diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLAnchorElement.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLAnchorElement.h
index feb2c28aa6f..08fccdef996 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLAnchorElement.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLAnchorElement.h
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ private:
     {
         queue_an_element_task(source, move(steps));
     }
-    virtual String hyperlink_element_utils_get_an_elements_target() const override
+    virtual String hyperlink_element_utils_get_an_elements_target(Optional<String> target) const override
     {
-        return get_an_elements_target();
+        return get_an_elements_target(target);
     }
     virtual TokenizedFeature::NoOpener hyperlink_element_utils_get_an_elements_noopener(StringView target) const override
     {
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLAreaElement.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLAreaElement.h
index 4c9803a83db..d7df7ed9806 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLAreaElement.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLAreaElement.h
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ private:
     {
         queue_an_element_task(source, move(steps));
     }
-    virtual String hyperlink_element_utils_get_an_elements_target() const override
+    virtual String hyperlink_element_utils_get_an_elements_target(Optional<String> target) const override
     {
-        return get_an_elements_target();
+        return get_an_elements_target(target);
     }
     virtual TokenizedFeature::NoOpener hyperlink_element_utils_get_an_elements_noopener(StringView target) const override
     {
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.cpp
index fbdfc60e459..3aef2904d07 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.cpp
@@ -907,21 +907,26 @@ Optional<ARIA::Role> HTMLElement::default_role() const
 }
 
 // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/semantics.html#get-an-element's-target
-String HTMLElement::get_an_elements_target() const
+String HTMLElement::get_an_elements_target(Optional<String> target) const
 {
-    // To get an element's target, given an a, area, or form element element, run these steps:
+    // To get an element's target, given an a, area, or form element element, and an optional string-or-null target (default null), run these steps:
 
-    // 1. If element has a target attribute, then return that attribute's value.
-    auto maybe_target = attribute(AttributeNames::target);
-    if (maybe_target.has_value())
-        return maybe_target.release_value();
+    // 1. If target is null, then:
+    if (!target.has_value()) {
+        // 1. If element has a target attribute, then set target to that attribute's value.
+        if (auto maybe_target = attribute(AttributeNames::target); maybe_target.has_value()) {
+            target = maybe_target.release_value();
+        }
+        // FIXME: 2. Otherwise, if element's node document contains a base element with a target attribute,
+        //    set target to the value of the target attribute of the first such base element.
+    }
 
-    // FIXME: 2. If element's node document contains a base element with a
-    // target attribute, then return the value of the target attribute of the
-    // first such base element.
+    // 2. If target is not null, and contains an ASCII tab or newline and a U+003C (<), then set target to "_blank".
+    if (target.has_value() && target->bytes_as_string_view().contains("\t\n\r"sv) && target->contains('<'))
+        target = "_blank"_string;
 
-    // 3. Return the empty string.
-    return String {};
+    // 3. Return target.
+    return target.value_or({});
 }
 
 // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/links.html#get-an-element's-noopener
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.h
index e373f84ac56..fa9f8994022 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public:
 
     virtual Optional<ARIA::Role> default_role() const override;
 
-    String get_an_elements_target() const;
+    String get_an_elements_target(Optional<String> target = {}) const;
     TokenizedFeature::NoOpener get_an_elements_noopener(StringView target) const;
 
     WebIDL::ExceptionOr<GC::Ref<ElementInternals>> attach_internals();
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils.h
index 17741d54240..52a24173a4a 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ protected:
     virtual Optional<String> hyperlink_element_utils_referrerpolicy() const = 0;
     virtual bool hyperlink_element_utils_is_html_anchor_element() const = 0;
     virtual bool hyperlink_element_utils_is_connected() const = 0;
-    virtual String hyperlink_element_utils_get_an_elements_target() const = 0;
+    virtual String hyperlink_element_utils_get_an_elements_target(Optional<String> target = {}) const = 0;
     virtual TokenizedFeature::NoOpener hyperlink_element_utils_get_an_elements_noopener(StringView target) const = 0;
 
     virtual void hyperlink_element_utils_queue_an_element_task(HTML::Task::Source source, Function<void()> steps) = 0;