diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/Menu/Menu.xml b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/Menu/Menu.xml
index 348f24293..d016a8f52 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/Menu/Menu.xml
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/Menu/Menu.xml
@@ -202,12 +202,12 @@
     </Diagnostics>
 
     <Help order="7" cssClass="glyphicon glyphicon-question-sign">
-        <AboutThisPage VisibleName="About this Page" url="/help.php"/>
-        <DevelopersWiki VisibleName="Developers Wiki" url="https://wiki.opnsense.org/index.php/developers"/>
-        <Documentation url="https://wiki.opnsense.org/"/>
-        <FreeBSDHandbook VisibleName="FreeBSD Handbook" url="https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/"/>
-        <PaidSupport VisibleName="Paid Support" url="https://opnsense.org/support-overview/commercial-support/"/>
-        <UserForum VisibleName="UserForum" url="https://forum.opnsense.org/"/>
+        <AboutThisPage VisibleName="About this Page" url="/help.php" IsExternal="Y"/>
+        <DevelopersWiki VisibleName="Developers Wiki" url="https://wiki.opnsense.org/index.php/developers" IsExternal="Y"/>
+        <Documentation url="https://wiki.opnsense.org/" IsExternal="Y"/>
+        <FreeBSDHandbook VisibleName="FreeBSD Handbook" url="https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/" IsExternal="Y"/>
+        <PaidSupport VisibleName="Paid Support" url="https://opnsense.org/support-overview/commercial-support/" IsExternal="Y"/>
+        <UserForum VisibleName="UserForum" url="https://forum.opnsense.org/" IsExternal="Y"/>
     </Help>
 
 </menu>
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/Menu/MenuItem.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/Menu/MenuItem.php
index 9ce543e7f..b3d19b7b4 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/Menu/MenuItem.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/Menu/MenuItem.php
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ class MenuItem
      */
     private $Url = "";
 
+    /**
+     * link to external page
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $isExternal = "N";
+
     /**
      * parent node, used to mark active nodes
      * @var null|MenuItem
@@ -195,6 +201,24 @@ class MenuItem
         return $this->Url;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * setter for isExternal
+     * @param $value
+     */
+    public function setIsExternal($value)
+    {
+        $this->isExternal = $value;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * getter for isExternal
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getIsExternal()
+    {
+        return $this->isExternal;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return bool is this item selected
      */
diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/layout_partials/base_menu_system.volt b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/layout_partials/base_menu_system.volt
index 60f5e80b0..01645d193 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/layout_partials/base_menu_system.volt
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/views/layout_partials/base_menu_system.volt
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
                     <a href="#{{ topMenuItem.Id }}" class="list-group-item {% if topMenuItem.Selected %}  active-menu-title {% endif  %}" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#mainmenu"><span class="{{ topMenuItem.CssClass }} __iconspacer"></span>{{ topMenuItem.VisibleName }} </a>
                     <div class="collapse  {% if topMenuItem.Selected %} active-menu in {% endif  %}" id="{{ topMenuItem.Id }}">
                         {% for subMenuItem in topMenuItem.Children %}
-                            {% if acl.isPageAccessible(session.get('Username'),subMenuItem.Url)  %}
+                            {% if subMenuItem.IsExternal == "Y" %}
+                                <a href="{{ subMenuItem.Url }}" target="_new" class="list-group-item {% if subMenuItem.Selected %} active {% endif  %}">{{ subMenuItem.VisibleName }}</a>
+                            {% elseif acl.isPageAccessible(session.get('Username'),subMenuItem.Url)  %}
                                 <a href="{{ subMenuItem.Url }}" class="list-group-item {% if subMenuItem.Selected %} active {% endif  %}">{{ subMenuItem.VisibleName }}</a>
                             {% endif %}
                         {% endfor %}