diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/summernote.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/summernote.js
index 59124d63403..cf7b370b0fa 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/summernote.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/summernote.js
@@ -2296,7 +2296,7 @@ $.summernote.pluginEvents.backColor = function (event, editor, layoutInfo, backC
 
 options.onCreateLink = function (sLinkUrl) {
     if (sLinkUrl.indexOf('mailto:') === 0 || sLinkUrl.indexOf('tel:') === 0) {
-      // pass
+      sLinkUrl = sLinkUrl.replace(/^tel:([0-9]+)$/, 'tel://$1');
     } else if (sLinkUrl.indexOf('@') !== -1 && sLinkUrl.indexOf(':') === -1) {
       sLinkUrl =  'mailto:' + sLinkUrl;
     } else if (sLinkUrl.indexOf('://') === -1 && sLinkUrl[0] !== '/'