diff --git a/examples/frontend/src/frontend/core.cljs b/examples/frontend/src/frontend/core.cljs
index 548e8a2a..fcd720f5 100644
--- a/examples/frontend/src/frontend/core.cljs
+++ b/examples/frontend/src/frontend/core.cljs
@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@
    [:ul
     [:li [:a {:href "http://google.com"} "external link"]]
     [:li [:a {:href (rfe/href ::foobar)} "Missing route"]]
-    [:li [:a {:href (rfe/href ::item)} "Missing route params"]]]])
+    [:li [:a {:href (rfe/href ::item)} "Missing route params"]]]
+
+   [:div
+    {:content-editable true
+     :suppressContentEditableWarning true}
+    [:p "Link inside contentEditable element is ignored."]
+    [:a {:href (rfe/href ::frontpage)} "Link"]]])
 
 (defn item-page [match]
   (let [{:keys [path query]} (:parameters match)
diff --git a/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend/history.cljs b/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend/history.cljs
index 97be00c6..08affd0f 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend/history.cljs
+++ b/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend/history.cljs
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
   (:require [reitit.core :as reitit]
             [reitit.core :as r]
             [reitit.frontend :as rf]
-            [goog.events :as gevents]
-            [goog.dom :as gdom])
+            [goog.events :as gevents])
   (:import goog.Uri))
 
 (defprotocol History
@@ -78,8 +77,10 @@
                            (not (contains? #{"_blank" "self"} (.getAttribute el "target")))
                            ;; Left button
                            (= 0 (.-button e))
-                           (reitit/match-by-path router (.getPath uri))
-                           (not (gdom/getAncestor el (fn [node] (.isContentEditable node)))))
+                           ;; isContentEditable property is inherited from parents,
+                           ;; so if the anchor is inside contenteditable div, the property will be true.
+                           (not (.-isContentEditable (.-target e)))
+                           (reitit/match-by-path router (.getPath uri)))
                   (.preventDefault e)
                   (let [path (str (.getPath uri)
                                   (if (seq (.getQuery uri))