diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import hashlib
 import StringIO
 import urllib
 import math
+import logging
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from pygments.formatters.html import HtmlFormatter
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ from rhodecode.lib.utils import repo_nam
 from rhodecode.lib import str2bool, safe_unicode, safe_str, get_changeset_safe
 from rhodecode.lib.markup_renderer import MarkupRenderer
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 def _reset(name, value=None, id=NotGiven, type="reset", **attrs):
     """
@@ -728,7 +731,7 @@ def fancy_file_stats(stats):
     return literal('<div style="width:%spx">%s%s</div>' % (width, d_a, d_d))
 
 
-def urlify_text(text):
+def urlify_text(text_):
     import re
 
     url_pat = re.compile(r'''(http[s]?://(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-_@.&+]'''
@@ -738,8 +741,42 @@ def urlify_text(text):
         url_full = match_obj.groups()[0]
         return '<a href="%(url)s">%(url)s</a>' % ({'url':url_full})
 
-    return literal(url_pat.sub(url_func, text))
+    return literal(url_pat.sub(url_func, text_))
 
+def urlify_commit(text_):
+    import re
+    import traceback
+    
+    try:
+        conf = config['app_conf']
+        
+        URL_PAT = re.compile(r'%s' % conf.get('url_pat'))
+        
+        if URL_PAT:
+            ISSUE_SERVER = conf.get('issue_server')
+            ISSUE_PREFIX = conf.get('issue_prefix')
+            def url_func(match_obj):
+                issue_id = match_obj.groups()[0]
+                tmpl = (
+                '<a class="%(cls)s" href="%(url)s">'
+                ' %(issue-prefix)s%(id-repr)s'
+                '</a>'
+                )
+                return tmpl % (
+                    {
+                     'cls':'issue-tracker-link',
+                     'url':ISSUE_SERVER.replace('{id}',issue_id),
+                     'id-repr':issue_id,
+                     'issue-prefix':ISSUE_PREFIX,
+                     'serv':ISSUE_SERVER,
+                    }
+                )
+            return literal(URL_PAT.sub(url_func, text_))
+    except:
+        log.error(traceback.format_exc())
+        pass
+
+    return text_
 
 def rst(source):
     return literal('<div class="rst-block">%s</div>' %