diff --git a/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/link_view.rb b/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/link_view.rb
index 8e7467f742..be828aa8e1 100644
--- a/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/link_view.rb
+++ b/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/link_view.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module Alchemy
   module Ingredients
     class LinkView < BaseView
+      include LinkTarget
+
       attr_reader :link_text
 
       # @param ingredient [Alchemy::Ingredient]
@@ -12,7 +14,11 @@ def initialize(ingredient, text: nil, html_options: {})
       end
 
       def call
-        link_to(link_text, value, {target: ingredient.link_target.presence}.merge(html_options)).html_safe
+        target = ingredient.link_target.presence
+        link_to(link_text, value, {
+          target: link_target_value(target),
+          rel: link_rel_value(target)
+        }.merge(html_options)).html_safe
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/picture_view.rb b/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/picture_view.rb
index d32ab0ab99..33e2cfc438 100644
--- a/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/picture_view.rb
+++ b/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/picture_view.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ module Alchemy
   module Ingredients
     # Renders a picture ingredient view
     class PictureView < BaseView
+      include LinkTarget
+
       attr_reader :ingredient,
         :show_caption,
         :disable_link,
@@ -46,10 +48,11 @@ def call
         output = caption ? img_tag + caption : img_tag
 
         if is_linked?
+          target = ingredient.link_target.presence
           output = link_to(output, url_for(ingredient.link), {
             title: ingredient.link_title.presence,
-            target: (ingredient.link_target == "blank") ? "_blank" : nil,
-            data: {link_target: ingredient.link_target.presence}
+            rel: link_rel_value(target),
+            target: link_target_value(target)
           })
         end
 
diff --git a/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/text_view.rb b/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/text_view.rb
index 62a7e665f5..5954a1b850 100644
--- a/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/text_view.rb
+++ b/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/text_view.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module Alchemy
   module Ingredients
     class TextView < BaseView
+      include LinkTarget
+
       attr_reader :disable_link
 
       delegate :dom_id, :link, :link_title, :link_target,
@@ -21,7 +23,8 @@ def call
           link_to(value, url_for(link), {
             id: dom_id.presence,
             title: link_title,
-            target: link_target
+            target: link_target_value(link_target),
+            rel: link_rel_value(link_target)
           }.merge(html_options))
         end.html_safe
       end
diff --git a/app/components/concerns/alchemy/ingredients/link_target.rb b/app/components/concerns/alchemy/ingredients/link_target.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e3a168b9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/concerns/alchemy/ingredients/link_target.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+module Alchemy
+  module Ingredients
+    module LinkTarget
+      BLANK_VALUE = "_blank"
+      REL_VALUE = "noopener noreferrer"
+
+      def link_rel_value(target)
+        if link_target_value(target) == BLANK_VALUE
+          REL_VALUE
+        end
+      end
+
+      def link_target_value(target)
+        (target == "blank") ? BLANK_VALUE : target
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/components/alchemy/ingredients/picture_view_spec.rb b/spec/components/alchemy/ingredients/picture_view_spec.rb
index 22d3c901a8..c3e848ee52 100644
--- a/spec/components/alchemy/ingredients/picture_view_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/alchemy/ingredients/picture_view_spec.rb
@@ -169,6 +169,32 @@
       expect(page).to have_selector('a[href="/home"] img')
     end
 
+    context "with link target set to '_blank'" do
+      before do
+        ingredient.link_target = "_blank"
+      end
+
+      it "adds rel noopener noreferrer" do
+        render_view
+        expect(page).to have_selector(
+          'a[href="/home"][target="_blank"][rel="noopener noreferrer"] img'
+        )
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with link target set to 'blank'" do
+      before do
+        ingredient.link_target = "blank"
+      end
+
+      it "sets target '_blank' and adds rel noopener noreferrer" do
+        render_view
+        expect(page).to have_selector(
+          'a[href="/home"][target="_blank"][rel="noopener noreferrer"] img'
+        )
+      end
+    end
+
     context "but disabled link option" do
       before do
         options[:disable_link] = true
diff --git a/spec/views/alchemy/ingredients/link_view_spec.rb b/spec/views/alchemy/ingredients/link_view_spec.rb
index 14301faee3..fd1d1830b4 100644
--- a/spec/views/alchemy/ingredients/link_view_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/alchemy/ingredients/link_view_spec.rb
@@ -45,4 +45,30 @@
       expect(rendered).to eq('<a class="foo" href="http://google.com">http://google.com</a>')
     end
   end
+
+  context "with link target set to '_blank'" do
+    let(:ingredient) do
+      Alchemy::Ingredients::Link.new(value: "http://google.com", link_target: "_blank")
+    end
+
+    it "adds rel noopener noreferrer" do
+      render ingredient
+      expect(rendered).to eq(
+        '<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://google.com">http://google.com</a>'
+      )
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "with link target set to 'blank'" do
+    let(:ingredient) do
+      Alchemy::Ingredients::Link.new(value: "http://google.com", link_target: "blank")
+    end
+
+    it "sets target '_blank' and adds rel noopener noreferrer" do
+      render ingredient
+      expect(rendered).to eq(
+        '<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://google.com">http://google.com</a>'
+      )
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/views/alchemy/ingredients/text_view_spec.rb b/spec/views/alchemy/ingredients/text_view_spec.rb
index 1ac9a0ac2f..cb277bf98e 100644
--- a/spec/views/alchemy/ingredients/text_view_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/alchemy/ingredients/text_view_spec.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,24 @@
       expect(rendered).to have_selector('a[title="Foo"][target="_blank"][href="http://google.com"]')
     end
 
+    context "with link target set to '_blank'" do
+      it "adds rel noopener noreferrer" do
+        render ingredient
+        expect(rendered).to have_selector(
+          'a[title="Foo"][target="_blank"][href="http://google.com"][rel="noopener noreferrer"]'
+        )
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with link target set to 'blank'" do
+      it "sets target '_blank' and adds rel noopener noreferrer" do
+        render ingredient
+        expect(rendered).to have_selector(
+          'a[title="Foo"][target="_blank"][href="http://google.com"][rel="noopener noreferrer"]'
+        )
+      end
+    end
+
     context "with html_options given" do
       it "renders the linked with these options" do
         render ingredient, html_options: {title: "Bar", class: "blue"}