diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/recentchanges.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/recentchanges.pm
index a73ff37b9..3f70664ac 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/recentchanges.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/recentchanges.pm
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ sub store ($$$) { #{{{
 						do => "recentchanges_link",
 						page => $_->{page}
 					).
-					"\">".
+					"\" rel=\"nofollow\">".
 					pagetitle($_->{page}).
 					"</a>"
 			}
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6c068806c..566dd1954 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ ikiwiki (2.69) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     later parsing of any directives on the page.
   * Fix the link() pagespec to match links that are internally recorded as
     absolute.
+  * Add rel=nofollow to recentchanges_links for the same (weak) reasons it
+    was earlier added to edit links.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:01:00 -0500
 
diff --git a/templates/change.tmpl b/templates/change.tmpl
index 61a54fded..0aebae61e 100644
--- a/templates/change.tmpl
+++ b/templates/change.tmpl
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 <span class="desc"><br />Changed by:</span>
 <span class="committer">
 <TMPL_IF NAME="AUTHORURL">
-<a href="<TMPL_VAR AUTHORURL>"><TMPL_VAR USER></a>
+<a href="<TMPL_VAR AUTHORURL>" rel="nofollow"><TMPL_VAR USER></a>
 <TMPL_ELSE>
 <TMPL_VAR USER>
 </TMPL_IF>