diff --git a/templates/citationblock.tpl b/templates/citationblock.tpl
index ec71892..5ec4c27 100644
--- a/templates/citationblock.tpl
+++ b/templates/citationblock.tpl
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 							{foreach from=$citationStyles item="citationStyle"}
 								<li>
 									<a
+											rel="nofollow"
 											aria-controls="citationOutput"
 											href="{url page="citationstylelanguage" op="get" path=$citationStyle.id params=$citationArgs}"
 											data-load-citation