diff --git a/lib/marked.js b/lib/marked.js
index 81c482d41c7..ca608845b50 100644
--- a/lib/marked.js
+++ b/lib/marked.js
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ block.pedantic = merge({}, block.normal, {
 
 function Lexer(options) {
   this.tokens = [];
-  this.tokens.links = {};
+  this.tokens.links = Object.create(null);
   this.options = options || marked.defaults;
   this.rules = block.normal;
 
diff --git a/test/specs/marked/marked-spec.js b/test/specs/marked/marked-spec.js
index 5d4d32e91c7..bec0b6c88a4 100644
--- a/test/specs/marked/marked-spec.js
+++ b/test/specs/marked/marked-spec.js
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ describe('Marked Code spans', function() {
   });
 });
 
+describe('Marked Links', function() {
+  var section = 'Links';
+
+  var shouldPassButFails = [];
+
+  var willNotBeAttemptedByCoreTeam = [];
+
+  var ignore = shouldPassButFails.concat(willNotBeAttemptedByCoreTeam);
+
+  markedSpec.forEach(function(spec) {
+    messenger.test(spec, section, ignore);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('Marked Table cells', function() {
   var section = 'Table cells';
 
diff --git a/test/specs/marked/marked.json b/test/specs/marked/marked.json
index 60c2023827f..3153756383b 100644
--- a/test/specs/marked/marked.json
+++ b/test/specs/marked/marked.json
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
     "html": "<p><code>someone@example.com</code></p>",
     "example": 1
   },
+  {
+    "section": "Links",
+    "markdown": "Link: [constructor][].\n\n[constructor]: https://example.org/",
+    "html": "<p>Link: <a href=\"https://example.org/\">constructor</a>.</p>",
+    "example": 10
+  },
   {
     "section": "Table cells",
     "markdown": "|1|\n|-|\n|1|",