diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 635c28bb..5c98b997 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/reconquest/pkg v1.3.0
 	github.com/reconquest/regexputil-go v0.0.0-20160905154124-38573e70c1f4
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.7.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cb5e6e27..56e730c6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKs
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/zazab/zhash v0.0.0-20210630080733-6e809466f8d3 h1:BhVaeQJc3xalHGONn215FylzuxdQBIT3d/aRjDg4nXQ=
 github.com/zazab/zhash v0.0.0-20210630080733-6e809466f8d3/go.mod h1:NtepZ8TEXErPsmQDMUoN72f8aIy4+xNinSJ3f1giess=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.7.0 h1:W4OVu8VVOaIO0yzWMNdepAulS7YfoS3Zabrm8DOXXU4=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.7.0/go.mod h1:4pg6aUX35JBAogB10C9AtvVL+qowtN4pT3CGSQex14s=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15 h1:YR8cESwS4TdDjEe65xsg0ogRM/Nc3DYOhEAlW+xobZo=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/pkg/mark/link.go b/pkg/mark/link.go
index edde74b6..2a5e3550 100644
--- a/pkg/mark/link.go
+++ b/pkg/mark/link.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kovetskiy/mark/pkg/confluence"
 	"github.com/reconquest/karma-go"
 	"github.com/reconquest/pkg/log"
+	"golang.org/x/tools/godoc/util"
 )
 
 type LinkSubstitution struct {
@@ -43,7 +44,6 @@ func ResolveRelativeLinks(
 			match.filename,
 			match.hash,
 		)
-
 		resolved, err := resolveLink(api, base, match, spaceFromCli, titleFromH1)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, karma.Format(err, "resolve link: %q", match.full)
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ func resolveLink(
 		}
 
 		linkContents, err := os.ReadFile(filepath)
+
+		if !util.IsText(linkContents) {
+			return "", nil
+		}
+
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", karma.Format(err, "read file: %s", filepath)
 		}