diff --git a/src/applications/base/PhabricatorApplication.php b/src/applications/base/PhabricatorApplication.php
index e010d4491f..82b094c311 100644
--- a/src/applications/base/PhabricatorApplication.php
+++ b/src/applications/base/PhabricatorApplication.php
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ abstract class PhabricatorApplication
         $item = id(new PHUIListItemView())
           ->setName($article['name'])
           ->setIcon('fa-book')
-          ->setHref($article['href']);
+          ->setHref($article['href'])
+          ->setOpenInNewWindow(true);
 
         $items[] = $item;
       }
@@ -203,7 +204,8 @@ abstract class PhabricatorApplication
         $item = id(new PHUIListItemView())
           ->setName($spec['name'])
           ->setIcon('fa-envelope-o')
-          ->setHref($href);
+          ->setHref($href)
+          ->setOpenInNewWindow(true);
         $items[] = $item;
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/view/phui/PHUIListItemView.php b/src/view/phui/PHUIListItemView.php
index 4af02e572e..3a4909a1ee 100644
--- a/src/view/phui/PHUIListItemView.php
+++ b/src/view/phui/PHUIListItemView.php
@@ -29,8 +29,18 @@ final class PHUIListItemView extends AphrontTagView {
   private $indented;
   private $hideInApplicationMenu;
   private $icons = array();
+  private $openInNewWindow = false;
 
-  public function setHideInApplicationMenu($hide) {
+  public function setOpenInNewWindow($open_in_new_window) {
+    $this->openInNewWindow = $open_in_new_window;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  public function getOpenInNewWindow() {
+    return $this->openInNewWindow;
+  }
+
+    public function setHideInApplicationMenu($hide) {
     $this->hideInApplicationMenu = $hide;
     return $this;
   }
@@ -294,6 +304,7 @@ final class PHUIListItemView extends AphrontTagView {
         'class' => implode(' ', $classes),
         'meta' => $meta,
         'sigil' => $sigil,
+        'target' => $this->getOpenInNewWindow() ? '_blank' : null,
       ),
       array(
         $aural,