diff --git a/src/plugins/field_formats/common/converters/url.test.ts b/src/plugins/field_formats/common/converters/url.test.ts
index 7e465829e1eb1..d1c89575b2d4d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/field_formats/common/converters/url.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/field_formats/common/converters/url.test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ describe('UrlFormat', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  test('outputs a mailto: link when URL starts with mailto:', () => {
+    const url = new UrlFormat({});
+
+    expect(url.convert('mailto:test@example.com', HTML_CONTEXT_TYPE)).toBe(
+      '<a href="mailto:test@example.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">mailto:test@example.com</a>'
+    );
+  });
+
   test('outputs an <audio> if type === "audio"', () => {
     const url = new UrlFormat({ type: 'audio' });
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/field_formats/common/converters/url.ts b/src/plugins/field_formats/common/converters/url.ts
index ef40bde8d6433..a0b423a737f08 100644
--- a/src/plugins/field_formats/common/converters/url.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/field_formats/common/converters/url.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
 } from '../types';
 
 const templateMatchRE = /{{([\s\S]+?)}}/g;
-const allowedUrlSchemes = ['http://', 'https://'];
+const allowedUrlSchemes = ['http://', 'https://', 'mailto:'];
 
 const URL_TYPES = [
   {