diff --git a/code/model/SiteTreeLinkTracking.php b/code/model/SiteTreeLinkTracking.php
index 9e3638e1..477a6647 100644
--- a/code/model/SiteTreeLinkTracking.php
+++ b/code/model/SiteTreeLinkTracking.php
@@ -259,12 +259,13 @@ class SiteTreeLinkTracking_Parser {
 			// Local anchor.
 			$matches = array();
 			if(preg_match('/^#(.*)/i', $href, $matches)) {
+				$anchor = preg_quote($matches[1], '#');
 				$results[] = array(
 					'Type' => 'localanchor',
 					'Target' => null,
 					'Anchor' => $matches[1],
 					'DOMReference' => $link,
-					'Broken' => !preg_match("#(name|id)=\"{$matches[1]}\"#", $htmlValue->getContent())
+					'Broken' => !preg_match("#(name|id)=\"{$anchor}\"#", $htmlValue->getContent())
 				);
 
 				continue;
diff --git a/tests/model/SiteTreeLinkTrackingTest.php b/tests/model/SiteTreeLinkTrackingTest.php
index e5967631..d73bab9a 100644
--- a/tests/model/SiteTreeLinkTrackingTest.php
+++ b/tests/model/SiteTreeLinkTrackingTest.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class SiteTreeLinkTrackingTest extends SapphireTest {
 
 		$this->assertFalse($this->isBroken('<a name="anchor">anchor</a>'));
 		$this->assertFalse($this->isBroken('<a id="anchor">anchor</a>'));
+		$this->assertTrue($this->isBroken('<a href="##anchor">anchor</a>'));
 
 		$page = new Page();
 		$page->Content = '<a name="yes-name-anchor">name</a><a id="yes-id-anchor">id</a>';