diff --git a/dev-infra/commit-message/validate.spec.ts b/dev-infra/commit-message/validate.spec.ts
index ad1bf5b1e9..edc0bab802 100644
--- a/dev-infra/commit-message/validate.spec.ts
+++ b/dev-infra/commit-message/validate.spec.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ describe('validate-commit-message.js', () => {
           config.commitMessage.maxLineLength} characters`);
     });
 
+    it('should skip max length limit for URLs', () => {
+      const msg = 'fix(compiler): this is just an usual commit message tile\n\n' +
+          'This is a normal commit message body which does not exceed the max length\n' +
+          'limit. For more details see the following super long URL:\n\n' +
+          'https://github.com/angular/components/commit/e2ace018ddfad10608e0e32932c43dcfef4095d7#diff-9879d6db96fd29134fc802214163b95a';
+
+      expect(validateCommitMessage(msg)).toBe(VALID);
+    });
+
     it('should validate "<type>(<scope>): <subject>" format', () => {
       const msg = 'not correct format';
 
diff --git a/dev-infra/commit-message/validate.ts b/dev-infra/commit-message/validate.ts
index a9b01f1c4d..7108a63cac 100644
--- a/dev-infra/commit-message/validate.ts
+++ b/dev-infra/commit-message/validate.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const REVERT_PREFIX_RE = /^revert:? /i;
 const TYPE_SCOPE_RE = /^(\w+)(?:\(([^)]+)\))?\:\s(.+)$/;
 const COMMIT_HEADER_RE = /^(.*)/i;
 const COMMIT_BODY_RE = /^.*\n\n([\s\S]*)$/;
+const COMMIT_BODY_URL_LINE_RE = /^https?:\/\/.*$/;
 
 /** Parse a full commit message into its composite parts. */
 export function parseCommitMessage(commitMsg: string) {
@@ -156,7 +157,13 @@ export function validateCommitMessage(
   }
 
   const bodyByLine = commit.body.split('\n');
-  if (bodyByLine.some(line => line.length > config.maxLineLength)) {
+  const lineExceedsMaxLength = bodyByLine.some(line => {
+    // Check if any line exceeds the max line length limit. The limit is ignored for
+    // lines that just contain an URL (as these usually cannot be wrapped or shortened).
+    return line.length > config.maxLineLength && !COMMIT_BODY_URL_LINE_RE.test(line);
+  });
+
+  if (lineExceedsMaxLength) {
     printError(
         `The commit message body contains lines greater than ${config.maxLineLength} characters`);
     return false;