diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/ilink.html b/layouts/shortcodes/ilink.html
index bf31ad1..a449905 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/ilink.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/ilink.html
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 {{- $fragsep := cond (eq $frag "") "" "#" -}}
 {{- $btext := or (.Get "btext") (printf "%d" $linkid) -}}
 {{- $btitle := .Get "btitle" -}}
+{{- $prefix := .Get "prefix" -}}
 {{- $anchor := printf "link-%d" $linkid -}}
 {{- $inner := .Inner -}}
 {{- $linkTitle := (.Get "title") -}}
@@ -14,6 +15,6 @@
   {{- $url := printf "%s%s%s" .Permalink $fragsep $frag -}}
   {{- $text := or $inner .Title -}}
   <a id="{{ $anchor }}"{{ with $linkTitle }} title="{{ . }}"{{ end }}
-     href="{{ $url }}">{{ $text | markdownify }}</a>
+	 href="{{ $url }}">{{ with $prefix }}{{ markdownify . }}&nbsp;{{ end }}{{ $text | markdownify }}</a>
   {{- .Scratch.Add "backlinks" (slice (dict "anchor" $anchor "page" $this "btext" $btext "btitle" $btitle)) -}}
 {{- end -}}