diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/search.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/search.ui
index f5813c18ee..b35ca84aca 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/search.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/search.ui
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@
      <property name="text" >
       <string>See the &lt;a href="http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/user_manual/gui.html#the-search-interface">User Manual&lt;/a> for more help</string>
      </property>
+     <property name="openExternalLinks" >
+      <bool>true</bool>
+     </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>