diff --git a/src/file/footer-wrapper.ts b/src/file/footer-wrapper.ts
index 99cff08f20..785f2724e4 100644
--- a/src/file/footer-wrapper.ts
+++ b/src/file/footer-wrapper.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ export class FooterWrapper {
         return mediaData;
     }
 
+    public addHyperlinkRelationship(target: string, refId: number, targetMode?: "External" | undefined): void {
+        this.relationships.createRelationship(
+            refId,
+            "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/hyperlink",
+            target,
+            targetMode,
+        );
+    }
+
     public createImage(image: Buffer, width?: number, height?: number): void {
         const mediaData = this.addImageRelationship(image, this.relationships.RelationshipCount, width, height);
         this.addImage(new Image(new ImageParagraph(mediaData)));
diff --git a/src/file/header-wrapper.ts b/src/file/header-wrapper.ts
index c2ed4841f1..beb7903cf5 100644
--- a/src/file/header-wrapper.ts
+++ b/src/file/header-wrapper.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ export class HeaderWrapper {
         return mediaData;
     }
 
+    public addHyperlinkRelationship(target: string, refId: number, targetMode?: "External" | undefined): void {
+        this.relationships.createRelationship(
+            refId,
+            "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/hyperlink",
+            target,
+            targetMode,
+        );
+    }
+
     public createImage(image: Buffer, width?: number, height?: number): void {
         const mediaData = this.addImageRelationship(image, this.relationships.RelationshipCount, width, height);
         this.addImage(new Image(new ImageParagraph(mediaData)));
diff --git a/src/import-dotx/import-dotx.ts b/src/import-dotx/import-dotx.ts
index 93c9ab97ff..9d541f5c07 100644
--- a/src/import-dotx/import-dotx.ts
+++ b/src/import-dotx/import-dotx.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const schemeToType = {
     "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/header": "header",
     "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/footer": "footer",
     "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/image": "image",
+    "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/hyperlink": "hyperlink",
 };
 
 interface IDocumentRefs {
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ interface IDocumentRefs {
 
 interface IRelationshipFileInfo {
     id: number;
-    targetFile: string;
-    type: "header" | "footer" | "image";
+    target: string;
+    type: "header" | "footer" | "image" | "hyperlink";
 }
 
 // Document Template
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ export class ImportDotx {
                 throw new Error(`Can not find target file for id ${headerRef.id}`);
             }
 
-            const xmlData = await zipContent.files[`word/${relationFileInfo.targetFile}`].async("text");
+            const xmlData = await zipContent.files[`word/${relationFileInfo.target}`].async("text");
             const xmlObj = fastXmlParser.parse(xmlData, importParseOptions);
 
             const importedComp = convertToXmlComponent(headerKey, xmlObj[headerKey]) as ImportedXmlComponent;
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ export class ImportDotx {
             if (relationFileInfo === null || !relationFileInfo) {
                 throw new Error(`Can not find target file for id ${footerRef.id}`);
             }
-            const xmlData = await zipContent.files[`word/${relationFileInfo.targetFile}`].async("text");
+            const xmlData = await zipContent.files[`word/${relationFileInfo.target}`].async("text");
             const xmlObj = fastXmlParser.parse(xmlData, importParseOptions);
             const importedComp = convertToXmlComponent(footerKey, xmlObj[footerKey]) as ImportedXmlComponent;
 
@@ -106,15 +107,20 @@ export class ImportDotx {
         wrapper: HeaderWrapper | FooterWrapper,
     ): Promise<void> {
         let wrapperImagesReferences: IRelationshipFileInfo[] = [];
-        const refFile = zipContent.files[`word/_rels/${relationFile.targetFile}.rels`];
+        let hyperLinkReferences: IRelationshipFileInfo[] = [];
+        const refFile = zipContent.files[`word/_rels/${relationFile.target}.rels`];
         if (refFile) {
             const xmlRef = await refFile.async("text");
             wrapperImagesReferences = this.findReferenceFiles(xmlRef).filter((r) => r.type === "image");
+            hyperLinkReferences = this.findReferenceFiles(xmlRef).filter((r) => r.type === "hyperlink");
         }
         for (const r of wrapperImagesReferences) {
-            const buffer = await zipContent.files[`word/${r.targetFile}`].async("nodebuffer");
+            const buffer = await zipContent.files[`word/${r.target}`].async("nodebuffer");
             wrapper.addImageRelationship(buffer, r.id);
         }
+        for (const r of hyperLinkReferences) {
+            wrapper.addHyperlinkRelationship(r.target, r.id, "External");
+        }
     }
 
     public findReferenceFiles(xmlData: string): IRelationshipFileInfo[] {
@@ -127,7 +133,7 @@ export class ImportDotx {
                 return {
                     id: this.parseRefId(item._attr.Id),
                     type: schemeToType[item._attr.Type],
-                    targetFile: item._attr.Target,
+                    target: item._attr.Target,
                 };
             })
             .filter((item) => item.type !== null);