diff --git a/mod/hotpot/lib.php b/mod/hotpot/lib.php
index 6fd5fab74c7..97d9fc6fdf6 100644
--- a/mod/hotpot/lib.php
+++ b/mod/hotpot/lib.php
@@ -1535,6 +1535,12 @@ class hotpot_xml_quiz extends hotpot_xml_tree {
                 $this->source = preg_replace($search, $replace, $this->source);
 
             } else {
+
+                // relative URLs in <a ... onclick="window.open('...')...">...</a>
+                $search = '|'.'(?<='.'onclick=&quot;'."window.open\\(&apos;".')'."(.*?)".'(?='."&apos;\\);return false;".'&quot;)'.'|ise';
+                $replace = "hotpot_convert_url('".$this->get_baseurl()."','".$this->reference."','\\1')";
+                $this->source = preg_replace($search, $replace, $this->source);
+
                 if ($this->parse_xml) {
 
                     $this->filetype = 'xml';