diff --git a/breathe/renderer/target.py b/breathe/renderer/target.py
index e08f772f..b6eb962e 100644
--- a/breathe/renderer/target.py
+++ b/breathe/renderer/target.py
@@ -16,9 +16,26 @@ def __init__(self, project_info: ProjectInfo, document: nodes.document):
         self.project_info = project_info
         self.document = document
 
+    # XXX: when inside a group in Doxygen, if the XML generator finds a
+    # reference in a comment, it generates a new <ref> element where the refid
+    # gets both a compoundid and an anchorid, where: anchorid = "_1" + compoundid.
+    # In the group__*.xml files the ids that are linked to, only get the
+    # anchorid (or "_1" + compoundid!).
+    # This function tries to detect if the anchor is not present twice, and
+    # fixup the ref id so that the final symbol resolution works.
+    def _fixup_target(self, refid: str) -> str:
+        if refid:
+            parts = refid.rsplit("_", 1)
+            if len(parts) == 2 and parts[1].startswith("1"):
+                anchorid = parts[1][1:]
+                if anchorid not in parts[0]:
+                    return "_".join([parts[0], anchorid, parts[1]])
+        return refid
+
     def create_target(self, refid: str) -> List[Element]:
         """Creates a target node and registers it with the document and returns it in a list"""
 
+        refid = self._fixup_target(refid)
         target = nodes.target(ids=[refid], names=[refid])
         try:
             self.document.note_explicit_target(target)