diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/bbcode_dialect.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/bbcode_dialect.js
index 41d2b534743..35390a8f3cd 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/bbcode_dialect.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/dialects/bbcode_dialect.js
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ Discourse.BBCode.replaceBBCode('li', function(contents) { return ['li'].concat(D
 
 Discourse.BBCode.rawBBCode('img', function(contents) { return ['img', {href: contents}]; });
 Discourse.BBCode.rawBBCode('email', function(contents) { return ['a', {href: "mailto:" + contents, 'data-bbcode': true}, contents]; });
-Discourse.BBCode.rawBBCode('url', function(contents) { return ['a', {href: contents, 'data-bbcode': true}, contents]; });
 Discourse.BBCode.rawBBCode('spoiler', function(contents) {
   if (/<img/i.test(contents)) {
     return ['div', { 'class': 'spoiler' }, contents];
@@ -145,8 +144,17 @@ Discourse.BBCode.rawBBCode('spoiler', function(contents) {
   }
 });
 
-Discourse.BBCode.replaceBBCodeParamsRaw("url", function(param, contents) {
-  return ['a', {href: param, 'data-bbcode': true}].concat(contents);
+Discourse.BBCode.register('url', function(contents, params) {
+  if (!params) {
+    if (contents && contents.length) {
+      var tag = contents[0];
+      if (tag && tag.length === 3 && tag[1].href) {
+        return ['a', {'href': tag[1].href, 'data-bbcode': true}, tag[1].href];
+      }
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+  return ['a', {'href': params, 'data-bbcode': true}].concat(contents);
 });
 
 Discourse.BBCode.replaceBBCodeParamsRaw("email", function(param, contents) {
diff --git a/test/javascripts/lib/bbcode-test.js.es6 b/test/javascripts/lib/bbcode-test.js.es6
index f739e2b74ee..d3bff25cbdf 100644
--- a/test/javascripts/lib/bbcode-test.js.es6
+++ b/test/javascripts/lib/bbcode-test.js.es6
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ test('basic bbcode', function() {
   format("[b]strong [b]stronger[/b][/b]", "<span class=\"bbcode-b\">strong <span class=\"bbcode-b\">stronger</span></span>", "accepts nested bbcode tags");
 });
 
+test('url with images', function() {
+  format("[url=http://www.example.com][img]http://example.com/logo.png[/img][/url]",
+         "<a href=\"http://www.example.com\"><img src=\"http://example.com/logo.png\"></a>",
+         "supports [url] with an embedded [img]");
+});
 test('invalid bbcode', function() {
   var cooked = Discourse.Markdown.cook("[code]I am not closed\n\nThis text exists.", {lookupAvatar: false});
   equal(cooked, "<p>[code]I am not closed</p>\n\n<p>This text exists.</p>", "does not raise an error with an open bbcode tag.");