diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLAnchorElement.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLAnchorElement.cpp
index fcf17b51dce..25d1be2df92 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLAnchorElement.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLAnchorElement.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ void HTMLAnchorElement::activation_behavior(Web::DOM::Event const& event)
     if (href().is_empty())
         return;
 
+    // AD-HOC: Do not activate the element for clicks with the ctrl/cmd modifier present. This lets
+    //         the chrome open the link in a new tab.
+    if (is<UIEvents::MouseEvent>(event)) {
+        auto const& mouse_event = static_cast<UIEvents::MouseEvent const&>(event);
+        if (mouse_event.platform_ctrl_key())
+            return;
+    }
+
     // 2. Let hyperlinkSuffix be null.
     Optional<String> hyperlink_suffix {};
 
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Page/EventHandler.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Page/EventHandler.cpp
index d7baffd8efa..0700318c576 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Page/EventHandler.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Page/EventHandler.cpp
@@ -313,7 +313,9 @@ bool EventHandler::handle_mouseup(CSSPixelPoint viewport_position, CSSPixelPoint
                     auto href = link->href();
                     auto url = document->parse_url(href);
 
-                    if (button == UIEvents::MouseButton::Middle) {
+                    if (button == UIEvents::MouseButton::Primary && (modifiers & UIEvents::Mod_PlatformCtrl) != 0) {
+                        m_navigable->page().client().page_did_click_link(url, link->target().to_byte_string(), modifiers);
+                    } else if (button == UIEvents::MouseButton::Middle) {
                         m_navigable->page().client().page_did_middle_click_link(url, link->target().to_byte_string(), modifiers);
                     } else if (button == UIEvents::MouseButton::Secondary) {
                         m_navigable->page().client().page_did_request_link_context_menu(viewport_position, url, link->target().to_byte_string(), modifiers);