diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts
index 6735c84b02..88a0081bc1 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts
@@ -67,9 +67,8 @@ export function defineNuxtLink (options: NuxtLinkOptions) {
       return to
     }
 
-    const normalizeTrailingSlash = options.trailingSlash === 'append' ? withTrailingSlash : withoutTrailingSlash
     if (typeof to === 'string') {
-      return normalizeTrailingSlash(to, true)
+      return applyTrailingSlashBehavior(to, options.trailingSlash)
     }
 
     const path = 'path' in to ? to.path : resolve(to).path
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ export function defineNuxtLink (options: NuxtLinkOptions) {
     return {
       ...to,
       name: undefined, // named routes would otherwise always override trailing slash behavior
-      path: normalizeTrailingSlash(path, true)
+      path: applyTrailingSlashBehavior(path, options.trailingSlash)
     }
   }
 
@@ -345,6 +344,17 @@ export function defineNuxtLink (options: NuxtLinkOptions) {
 
 export default defineNuxtLink(nuxtLinkDefaults)
 
+// -- NuxtLink utils --
+function applyTrailingSlashBehavior (to: string, trailingSlash: NuxtLinkOptions['trailingSlash']): string {
+  const normalizeFn = trailingSlash === 'append' ? withTrailingSlash : withoutTrailingSlash
+  // Until https://github.com/unjs/ufo/issues/189 is resolved
+  const hasProtocolDifferentFromHttp = hasProtocol(to) && !to.startsWith('http')
+  if (hasProtocolDifferentFromHttp) {
+    return to
+  }
+  return normalizeFn(to, true)
+}
+
 // --- Prefetching utils ---
 type CallbackFn = () => void
 type ObserveFn = (element: Element, callback: CallbackFn) => () => void
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/nuxt-link.test.ts b/packages/nuxt/test/nuxt-link.test.ts
index 6cf247886d..a7dacb916c 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/test/nuxt-link.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/nuxt-link.test.ts
@@ -263,10 +263,15 @@ describe('nuxt-link:propsOrAttributes', () => {
 
         expect(nuxtLink({ to: '/to' }, appendSlashOptions).props.to).toEqual('/to/')
         expect(nuxtLink({ to: '/to/' }, appendSlashOptions).props.to).toEqual('/to/')
+        expect(nuxtLink({ to: '/to#abc' }, appendSlashOptions).props.to).toEqual('/to/#abc')
         expect(nuxtLink({ to: { name: 'to' } }, appendSlashOptions).props.to).toHaveProperty('path', '/to/')
         expect(nuxtLink({ to: { path: '/to' } }, appendSlashOptions).props.to).toHaveProperty('path', '/to/')
+        expect(nuxtLink({ to: { path: '/to#abc' } }, appendSlashOptions).props.to).toHaveProperty('path', '/to/#abc')
         expect(nuxtLink({ href: '/to' }, appendSlashOptions).props.to).toEqual('/to/')
+        expect(nuxtLink({ href: '/to#abc' }, appendSlashOptions).props.to).toEqual('/to/#abc')
         expect(nuxtLink({ to: '/to?param=1' }, appendSlashOptions).props.to).toEqual('/to/?param=1')
+        expect(nuxtLink({ to: '/to?param=1#abc' }, appendSlashOptions).props.to).toEqual('/to/?param=1#abc')
+        expect(nuxtLink({ href: 'mailto:test@example.com' }, appendSlashOptions).props.href).toEqual('mailto:test@example.com')
       })
 
       it('remove slash', () => {
@@ -274,10 +279,14 @@ describe('nuxt-link:propsOrAttributes', () => {
 
         expect(nuxtLink({ to: '/to' }, removeSlashOptions).props.to).toEqual('/to')
         expect(nuxtLink({ to: '/to/' }, removeSlashOptions).props.to).toEqual('/to')
+        expect(nuxtLink({ to: '/to/#abc' }, removeSlashOptions).props.to).toEqual('/to#abc')
         expect(nuxtLink({ to: { name: 'to' } }, removeSlashOptions).props.to).toHaveProperty('path', '/to')
         expect(nuxtLink({ to: { path: '/to/' } }, removeSlashOptions).props.to).toHaveProperty('path', '/to')
+        expect(nuxtLink({ to: { path: '/to/#abc' } }, removeSlashOptions).props.to).toHaveProperty('path', '/to#abc')
         expect(nuxtLink({ href: '/to/' }, removeSlashOptions).props.to).toEqual('/to')
         expect(nuxtLink({ to: '/to/?param=1' }, removeSlashOptions).props.to).toEqual('/to?param=1')
+        expect(nuxtLink({ to: '/to/?param=1#abc' }, removeSlashOptions).props.to).toEqual('/to?param=1#abc')
+        expect(nuxtLink({ href: 'mailto:test@example.com' }, removeSlashOptions).props.href).toEqual('mailto:test@example.com')
       })
     })
   })