diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/templates/archiva/search.html b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/templates/archiva/search.html
index 2b6ae8f24..c2a0ca1b0 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/templates/archiva/search.html
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/main/webapp/js/templates/archiva/search.html
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@
             </tr>
             <tr>
               <th>${$.i18n.prop('browse.artifact.scm.viewer')}</th>
-              <td>${projectVersionMetadata.scm.url}</td>
+              <td><a href="${projectVersionMetadata.scm.url}" target="_blank">${projectVersionMetadata.scm.url}</a></td>
             </tr>
             </tbody>
           </table>