diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
index 38bc0dc5d..3e8dbdede 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/links.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export const CrawlLinks: QuartzTransformerPlugin<Partial<Options>> = (userOpts)
                     properties: {
                       "aria-hidden": "true",
                       class: "external-icon",
+                      style: "max-width:0.8em;max-height:0.8em",
                       viewBox: "0 0 512 512",
                     },
                     children: [