diff --git a/pelican/contents.py b/pelican/contents.py
index 94790612..1f326b0d 100644
--- a/pelican/contents.py
+++ b/pelican/contents.py
@@ -182,13 +182,7 @@ class Content(object):
         if not content:
             return content
 
-        hrefs = re.compile(r"""
-            (?P<markup><\s*[^\>]*  # match tag with src and href attr
-                (?:href|src)\s*=)
-
-            (?P<quote>["\'])      # require value to be quoted
-            (?P<path>[|{](?P<what>.*?)[|}](?P<value>.*?))  # the url value
-            \2""", re.X)
+        hrefs = re.compile(self.settings['INTRASITE_LINK_REGEX'], re.X)
 
         def replacer(m):
             what = m.group('what')
diff --git a/pelican/settings.py b/pelican/settings.py
index 1f2646f6..7b656960 100644
--- a/pelican/settings.py
+++ b/pelican/settings.py
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     'TEMPLATE_PAGES': {},
     'IGNORE_FILES': ['.#*'],
     'SLUG_SUBSTITUTIONS': (),
+    'INTRASITE_LINK_REGEX': r"""
+            (?P<markup><\s*[^\>]*  # match tag with src and href attr
+                (?:href|src)\s*=)
+
+            (?P<quote>["\'])      # require value to be quoted
+            (?P<path>[|{](?P<what>.*?)[|}](?P<value>.*?))  # the url value
+            \2""",
     }