diff --git a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
index 24e1c42606..933d497af2 100644
--- a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
+++ b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
@@ -2090,7 +2090,7 @@ class BBCode
 		$text = preg_replace("/\[zrl\=(.*?)\](.*?)\[\/zrl\]/ism", '[url=$1]$2[/url]', $text);
 
 		if (in_array($simple_html, [self::INTERNAL, self::EXTERNAL, self::DIASPORA, self::OSTATUS, self::MASTODON_API, self::TWITTER_API, self::ACTIVITYPUB])) {
-			$text = self::shortenLinkDescription($text);
+			$text = self::shortenLinkDescription($text, $simple_html);
 		} else {
 			$text = self::unifyLinks($text);
 		}
@@ -2143,20 +2143,26 @@ class BBCode
 		);
 	}
 
-	private static function shortenLinkDescription(string $text): string
+	private static function shortenLinkDescription(string $text, int $simple_html): string
 	{
+		if ($simple_html == self::INTERNAL) {
+			$max_length = DI::config()->get('system', 'display_link_length');
+		} else {
+			$max_length = 30;
+		}
+
 		$text = preg_replace_callback(
 			"/\[url\](.*?)\[\/url\]/ism",
-			function ($match) {
-				return "[url=" . self::escapeUrl($match[1]) . "]" . Strings::getStyledURL($match[1]) . "[/url]";
+			function ($match) use ($max_length) {
+				return "[url=" . self::escapeUrl($match[1]) . "]" . Strings::getStyledURL($match[1], $max_length) . "[/url]";
 			},
 			$text
 		);
 		$text = preg_replace_callback(
 			"/\[url\=(.*?)\](.*?)\[\/url\]/ism",
-			function ($match) {
+			function ($match) use ($max_length) {
 				if ($match[1] == $match[2]) {
-					return "[url=" . self::escapeUrl($match[1]) . "]" . Strings::getStyledURL($match[2]) . "[/url]";
+					return "[url=" . self::escapeUrl($match[1]) . "]" . Strings::getStyledURL($match[2], $max_length) . "[/url]";
 				} else {
 					return "[url=" . self::escapeUrl($match[1]) . "]" . $match[2] . "[/url]";
 				}
diff --git a/src/Util/Strings.php b/src/Util/Strings.php
index 4a68e31248..421bed8d56 100644
--- a/src/Util/Strings.php
+++ b/src/Util/Strings.php
@@ -565,10 +565,11 @@ class Strings
 	/**
 	 * Converts an URL in a nicer format (without the scheme and possibly shortened)
 	 *
-	 * @param string $url URL that is about to be reformatted
+	 * @param string $url        URL that is about to be reformatted
+	 * @param int    $max_length Maximum length of an url before it is shortened
 	 * @return string reformatted link
 	 */
-	public static function getStyledURL(string $url): string
+	public static function getStyledURL(string $url, int $max_length = 30): string
 	{
 		$parts = parse_url($url);
 		if (empty($parts['scheme'])) {
@@ -578,8 +579,8 @@ class Strings
 		$scheme = [$parts['scheme'] . '://www.', $parts['scheme'] . '://'];
 		$styled_url = str_replace($scheme, '', $url);
 
-		if (strlen($styled_url) > 30) {
-			$styled_url = substr($styled_url, 0, 30) . "…";
+		if (!empty($max_length) && strlen($styled_url) > $max_length) {
+			$styled_url = substr($styled_url, 0, $max_length) . "…";
 		}
 
 		return $styled_url;
diff --git a/static/defaults.config.php b/static/defaults.config.php
index eb1b2b01db..5392248176 100644
--- a/static/defaults.config.php
+++ b/static/defaults.config.php
@@ -259,6 +259,10 @@ return [
 		// Display the first resharer as icon and text on a reshared item.
 		'display_resharer' => false,
 
+		// display_link_length (integer)
+		// Maximum length of displayed links. Default value is 30, 0 deactivates the functionality.
+		'display_link_length' => 30,
+
 		// dlogfile (Path)
 		// location of the developer log file.
 		'dlogfile' => '',