diff --git a/extensions/markdown/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage b/extensions/markdown/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage
index 1b6d8f43963..5e7d26dea2b 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage
+++ b/extensions/markdown/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage
@@ -3266,6 +3266,7 @@
 					<string>(?x:
 						(\!\[)((?&lt;square&gt;[^\[\]\\]|\\.|\[\g&lt;square&gt;*+\])*+)(\])
 													# Match the link text.
+						([ ])?						# Space not allowed
 						(\()						# Opening paren for url
 							(&lt;?)(\S+?)(&gt;?)			# The url
 							[ \t]*					# Optional whitespace
@@ -3577,6 +3578,7 @@
 					<string>(?x:
 						(\[)((?&lt;square&gt;[^\[\]\\]|\\.|\[\g&lt;square&gt;*+\])*+)(\])
 													# Match the link text.
+						([ ])?						# Space not allowed
 						(\()						# Opening paren for url
 							(&lt;?)(.*?)(&gt;?)			# The url
 							[ \t]*					# Optional whitespace
diff --git a/extensions/markdown/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage.base b/extensions/markdown/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage.base
index 7660def31b7..d501f50a86f 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage.base
+++ b/extensions/markdown/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage.base
@@ -756,6 +756,7 @@
 					<string>(?x:
 						(\!\[)((?&lt;square&gt;[^\[\]\\]|\\.|\[\g&lt;square&gt;*+\])*+)(\])
 													# Match the link text.
+						([ ])?						# Space not allowed
 						(\()						# Opening paren for url
 							(&lt;?)(\S+?)(&gt;?)			# The url
 							[ \t]*					# Optional whitespace
@@ -1067,6 +1068,7 @@
 					<string>(?x:
 						(\[)((?&lt;square&gt;[^\[\]\\]|\\.|\[\g&lt;square&gt;*+\])*+)(\])
 													# Match the link text.
+						([ ])?						# Space not allowed
 						(\()						# Opening paren for url
 							(&lt;?)(.*?)(&gt;?)			# The url
 							[ \t]*					# Optional whitespace