diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtexthtmlparser.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtexthtmlparser.cpp
index 5292ba20a2..a131503b85 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtexthtmlparser.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtexthtmlparser.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 #include <qstack.h>
 #include <qdebug.h>
 #include <qthread.h>
-#include <qcoreapplication.h>
+#include <qguiapplication.h>
 
 #include "qtextdocument.h"
 #include "qtextformat_p.h"
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ void QTextHtmlParserNode::initializeProperties(const QTextHtmlParserNode *parent
                     && !attributes.at(i + 1).isEmpty()) {
                     hasHref = true;
                     charFormat.setUnderlineStyle(QTextCharFormat::SingleUnderline);
-                    charFormat.setForeground(Qt::blue);
+                    charFormat.setForeground(QGuiApplication::palette().link());
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/text/qtextdocument/tst_qtextdocument.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/text/qtextdocument/tst_qtextdocument.cpp
index 307e5a6210..b065f537f7 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/text/qtextdocument/tst_qtextdocument.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/text/qtextdocument/tst_qtextdocument.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include <qabstracttextdocumentlayout.h>
 #include <qtextlist.h>
 #include <qtextcodec.h>
+#include <qguiapplication.h>
 #include <qurl.h>
 #include <qpainter.h>
 #include <qfontmetrics.h>
@@ -187,6 +188,9 @@ private slots:
 
     void QTBUG27354_spaceAndSoftSpace();
     void cssInheritance();
+
+    void QTBUG28998_linkColor();
+
 private:
     void backgroundImage_checkExpectedHtml(const QTextDocument &doc);
 
@@ -2974,5 +2978,29 @@ void tst_QTextDocument::cssInheritance()
     }
 }
 
+void tst_QTextDocument::QTBUG28998_linkColor()
+{
+    QPalette pal;
+    pal.setColor(QPalette::Link, QColor("tomato"));
+    QGuiApplication::setPalette(pal);
+
+    QTextDocument doc;
+    doc.setHtml("<a href=\"http://www.qt-project.org\">Qt</a>");
+
+    QCOMPARE(doc.blockCount(), 1);
+    QTextBlock block = doc.firstBlock();
+    QVERIFY(block.isValid());
+
+    QTextFragment fragment = block.begin().fragment();
+    QVERIFY(fragment.isValid());
+
+    QTextCharFormat format = fragment.charFormat();
+    QVERIFY(format.isValid());
+    QVERIFY(format.isAnchor());
+    QCOMPARE(format.anchorHref(), QStringLiteral("http://www.qt-project.org"));
+
+    QCOMPARE(format.foreground(), pal.link());
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QTextDocument)
 #include "tst_qtextdocument.moc"