diff --git a/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend/history.cljs b/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend/history.cljs
index e1aba76d..025141aa 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend/history.cljs
+++ b/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend/history.cljs
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@
                            (not (.-ctrlKey e))
                            (not (.-metaKey e))
                            (not (.-shiftKey e))
-                           (not (contains? #{"_blank" "_self"} (.getAttribute el "target")))
+                           (or (not (.hasAttribute el "target"))
+                               (contains? #{"" "_self"} (.getAttribute el "target")))
                            ;; Left button
                            (= 0 (.-button e))
                            ;; isContentEditable property is inherited from parents,