diff --git a/lib/core/form/components/widgets/hyperlink/hyperlink.widget.spec.ts b/lib/core/form/components/widgets/hyperlink/hyperlink.widget.spec.ts
index ae0ac6fc6e..85cf53e79e 100644
--- a/lib/core/form/components/widgets/hyperlink/hyperlink.widget.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/core/form/components/widgets/hyperlink/hyperlink.widget.spec.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { FormFieldTypes } from '../core/form-field-types';
 import { FormFieldModel } from './../core/form-field.model';
 import { FormModel } from './../core/form.model';
-import { WidgetComponent } from './../widget.component';
 import { HyperlinkWidgetComponent } from './hyperlink.widget';
 import { setupTestBed } from '../../../../testing/setup-test-bed';
 import { CoreTestingModule } from '../../../../testing';
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ describe('HyperlinkWidgetComponent', () => {
         widget.field = null;
         widget.ngOnInit();
 
-        expect(widget.linkUrl).toBe(WidgetComponent.DEFAULT_HYPERLINK_URL);
+        expect(widget.linkUrl).toBe(HyperlinkWidgetComponent.DEFAULT_HYPERLINK_URL);
     });
 
     it('should return default url for missing field property', () => {
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ describe('HyperlinkWidgetComponent', () => {
         });
         widget.ngOnInit();
 
-        expect(widget.linkUrl).toBe(WidgetComponent.DEFAULT_HYPERLINK_URL);
+        expect(widget.linkUrl).toBe(HyperlinkWidgetComponent.DEFAULT_HYPERLINK_URL);
     });
 
     it('should prepend url with scheme', () => {
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ describe('HyperlinkWidgetComponent', () => {
         });
         widget.ngOnInit();
 
-        expect(widget.linkUrl).toBe(`${WidgetComponent.DEFAULT_HYPERLINK_SCHEME}${url}`);
+        expect(widget.linkUrl).toBe(`${HyperlinkWidgetComponent.DEFAULT_HYPERLINK_SCHEME}${url}`);
     });
 
     it('should not prepend url with scheme', () => {
@@ -119,6 +118,42 @@ describe('HyperlinkWidgetComponent', () => {
         expect(widget.linkUrl).toBe(url);
     });
 
+    it('should  value property content be use as link if present', () => {
+        const url = 'www.alfresco.com';
+
+        widget.field = new FormFieldModel(new FormModel(), {
+            value: url
+        });
+        widget.ngOnInit();
+
+        expect(widget.linkUrl).toBe(`${HyperlinkWidgetComponent.DEFAULT_HYPERLINK_SCHEME}${url}`);
+    });
+
+    it('should use value property content over hyperlinkUrl ', () => {
+        const url = 'www.alfresco.com';
+
+        widget.field = new FormFieldModel(new FormModel(), {
+            value:  url,
+            hyperlinkUrl:  'www.alfresco-test.com'
+        });
+        widget.ngOnInit();
+
+        expect(widget.linkUrl).toBe(`${HyperlinkWidgetComponent.DEFAULT_HYPERLINK_SCHEME}${url}`);
+    });
+
+    it('should use value property id displayText is not present ', () => {
+        const url = 'www.alfresco.com';
+
+        widget.field = new FormFieldModel(new FormModel(), {
+            displayText:  url
+        });
+        widget.ngOnInit();
+
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+        const hyperlinkWidgetLink = element.querySelector('a');
+        expect(hyperlinkWidgetLink.innerText).toBe(url);
+    });
+
     it('should be able to set label property', () => {
         const label = 'Label';
         widget.field = new FormFieldModel(new FormModel(), {
diff --git a/lib/core/form/components/widgets/hyperlink/hyperlink.widget.ts b/lib/core/form/components/widgets/hyperlink/hyperlink.widget.ts
index d746feaa43..32fd9d00bb 100644
--- a/lib/core/form/components/widgets/hyperlink/hyperlink.widget.ts
+++ b/lib/core/form/components/widgets/hyperlink/hyperlink.widget.ts
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
- /* tslint:disable:component-selector  */
+/* tslint:disable:component-selector  */
 
 import { Component, OnInit, ViewEncapsulation } from '@angular/core';
 import { FormService } from './../../../services/form.service';
 import { WidgetComponent } from './../widget.component';
+import { FormFieldModel } from '../core';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'hyperlink-widget',
@@ -40,11 +41,14 @@ import { WidgetComponent } from './../widget.component';
 })
 export class HyperlinkWidgetComponent extends WidgetComponent implements OnInit {
 
-    linkUrl: string = WidgetComponent.DEFAULT_HYPERLINK_URL;
+    static DEFAULT_HYPERLINK_URL: string = '#';
+    static DEFAULT_HYPERLINK_SCHEME: string = 'http://';
+
+    linkUrl: string = '#';
     linkText: string = null;
 
     constructor(public formService: FormService) {
-         super(formService);
+        super(formService);
     }
 
     ngOnInit() {
@@ -54,4 +58,20 @@ export class HyperlinkWidgetComponent extends WidgetComponent implements OnInit
         }
     }
 
+    protected getHyperlinkUrl(field: FormFieldModel) {
+        let value = field.value || field.hyperlinkUrl;
+
+        if (value && !/^https?:\/\//i.test(value)) {
+            value = `${HyperlinkWidgetComponent.DEFAULT_HYPERLINK_SCHEME}${value}`;
+        }
+
+        return value || HyperlinkWidgetComponent.DEFAULT_HYPERLINK_URL;
+    }
+
+    protected getHyperlinkText(field: FormFieldModel) {
+        if (field) {
+            return field.displayText || field.hyperlinkUrl || field.value;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/core/form/components/widgets/widget.component.ts b/lib/core/form/components/widgets/widget.component.ts
index 07d75999ef..07799542d5 100644
--- a/lib/core/form/components/widgets/widget.component.ts
+++ b/lib/core/form/components/widgets/widget.component.ts
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ import { FormFieldModel } from './core/index';
 })
 export class WidgetComponent implements AfterViewInit {
 
-    static DEFAULT_HYPERLINK_URL: string = '#';
-    static DEFAULT_HYPERLINK_SCHEME: string = 'http://';
-
     /** Does the widget show a read-only value? (ie, can't be edited) */
     @Input()
     readOnly: boolean = false;
@@ -101,24 +98,6 @@ export class WidgetComponent implements AfterViewInit {
         this.fieldChanged.emit(field);
     }
 
-    protected getHyperlinkUrl(field: FormFieldModel) {
-        let url = WidgetComponent.DEFAULT_HYPERLINK_URL;
-        if (field && field.hyperlinkUrl) {
-            url = field.hyperlinkUrl;
-            if (!/^https?:\/\//i.test(url)) {
-                url = `${WidgetComponent.DEFAULT_HYPERLINK_SCHEME}${url}`;
-            }
-        }
-        return url;
-    }
-
-    protected getHyperlinkText(field: FormFieldModel) {
-        if (field) {
-            return field.displayText || field.hyperlinkUrl;
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
     event(event: Event): void {
         this.formService.formEvents.next(event);
     }