diff --git a/src/Html2Text.php b/src/Html2Text.php
index 056b05e..b74fd57 100644
--- a/src/Html2Text.php
+++ b/src/Html2Text.php
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ protected function buildlinkList($link, $display, $linkOverride = null)
         }
 
         // Ignored link types
-        if (preg_match('!^(javascript:|mailto:|#)!i', $link)) {
+        if (preg_match('!^(javascript:|mailto:|#)!i', html_entity_decode($link))) {
             return $display;
         }
 
diff --git a/test/LinkTest.php b/test/LinkTest.php
index 626fd87..d621c18 100644
--- a/test/LinkTest.php
+++ b/test/LinkTest.php
@@ -159,4 +159,24 @@ public function testDoLinksWhenTargetInText()
 
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $html2text->getText());
     }
+
+    public function testMailto()
+    {
+        $html = '<a href="mailto:example@example.com">Link text</a>';
+        $expected = 'Link text';
+
+        $html2text = new Html2Text($html, array('do_links' => 'inline'));
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $html2text->getText());
+    }
+
+    public function testMailtoWithEntity()
+    {
+        $html = '<a href="&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58;example@example.com">Link text</a>';
+        $expected = 'Link text';
+
+        $html2text = new Html2Text($html, array('do_links' => 'inline'));
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $html2text->getText());
+    }
 }