diff --git a/litmus/bugs/link-target.js b/litmus/bugs/link-target.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00c1b233b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litmus/bugs/link-target.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Link and LinkButton with a local href and a target other than _self. The browser should follow
+// them: _blank opens a new tab, a named target opens (and then reuses) a tab with that name, and
+// the url shown below stays the same. A link without a target navigates inside the app.
+//
+// Run: import Demo from "./bugs/link-target"; in litmus/index.js
+import { Link, LinkButton } from "cx/widgets";
+
+export default (
+   <cx>
+      <div style="padding: 20px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 12px; align-items: flex-start">
+         <div>
+            <b>Current url:</b> <span text-bind="url" style="font-family: monospace" />
+         </div>
+         <Link href="~/reports" text="Link, no target (stays in this tab)" />
+         <Link href="~/reports" target="_blank" text='Link, target="_blank"' />
+         <Link href="~/reports" target="report" text='Link, target="report" (named window)' />
+         <LinkButton href="~/reports" target="_blank" text='LinkButton, target="_blank"' />
+         <Link href="~/" text="Back to ~/" />
+      </div>
+   </cx>
+);
diff --git a/litmus/index.js b/litmus/index.js
index eadadfe6e..c7a41ad9d 100644
--- a/litmus/index.js
+++ b/litmus/index.js
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ import "./index.scss";
 // import Demo from "./features/charts/line-graph/LineGraph";
 // import Demo from "./features/charts/line-graph/SmoothingOvershoot";
 //import Demo from "./features/window/resize-cursor";
-import Demo from "./features/dropdown/lookup-inside-iframe-portal";
+// import Demo from "./features/dropdown/lookup-inside-iframe-portal";
+import Demo from "./bugs/link-target";
 // import Demo from "./features/dropdown/lookup-inside-real-iframe";
 // import Demo from "./features/dropdown/context-menu-iframe-focus";
 // import Demo from "./bugs/GridDefaultSortFieldClearableSortIssue";
diff --git a/packages/cx/src/widgets/nav/Link.spec.tsx b/packages/cx/src/widgets/nav/Link.spec.tsx
index c013643a3..59e4badd1 100644
--- a/packages/cx/src/widgets/nav/Link.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/cx/src/widgets/nav/Link.spec.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Link } from "./Link";
 import { Store } from "../../data/Store";
+import { History } from "../../ui/app/History";
 import { createModel } from "../../data/createAccessorModelProxy";
 import { createTestRenderer } from "../../util/test/createTestRenderer";
 import assert from "assert";
@@ -110,6 +111,46 @@ describe("Link", () => {
       });
    });
 
+   describe("click on a local href", () => {
+      let pushState = History.pushState;
+      let pushed: string[];
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+         pushed = [];
+         History.pushState = (state, title, url) => {
+            pushed.push(url);
+            return true;
+         };
+      });
+
+      afterEach(() => {
+         History.pushState = pushState;
+      });
+
+      async function click(target?: string) {
+         let store = new Store();
+         let component = await createTestRenderer(
+            store,
+            <cx>
+               <Link href="~/reports" target={target} text="Reports" />
+            </cx>,
+         );
+         let prevented = false;
+         findAnchor(component.toJSON()).props.onClick({ preventDefault: () => (prevented = true) });
+         return prevented;
+      }
+
+      it("navigates in the app without a target", async () => {
+         assert.equal(await click(), true);
+         assert.deepEqual(pushed, ["/reports"]);
+      });
+
+      it("leaves target=_blank to the browser", async () => {
+         assert.equal(await click("_blank"), false);
+         assert.deepEqual(pushed, []);
+      });
+   });
+
    describe("active override", () => {
       it("true wins over a non-matching url", async () => {
          assert.equal(await isActive("~/other", { href: "~/items", active: true }), true);
diff --git a/packages/cx/src/widgets/nav/LinkButton.ts b/packages/cx/src/widgets/nav/LinkButton.ts
index 695511a77..d29573a2b 100644
--- a/packages/cx/src/widgets/nav/LinkButton.ts
+++ b/packages/cx/src/widgets/nav/LinkButton.ts
@@ -168,7 +168,14 @@ export class LinkButton extends Button {
 
       if (this.onClick && instance.invoke("onClick", e, instance) === false) return;
 
-      if (data.href && Url.isLocal(data.href) && !e.ctrlKey && !e.shiftKey && !e.metaKey) {
+      if (
+         data.href &&
+         Url.isLocal(data.href) &&
+         (!data.target || data.target === "_self") &&
+         !e.ctrlKey &&
+         !e.shiftKey &&
+         !e.metaKey
+      ) {
          e.preventDefault();
          History.pushState({}, null, data.href);
       }