diff --git a/src/view/urllabel.cpp b/src/view/urllabel.cpp
index 877dd4819..91bdc9d00 100644
--- a/src/view/urllabel.cpp
+++ b/src/view/urllabel.cpp
@@ -1,57 +1,98 @@
 /*
     view/urllabel.cpp
 
     This file is part of Kleopatra, the KDE keymanager
     SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 g10 Code GmbH
     SPDX-FileContributor: Ingo Klöcker <dev@ingo-kloecker.de>
 
     SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 */
 
 #include <config-kleopatra.h>
 
 #include "urllabel.h"
 
 #include <QAccessible>
+#include <QPalette>
 
 using namespace Kleo;
 
-UrlLabel::UrlLabel(QWidget *parent)
-    : QLabel{parent}
+class UrlLabel::Private
 {
-    setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
-    setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
-}
+    UrlLabel *q;
+public:
+    Private(UrlLabel *q) : q{q} {}
 
-void UrlLabel::setUrl(const QUrl &url, const QString &text)
+    void ensureLinkColorIsValid();
+    void updateLabel();
+
+    QUrl url;
+    QString text;
+    QColor linkColor;
+};
+
+void UrlLabel::Private::ensureLinkColorIsValid()
+{
+    if (!linkColor.isValid()) {
+        linkColor = q->palette().link().color();
+    }
+}
+void UrlLabel::Private::updateLabel()
 {
     // we prepend a zero-width-space character to work around a bug in QLabel::focusNextPrevChild(false)
     // which makes it impossible to leave the label with Shift+Tab if the text starts with a link
-    static const QString templateString{QLatin1String{"&#8203;<a href=\"%1\">%2</a>"}};
+    static const QString templateString{QLatin1String{"&#8203;<a style=\"color: %1;\" href=\"%2\">%3</a>"}};
 
     if (url.isEmpty()) {
-        clear();
+        q->clear();
         return;
     }
 
-    setText(templateString.arg(url.url(QUrl::FullyEncoded), text.isEmpty() ? url.toDisplayString().toHtmlEscaped() : text.toHtmlEscaped()));
+    ensureLinkColorIsValid();
+    q->setText(templateString.arg(
+        linkColor.name(),
+        url.url(QUrl::FullyEncoded),
+        text.isEmpty() ? url.toDisplayString().toHtmlEscaped() : text.toHtmlEscaped()));
+}
+
+UrlLabel::UrlLabel(QWidget *parent)
+    : QLabel{parent}
+    , d{new Private{this}}
+{
+    setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
+    setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
+}
+
+Kleo::UrlLabel::~UrlLabel() = default;
+
+void UrlLabel::setUrl(const QUrl &url, const QString &text)
+{
+    d->url = url;
+    d->text = text;
+    d->updateLabel();
+}
+
+void UrlLabel::setLinkColor(const QColor &color)
+{
+    d->linkColor = color;
+    d->updateLabel();
 }
 
 void UrlLabel::focusInEvent(QFocusEvent *event)
 {
     // immediately focus the URL when the label get focus
     QLabel::focusInEvent(event);
     if (!hasSelectedText()) {
         focusNextPrevChild(true);
     }
 }
 
 bool UrlLabel::focusNextPrevChild(bool next)
 {
     const bool result = QLabel::focusNextPrevChild(next);
     if (hasFocus() && hasSelectedText()) {
         QAccessibleTextSelectionEvent ev(this, selectionStart(), selectionStart() + selectedText().size());
         QAccessible::updateAccessibility(&ev);
     }
     return result;
 }
diff --git a/src/view/urllabel.h b/src/view/urllabel.h
index 3ffeb4124..2b0f188d8 100644
--- a/src/view/urllabel.h
+++ b/src/view/urllabel.h
@@ -1,34 +1,43 @@
 /*
     view/urllabel.h
 
     This file is part of Kleopatra, the KDE keymanager
     SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 g10 Code GmbH
     SPDX-FileContributor: Ingo Klöcker <dev@ingo-kloecker.de>
 
     SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 */
 
 #pragma once
 
 #include <QLabel>
 
+#include <memory>
+
 namespace Kleo
 {
 
 class UrlLabel : public QLabel
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     explicit UrlLabel(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
+    ~UrlLabel() override;
 
     void setUrl(const QUrl &url, const QString &text = {});
 
+    void setLinkColor(const QColor &color);
+
 protected:
     void focusInEvent(QFocusEvent *event) override;
     bool focusNextPrevChild(bool next) override;
 
 private:
     using QLabel::setText;
+
+private:
+    class Private;
+    std::unique_ptr<Private> d;
 };
 
 }