diff --git a/mwparserfromhell/parser/tokenizer.py b/mwparserfromhell/parser/tokenizer.py
index 84de78e..9acf32d 100644
--- a/mwparserfromhell/parser/tokenizer.py
+++ b/mwparserfromhell/parser/tokenizer.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ import re
 
 from . import contexts, tokens
 from ..compat import htmlentities
-from ..definitions import get_html_tag, is_parsable, is_single, is_single_only
+from ..definitions import (get_html_tag, is_parsable, is_single,
+                           is_single_only, is_scheme)
 
 __all__ = ["Tokenizer"]
 
@@ -313,8 +314,95 @@ class Tokenizer(object):
 
     def _really_parse_external_link(self, brackets):
         """Really parse an external link."""
-        # link = self._parse(contexts.EXT_LINK_URL)
-        raise BadRoute()
+        scheme_valid = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+.-"
+        if brackets:
+            self._push(contexts.EXT_LINK_URI)
+            if self._read() == self._read(1) == "/":
+                self._emit_text("//")
+                self._head += 2
+            else:
+                scheme = ""
+                while all(char in scheme_valid for char in self._read()):
+                    scheme += self._read()
+                    self._emit_text(self._read())
+                    self._head += 1
+                if self._read() != ":":
+                    self._fail_route()
+                self._emit_text(":")
+                self._head += 1
+                slashes = self._read() == self._read(1) == "/"
+                if slashes:
+                    self._emit_text("//")
+                    self._head += 2
+                if not is_scheme(scheme, slashes):
+                    self._fail_route()
+        else:
+            scheme = []
+            try:
+                # Ugly, but we have to backtrack through the textbuffer looking
+                # for our scheme since it was just parsed as text:
+                for i in range(-1, -len(self._textbuffer) - 1, -1):
+                    for char in reversed(self._textbuffer[i]):
+                        if char.isspace() or char in self.MARKERS:
+                            raise StopIteration()
+                        if char not in scheme_valid:
+                            raise BadRoute()
+                        scheme.append(char)
+            except StopIteration:
+                pass
+            scheme = "".join(reversed(scheme))
+            slashes = self._read() == self._read(1) == "/"
+            if not is_scheme(scheme, slashes):
+                raise BadRoute()
+            # Remove the scheme from the textbuffer, now that it's part of the
+            # external link:
+            length = len(scheme)
+            while length:
+                if length < len(self._textbuffer[-1]):
+                    self._textbuffer[-1] = self._textbuffer[-1][:-length]
+                    break
+                length -= len(self._textbuffer[-1])
+                self._textbuffer.pop()
+            self._push(contexts.EXT_LINK_URI)
+            self._emit_text(scheme)
+            self._emit_text(":")
+            if slashes:
+                self._emit_text("//")
+                self._head += 2
+            parentheses = False
+
+        while True:
+            this, next = self._read(), self._read(1)
+            if this is self.END or this == "\n":
+                if brackets:
+                    self._fail_route()
+                self._head -= 1
+                return self._pop(), None
+            elif this == next == "{" and self._can_recurse():
+                self._parse_template_or_argument()
+            elif this == "&":
+                self._parse_entity()
+            elif this == "]":
+                if not brackets:
+                    self._head -= 1
+                return self._pop(), None
+            elif this == "(" and not brackets and not parentheses:
+                parentheses = True
+                self._emit_text(this)
+            elif " " in this:                                                    ## Should be a more general whitespace check
+                before, after = this.split(" ", 1)
+                self._emit_text(before)
+                if brackets:
+                    self._emit(tokens.ExternalLinkSeparator())
+                    self._emit_text(after)
+                    self._context ^= contexts.EXT_LINK_URI
+                    self._context |= contexts.EXT_LINK_TITLE
+                    self._head += 1
+                    return self._parse(push=False), None
+                return self._pop(), " " + after
+            else:
+                self._emit_text(this)
+            self._head += 1
 
     def _parse_external_link(self, brackets):
         """Parse an external link at the head of the wikicode string."""
@@ -324,7 +412,7 @@ class Tokenizer(object):
             bad_context = self._context & contexts.INVALID_LINK
             if bad_context or not self._can_recurse():
                 raise BadRoute()
-            link = self._really_parse_external_link(brackets)
+            link, extra = self._really_parse_external_link(brackets)
         except BadRoute:
             self._head = reset
             if not brackets and self._context & contexts.DL_TERM:
@@ -332,9 +420,11 @@ class Tokenizer(object):
             else:
                 self._emit_text(self._read())
         else:
-            self._emit(tokens.ExternalLinkOpen(brackets))
+            self._emit(tokens.ExternalLinkOpen(brackets=brackets))
             self._emit_all(link)
             self._emit(tokens.ExternalLinkClose())
+            if extra:
+                self._emit_text(extra)
 
     def _parse_heading(self):
         """Parse a section heading at the head of the wikicode string."""