diff --git a/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp b/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
index 0b9e02b8256..ca1ea3aa9fb 100644
--- a/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
@@ -2239,6 +2239,7 @@ void RichTextLabel::gui_input(const Ref<InputEvent> &p_event) {
 			queue_redraw();
 		}
 
+		_find_click(main, m->get_position(), nullptr, nullptr, &c_item, nullptr, &outside, true);
 		Variant meta;
 		ItemMeta *item_meta;
 		if (c_item && !outside && _find_meta(c_item, &meta, &item_meta)) {