diff --git a/plugins/poll/assets/javascripts/poll_dialect.js b/plugins/poll/assets/javascripts/poll_dialect.js
index 126f48331..d2e0b4c93 100644
--- a/plugins/poll/assets/javascripts/poll_dialect.js
+++ b/plugins/poll/assets/javascripts/poll_dialect.js
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
   const WHITELISTED_ATTRIBUTES = ["type", "name", "min", "max", "step", "order", "color", "background", "status"];
   const WHITELISTED_STYLES = ["color", "background"];
 
-  const ATTRIBUTES_REGEX = new RegExp("(" + WHITELISTED_ATTRIBUTES.join("|") + ")=['\"]?[^\\s\\]=]+['\"]?", "g");
+  const ATTRIBUTES_REGEX = new RegExp("(" + WHITELISTED_ATTRIBUTES.join("|") + ")=['\"]?[^\\s\\]]+['\"]?", "g");
 
   Discourse.Dialect.replaceBlock({
-    start: /\[poll([^\]]*)\]([\s\S]*)/igm,
+    start: /\[poll((?:\s+\w+=[^\s\]]+)*)\]([\s\S]*)/igm,
     stop: /\[\/poll\]/igm,
 
     emitter: function(blockContents, matches) {
diff --git a/plugins/poll/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb b/plugins/poll/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb
index 3d63d8425..ad373624c 100644
--- a/plugins/poll/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/plugins/poll/spec/controllers/posts_controller_spec.rb
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ describe PostsController do
       expect(json["polls"]["<script>alert(xss)</script>"]).to be
     end
 
+    it "also works whe there is a link starting with '[poll'" do
+      xhr :post, :create, { title: title, raw: "[Polls are awesome](/foobar)\n[poll]\n- A\n- B\n[/poll]" }
+      expect(response).to be_success
+      json = ::JSON.parse(response.body)
+      expect(json["cooked"]).to match("data-poll-")
+      expect(json["polls"]).to be
+    end
+
     describe "edit window" do
 
       describe "within the first 5 minutes" do