diff --git a/src/preprocess/wikilink.pest b/src/preprocess/wikilink.pest
index be659509..8f9f16c7 100644
--- a/src/preprocess/wikilink.pest
+++ b/src/preprocess/wikilink.pest
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ alias = { ident_extended }
 header = { "#" ~ !"^" ~ ident }
 blockref = { "#^" ~ ident }
 
-ident = _{ (!("|" | "=" | "`" | "^" | ":" | "#" | OPEN_PUNCTUATION | CLOSE_PUNCTUATION | CONTROL | LINE_SEPARATOR | PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR) ~ ANY)+ }
+ident = _{ (!("|" | "=" | "`" | "^" | ":" | "#" | "[" | "]" | CONTROL | LINE_SEPARATOR | PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR) ~ ANY)+ }
 ident_extended = _{ (!("[[" | "]]" | CONTROL | LINE_SEPARATOR | PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR) ~ ANY)+ }
 WHITESPACE = _{ " " }