diff --git a/docx4j-core/src/main/java/org/docx4j/model/datastorage/BindingHyperlinkResolver.java b/docx4j-core/src/main/java/org/docx4j/model/datastorage/BindingHyperlinkResolver.java
index da12ecf2d9..34280a7059 100644
--- a/docx4j-core/src/main/java/org/docx4j/model/datastorage/BindingHyperlinkResolver.java
+++ b/docx4j-core/src/main/java/org/docx4j/model/datastorage/BindingHyperlinkResolver.java
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ public int getIndexOfURL(String text) {
 	 * @throws JAXBException
 	 */
 	public Hyperlink generateHyperlink(String relId, String url) throws JAXBException {
+		// replace '&' with '&'
+		if(url.contains("&")) {
+			url = url.replaceAll("&(?!amp;)", "&");
+		}
 		
 		String hpl = "<w:hyperlink r:id=\"" + relId + "\" xmlns:w=\"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main\" " +
 		        "xmlns:r=\"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships\" >" +