diff --git a/src/HtmlUtils.js b/src/HtmlUtils.js
index b8a1c63dfb..b306eab23c 100644
--- a/src/HtmlUtils.js
+++ b/src/HtmlUtils.js
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ const sanitizeHtmlParams = {
     // Lots of these won't come up by default because we don't allow them
     selfClosing: ['img', 'br', 'hr', 'area', 'base', 'basefont', 'input', 'link', 'meta'],
     // URL schemes we permit
-    allowedSchemes: ['http', 'https', 'ftp', 'mailto'],
+    allowedSchemes: ['http', 'https', 'ftp', 'mailto', 'magnet'],
 
     allowProtocolRelative: false,