diff --git a/examples/html/entityProperties.html b/examples/html/entityProperties.html
index 898f2bea6d..47790f8e0b 100644
--- a/examples/html/entityProperties.html
+++ b/examples/html/entityProperties.html
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@
         </div>
 
         <div class="property">
-            <div class="label">Href</div>
+            <div class="label">Href - Hifi://address</div>
             <div class="value">
                 <input id="property-hyperlink-href" class="url">
             </div>
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.cpp
index 24314e807d..c67dc7212f 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.cpp
@@ -812,6 +812,14 @@ void EntityItem::setMass(float mass) {
     }
 }
 
+void EntityItem::setHref(QString value) {
+    auto href = value.toLower();
+    if (! (value.toLower().startsWith("hifi://")) ) {
+        return;
+    }
+    _href = value;
+}
+
 void EntityItem::simulate(const quint64& now) {
     if (_lastSimulated == 0) {
         _lastSimulated = now;
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.h b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.h
index 67af53615d..c8bf62f83e 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.h
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.h
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public:
 
     // Hyperlink related getters and setters
     QString getHref() const { return _href; }
-    void setHref(QString value) { _href = value; }
+    void setHref(QString value);
 
     QString getDescription() const { return _description; }
     void setDescription(QString value) { _description = value; }