diff --git a/lib/helpers/parse_link_destination.js b/lib/helpers/parse_link_destination.js
index 14ff19a4..738b91b5 100644
--- a/lib/helpers/parse_link_destination.js
+++ b/lib/helpers/parse_link_destination.js
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ export default function parseLinkDestination(state, pos) {
 
     if (code === 0x20) { break; }
 
-    if (code > 0x08 && code < 0x0e) { break; }
+    // ascii control chars
+    if (code < 0x20 || code === 0x7F) { break; }
 
     if (code === 0x5C /* \ */ && pos + 1 < max) {
       pos += 2;
diff --git a/test/fixtures/remarkable/xss.txt b/test/fixtures/remarkable/xss.txt
index 6fc22e04..e80a2aca 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/remarkable/xss.txt
+++ b/test/fixtures/remarkable/xss.txt
@@ -77,3 +77,10 @@ javascript:alert(1)
 <p>javascript:alert(1)</p>
 <p>javascript:alert(1)</p>
 .
+
+
+.
+[ASCII control characters XSS](javascript:alert(1))
+.
+<p>[ASCII control characters XSS](javascript:alert(1))</p>
+.