diff --git a/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp b/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
index 7230f87359d..5fe26aac069 100644
--- a/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
@@ -2261,6 +2261,7 @@ 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;
 		ItemMeta *prev_meta = meta_hovering;