diff --git a/src/utils/html-to-wpml.js b/src/utils/html-to-wpml.js
index 5b95c4c..89f1c51 100644
--- a/src/utils/html-to-wpml.js
+++ b/src/utils/html-to-wpml.js
@@ -11,49 +11,49 @@ Definition of the Markdown to WordProcessingML conversion routine.
 
   module.exports = function( html ) {
 
-    var final = '';
-    var is_bold = false, is_italic = false, is_link = false;
-    var depth = 0;
-
+    // Tokenize the HTML stream.
     var tokens = HTML5Tokenizer.tokenize( html );
+
+    var final = '', is_bold, is_italic, is_link, link_url;
+
+    // Process <em>, <strong>, and <a> elements in the HTML stream, producing
+    // equivalent WordProcessingML that can be dumped into a <w:p> or other
+    // text container element.
     _.each( tokens, function( tok ) {
+
       switch( tok.type ) {
+
         case 'StartTag':
           switch( tok.tagName ) {
-            case 'p':
-              final += '<w:p>';
-              break;
-            case 'strong':
-              is_bold = true;
-              break;
-            case 'em':
-              is_italic = true;
-              break;
+            case 'p': final += '<w:p>'; break;
+            case 'strong': is_bold = true; break;
+            case 'em': is_italic = true; break;
             case 'a':
               is_link = true;
+              link_url = tok.attributes.filter(function(attr){
+                return attr[0] === 'href'; }
+              )[0][1];
               break;
           }
           break;
+
         case 'EndTag':
           switch( tok.tagName ) {
-            case 'p':
-              final += '</w:p>';
-              break;
-            case 'strong':
-              is_bold = false;
-              break;
-            case 'em':
-              is_italic = false;
-              break;
-            case 'a':
-              is_link = false;
-              break;
+            case 'p': final += '</w:p>'; break;
+            case 'strong': is_bold = false; break;
+            case 'em': is_italic = false; break;
+            case 'a': is_link = false; break;
           }
           break;
+
         case 'Chars':
           var style = is_bold ? '<w:b/>' : '';
           style += is_italic ? '<w:i/>': '';
-          final += '<w:r><w:rPr>' + style + '</w:rPr><w:t>' + tok.chars + '</w:t></w:r>';
+          style += is_link ? '<w:rStyle w:val="Hyperlink"/>' : '';
+          final +=
+            (is_link ? ('<w:hlink w:dest="' + link_url + '">') : '') +
+            '<w:r><w:rPr>' + style + '</w:rPr><w:t>' + tok.chars +
+            '</w:t></w:r>' + (is_link ? '</w:hlink>' : '');
           break;
       }
     });