diff --git a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TextComponent.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TextComponent.java
index 0971a384c7..ec63a4cb22 100644
--- a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TextComponent.java
+++ b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TextComponent.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 public final class TextComponent extends BaseComponent
 {
 
-    private static final Pattern url = Pattern.compile( "^(?:(https?)://)?([-\\w_\\.]{2,}\\.[a-z]{2,4})(/\\S*)?$" );
+    private static final Pattern url = Pattern.compile( "^(?:https?://([-\\w_\\.]+\\.[a-z-]{2,24})|([-\\w_\\.]{2,}\\.[a-z]{2,4}))(/\\S*)?$" );
 
     /**
      * Converts the old formatting system that used