diff --git a/htmltest/check-link.go b/htmltest/check-link.go
index 5f89f15..9a81ef2 100644
--- a/htmltest/check-link.go
+++ b/htmltest/check-link.go
@@ -277,11 +277,9 @@ func (hT *HTMLTest) checkInternal(ref *htmldoc.Reference) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Solve #168
 	urlStr := ref.URLString()
 
-	// Does this internal url match a internal url ignore rule?
-	if hT.opts.isInternalURLIgnored(urlStr) {
+	if hT.opts.isInternalURLIgnored(urlStr) || hT.opts.isURLIgnored(urlStr) {
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/htmltest/check-link_test.go b/htmltest/check-link_test.go
index bc468e9..16f6e04 100644
--- a/htmltest/check-link_test.go
+++ b/htmltest/check-link_test.go
@@ -319,6 +319,15 @@ func TestAnchorInternalBrokenIgnore(t *testing.T) {
 	tExpectIssueCount(t, hT, 0)
 }
 
+func TestAnchorInternalBrokenIgnoreUrl(t *testing.T) {
+	// ignores links in IgnoreURLs
+	hT := tTestFileOpts("fixtures/links/brokenLinkInternal.html",
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"IgnoreURLs": []interface{}{"no\\w+.html"},
+		})
+	tExpectIssueCount(t, hT, 0)
+}
+
 func TestAnchorInternalRelativeLinksBase(t *testing.T) {
 	// passes for relative links with a base
 	hT := tTestFile("fixtures/links/relativeLinksWithBase.html")