diff --git a/scripts/mdlinkcheck b/scripts/mdlinkcheck
index f83144108e..446cb9f1dd 100755
--- a/scripts/mdlinkcheck
+++ b/scripts/mdlinkcheck
@@ -160,10 +160,10 @@ sub findlinks {
             #print "$f:$line $link\n";
             storelink($f, $line, $link);
         }
-        # ignore trailing: dot, quote, asterisk, hash, comma, question mark,
-        # colon, closing parenthesis, closing angle bracket, whitespace, pipe,
-        # backtick, semicolon
-        elsif(/(https:\/\/[a-z0-9.\/:%_+@-]+[^."*\#,?:\)> \t|`;])/i) {
+        # ignore trailing: dot, double quote, single quote, asterisk, hash,
+        # comma, question mark, colon, closing parenthesis, backslash,
+        # closing angle bracket, whitespace, pipe, backtick, semicolon
+        elsif(/(https:\/\/[a-z0-9.\/:%_+@-]+[^."'*\#,?:\)> \t|`;\\])/i) {
             #print "RAW ";
             storelink($f, $line, $1);
         }