diff --git a/lib/rules_inline/linkify.mjs b/lib/rules_inline/linkify.mjs
index fdc817a4a..785fd0db3 100644
--- a/lib/rules_inline/linkify.mjs
+++ b/lib/rules_inline/linkify.mjs
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ export default function linkify (state, silent) {
 
     const token_t = state.push('text', '', 0)
     token_t.content = state.md.normalizeLinkText(url)
+    token_t.position = pos - proto.length
+    token_t.size = url.length
 
     const token_c = state.push('link_close', 'a', -1)
     token_c.markup = 'linkify'