diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/base.compact b/r2/r2/templates/base.compact
index 00a578575..559aeabc8 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/base.compact
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/base.compact
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
           href="/static/compact/reddit_startimg.png" />
     <link rel="canonical" href="${thing.canonical_link}" />
     %if hasattr(thing, "shortlink"):
-      <link rel="shorturl" href="${thing.shortlink}" />
+      <link rel="shorturl" href="http://${thing.shortlink}" />
     %endif
     <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black" />
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/>
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/reddit.html b/r2/r2/templates/reddit.html
index 9dc2d7e5c..cd88da173 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/reddit.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/reddit.html
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
   %endif
 
   %if hasattr(thing, "shortlink"):
-    <link rel="shorturl" href="${thing.shortlink}"/>
+    <link rel="shorturl" href="http://${thing.shortlink}"/>
   %endif
 
   %if c.allow_styles and c.site.stylesheet_contents: