diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 74c74d8e2a..3ff1cee2f5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ RELEASE-VERSION
 # used by setuptools to cache downloaded eggs
 /.eggs
 _pytest_temp/
+.idea
+*.iml
diff --git a/deluge/common.py b/deluge/common.py
index be655447fd..256f1f7831 100644
--- a/deluge/common.py
+++ b/deluge/common.py
@@ -720,6 +720,16 @@ def parse_human_size(size):
     raise InvalidSize(msg % (size, tokens))
 
 
+def anchorify_urls(text: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Wrap all occurrences of text URLs with HTML
+    """
+    url_pattern = r'((htt)|(ft)|(ud))ps?://\S+'
+    html_href_pattern = r'<a href="\g<0>">\g<0></a>'
+
+    return re.sub(url_pattern, html_href_pattern, text)
+
+
 def is_url(url):
     """
     A simple test to check if the URL is valid
diff --git a/deluge/ui/gtk3/details_tab.py b/deluge/ui/gtk3/details_tab.py
index 04a5eabfe0..95b4ab8e36 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/gtk3/details_tab.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/gtk3/details_tab.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from xml.sax.saxutils import escape as xml_escape
 
 import deluge.component as component
-from deluge.common import decode_bytes, fdate, fsize, is_url
+from deluge.common import anchorify_urls, decode_bytes, fdate, fsize
 
 from .tab_data_funcs import fdate_or_dash, fpieces_num_size
 from .torrentdetails import Tab
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ def _on_get_torrent_status(self, status):
         for widget in self.tab_widgets.values():
             txt = xml_escape(self.widget_status_as_fstr(widget, status))
             if decode_bytes(widget.obj.get_text()) != txt:
-                if 'comment' in widget.status_keys and is_url(txt):
-                    widget.obj.set_markup(f'<a href="{txt}">{txt}</a>')
+                if 'comment' in widget.status_keys:
+                    widget.obj.set_markup(anchorify_urls(txt))
                 else:
                     widget.obj.set_markup(txt)
 
diff --git a/deluge/ui/gtk3/trackers_tab.py b/deluge/ui/gtk3/trackers_tab.py
index d671471b02..5fad631e4f 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/gtk3/trackers_tab.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/gtk3/trackers_tab.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import logging
 
 import deluge.component as component
-from deluge.common import ftime
+from deluge.common import anchorify_urls, ftime
 
 from .tab_data_funcs import fcount, ftranslate, fyes_no
 from .torrentdetails import Tab
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ def _on_get_torrent_status(self, status):
         for widget in self.tab_widgets.values():
             txt = self.widget_status_as_fstr(widget, status)
             if widget.obj.get_text() != txt:
-                widget.obj.set_text(txt)
+                if 'tracker_status' in widget.status_keys:
+                    widget.obj.set_markup(anchorify_urls(txt))
+                else:
+                    widget.obj.set_text(txt)
 
     def clear(self):
         for widget in self.tab_widgets.values():