($config) {
+        $a = $this->addBlankElement('a');
+        $a->attr_transform_post[] = new HTMLPurifier_AttrTransform_TargetNoreferrer();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModuleManager.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModuleManager.php
index f3a17cb0..2546c043 100644
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModuleManager.php
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModuleManager.php
@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ class HTMLPurifier_HTMLModuleManager
         if ($config->get('HTML.TargetBlank')) {
             $modules[] = 'TargetBlank';
         }
+        // NB: HTML.TargetNoreferrer must be AFTER HTML.TargetBlank
+        // so that its post-attr-transform gets run afterwards.
+        if ($config->get('HTML.TargetNoreferrer')) {
+            $modules[] = 'TargetNoreferrer';
+        }
 
         // merge in custom modules
         $modules = array_merge($modules, $this->userModules);
diff --git a/tests/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/TargetBlankTest.php b/tests/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/TargetBlankTest.php
index c73aea92..dbb755f6 100644
--- a/tests/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/TargetBlankTest.php
+++ b/tests/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/TargetBlankTest.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class HTMLPurifier_HTMLModule_TargetBlankTest extends HTMLPurifier_HTMLModuleHar
     {
         $this->assertResult(
             '<a href="http://google.com">a</a><a href="/local">b</a><a href="mailto:foo@example.com">c</a>',
-            '<a href="http://google.com" target="_blank">a</a><a href="/local">b</a><a href="mailto:foo@example.com">c</a>'
+            '<a href="http://google.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">a</a><a href="/local">b</a><a href="mailto:foo@example.com">c</a>'
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/TargetNoreferrerTest.php b/tests/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/TargetNoreferrerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52dbb4a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/HTMLPurifier/HTMLModule/TargetNoreferrerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+
+class HTMLPurifier_HTMLModule_TargetNoreferrerTest extends HTMLPurifier_HTMLModuleHarness
+{
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+        $this->config->set('HTML.TargetNoreferrer', true);
+        $this->config->set('Attr.AllowedFrameTargets', '_blank');
+    }
+
+    public function testNoreferrer()
+    {
+        $this->assertResult(
+            '<a href="http://google.com" target="_blank">x</a>',
+            '<a href="http://google.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">x</a>'
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testNoreferrerNoDupe()
+    {
+        $this->config->set('Attr.AllowedRel', 'noreferrer');
+        $this->assertResult(
+            '<a href="http://google.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">x</a>',
+            '<a href="http://google.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">x</a>'
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testTargetBlankNoreferrer()
+    {
+        $this->config->set('HTML.TargetBlank', true);
+        $this->assertResult(
+            '<a href="http://google.com">x</a>',
+            '<a href="http://google.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">x</a>'
+        );
+    }
+
+
+}
+
+// vim: et sw=4 sts=4
diff --git a/tests/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/ValidateAttributesTest.php b/tests/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/ValidateAttributesTest.php
index 2bf71793..19fca6ac 100644
--- a/tests/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/ValidateAttributesTest.php
+++ b/tests/HTMLPurifier/Strategy/ValidateAttributesTest.php
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class HTMLPurifier_Strategy_ValidateAttributesTest extends
     {
         $this->config->set('Attr.AllowedFrameTargets', '_top');
         $this->config->set('HTML.Doctype', 'XHTML 1.0 Transitional');
-        $this->assertResult('<a href="foo" target="_top" />');
+        $this->assertResult('<a href="foo" target="_top" rel="noreferrer" />');
     }
 
     public function testRemoveTargetWhenNotSupported()