diff --git a/core/modules/link/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/LinkFormatter.php b/core/modules/link/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/LinkFormatter.php
index 37df049..bd67402 100644
--- a/core/modules/link/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/LinkFormatter.php
+++ b/core/modules/link/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/LinkFormatter.php
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ public function viewElements(FieldItemListInterface $items) {
         $element[$delta] = array(
           '#markup' => String::checkPlain($link_title),
         );
+
+        if (!empty($item->_attributes)) {
+          // Take the fallback behavior of ___ by just setting the
+          // _attributes directly.
+          $item->_attributes += array('content' => $item->url);
+        }
       }
       else {
         $element[$delta] = array(
@@ -154,6 +160,7 @@ public function viewElements(FieldItemListInterface $items) {
           '#title' => $link_title,
           '#options' => $url->getOptions(),
         );
+
         if ($url->isExternal()) {
           $element[$delta]['#href'] = $url->getPath();
         }
@@ -161,6 +168,14 @@ public function viewElements(FieldItemListInterface $items) {
           $element[$delta]['#route_name'] = $url->getRouteName();
           $element[$delta]['#route_parameters'] = $url->getRouteParameters();
         }
+
+        if (!empty($item->_attributes)) {
+          $element[$delta]['#options'] += array ('attributes' => array());
+          $element[$delta]['#options']['attributes'] += $item->_attributes;
+          // Unset field item attributes since they have been included in the
+          // formatter output and should not be rendered in the field template.
+          unset($item->_attributes);
+        }
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/link/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/LinkSeparateFormatter.php b/core/modules/link/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/LinkSeparateFormatter.php
index 7a427e5..b0e7a16 100644
--- a/core/modules/link/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/LinkSeparateFormatter.php
+++ b/core/modules/link/src/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/LinkSeparateFormatter.php
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ public function viewElements(FieldItemListInterface $items) {
         '#url_title' => $url_title,
         '#url' => $url,
       );
+
+      if (!empty($item->_attributes)) {
+        $url->setOption('attributes', $item->_attributes);
+
+        // Unset field item attributes since they have been included in the
+        // formatter output and should not be rendered in the field template.
+        unset($item->_attributes);
+      }
     }
     return $element;
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/rdf/src/Tests/Field/EmailFieldRdfaTest.php b/core/modules/rdf/src/Tests/Field/EmailFieldRdfaTest.php
index fa9775f..726d661 100644
--- a/core/modules/rdf/src/Tests/Field/EmailFieldRdfaTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/rdf/src/Tests/Field/EmailFieldRdfaTest.php
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ public function setUp() {
    */
   public function testAllFormatters() {
     // Test the plain formatter.
-    $this->assertFormatterRdfa(array('type'=>'string'), 'http://schema.org/email', array('value' => $this->testValue));
+    $this->assertFormatterRdfa(array('type' => 'string'), 'http://schema.org/email', array('value' => $this->testValue));
+
     // Test the mailto formatter.
-    $this->assertFormatterRdfa(array('type'=>'email_mailto'), 'http://schema.org/email', array('value' => $this->testValue));
+    $this->assertFormatterRdfa(array('type' => 'email_mailto'), 'http://schema.org/email', array('value' => $this->testValue));
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/rdf/src/Tests/Field/FieldRdfaTestBase.php b/core/modules/rdf/src/Tests/Field/FieldRdfaTestBase.php
index 14bcfa1..6542939 100644
--- a/core/modules/rdf/src/Tests/Field/FieldRdfaTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/rdf/src/Tests/Field/FieldRdfaTestBase.php
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ public function setUp() {
    *   - datatype: (optional) The datatype of the value (e.g. xsd:dateTime).
    */
   protected function assertFormatterRdfa($formatter, $property, $expected_rdf_value) {
+    // Merge in the default value type of "literal" if one wasn't given.
     $expected_rdf_value += array('type' => 'literal');
 
     // The field formatter will be rendered inside the entity. Set the field
diff --git a/core/modules/rdf/src/Tests/Field/LinkFieldRdfaTest.php b/core/modules/rdf/src/Tests/Field/LinkFieldRdfaTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5579248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/rdf/src/Tests/Field/LinkFieldRdfaTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\rdf\Tests\Field\LinkFieldRdfaTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\rdf\Tests\Field;
+
+use Drupal\rdf\Tests\Field\FieldRdfaTestBase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the placement of RDFa in link field formatters.
+ */
+class LinkFieldRdfaTest extends FieldRdfaTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected $fieldType = 'link';
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static $modules = array('link', 'text');
+
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name'  => 'Field formatter: link',
+      'description'  => 'Tests RDFa output by link field formatters.',
+      'group' => 'RDF',
+    );
+  }
+
+  public function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    $this->createTestField();
+
+    // Add the mapping.
+    $mapping = rdf_get_mapping('entity_test', 'entity_test');
+    $mapping->setFieldMapping($this->fieldName, array(
+      'properties' => array('schema:link'),
+    ))->save();
+
+  }
+
+  public function testAllFormattersExternal() {
+    // Set up test values.
+    $this->testValue = 'http://test.me';
+    $this->entity = entity_create('entity_test', array());
+    $this->entity->{$this->fieldName}->url = $this->testValue;
+
+    $this->runTestAllFormatters();
+  }
+
+  public function testAllFormattersInternal() {
+    // Set up test values.
+    $this->testValue = 'admin';
+    $this->entity = entity_create('entity_test', array());
+    $this->entity->{$this->fieldName}->url = $this->testValue;
+
+    $this->runTestAllFormatters();
+  }
+
+  public function testAllFormattersFront() {
+    // Set up test values.
+    $this->testValue = '<front>';
+    $this->entity = entity_create('entity_test', array());
+    $this->entity->{$this->fieldName}->url = $this->testValue;
+
+    $this->runTestAllFormatters();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests all link formatters.
+   */
+  public function runTestAllFormatters() {
+    // set up the expected result
+    $expected_rdf = array(
+      'value' => $this->testValue,
+      'type' => 'uri',
+    );
+
+    // Test the link formatters with different options and settings.
+    // Test the link formatter: trim at 80, no other settings
+    $formatter = array(
+      'type' => 'link',
+      'settings' => array(
+        'trim_length' => 80,
+        'url_only' => FALSE,
+        'url_plain' => FALSE,
+        'rel' => '',
+        'target' => '',
+      ),
+    );
+    $this->assertFormatterRdfa($formatter, 'http://schema.org/link', $expected_rdf);
+
+    // Test the link formatter: trim at 40, nofollow, new window
+    $formatter = array(
+      'type' => 'link',
+      'settings' => array(
+        'trim_length' => 40,
+        'url_only' => FALSE,
+        'url_plain' => FALSE,
+        'rel' => 'nofollow',
+        'target' => '_blank',
+      ),
+    );
+    $this->assertFormatterRdfa($formatter, 'http://schema.org/link', $expected_rdf);
+
+    // Test the link formatter: trim at 40, URL only (not plaintext) nofollow, new window
+    $formatter = array(
+      'type' => 'link',
+      'settings' => array(
+        'trim_length' => 40,
+        'url_only' => TRUE,
+        'url_plain' => FALSE,
+        'rel' => 'nofollow',
+        'target' => '_blank',
+      ),
+    );
+    $this->assertFormatterRdfa($formatter, 'http://schema.org/link', $expected_rdf);
+
+    // Test the link_separate formatter: trim at 40, nofollow, new window
+    $formatter = array(
+      'type' => 'link_separate',
+      'settings' => array(
+        'trim_length' => 40,
+        'rel' => 'nofollow',
+        'target' => '_blank',
+      ),
+    );
+    $this->assertFormatterRdfa($formatter, 'http://schema.org/link', $expected_rdf);
+
+    // change the expected value here to literal. When formatted as plaintext
+    // then the RDF is expecting a 'literal' not a 'uri'
+    $expected_rdf = array(
+      'value' => $this->testValue,
+      'type' => 'literal',
+    );
+    // Test the link formatter: trim at 20, url only (as plaintext)
+    $formatter = array(
+      'type' => 'link',
+      'settings' => array(
+        'trim_length' => 20,
+        'url_only' => TRUE,
+        'url_plain' => TRUE,
+        'rel' => '0',
+        'target' => '0',
+      ),
+    );
+    $this->assertFormatterRdfa($formatter, 'http://schema.org/link', $expected_rdf);
+
+    // Test the link formatter: do not trim, url only (as plaintext)
+    $formatter = array(
+      'type' => 'link',
+      'settings' => array(
+        'trim_length' => 0,
+        'url_only' => TRUE,
+        'url_plain' => TRUE,
+        'rel' => '0',
+        'target' => '0',
+      ),
+    );
+    $this->assertFormatterRdfa($formatter, 'http://schema.org/link', $expected_rdf);
+
+  }
+
+}