diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 5fdd237..6e484cb 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var Renderer     = require('./renderer');
 var ParserCore   = require('./parser_core');
 var ParserBlock  = require('./parser_block');
 var ParserInline = require('./parser_inline');
+var LinkifyIt    = require('linkify-it');
 
 var config = {
   'default': require('./presets/default'),
@@ -192,6 +193,15 @@ function MarkdownIt(presetName, options) {
    **/
   this.renderer = new Renderer();
 
+  /**
+   * MarkdownIt#linkify -> LinkifyIt
+   *
+   * [linkify-it](https://github.com/markdown-it/linkify-it) instance.
+   * Used by [linkify](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/blob/master/lib/rules_core/linkify.js)
+   * rule.
+   **/
+  this.linkify = new LinkifyIt();
+
   // Expose utils & helpers for easy acces from plugins
 
   /**
diff --git a/lib/rules_core/linkify.js b/lib/rules_core/linkify.js
index 386541a..29cc1a4 100644
--- a/lib/rules_core/linkify.js
+++ b/lib/rules_core/linkify.js
@@ -5,11 +5,8 @@
 'use strict';
 
 
-var Autolinker     = require('autolinker');
 var arrayReplaceAt = require('../common/utils').arrayReplaceAt;
-
-
-var LINK_SCAN_RE = /www|@|\:\/\//;
+var normalizeLink  = require('../common/utils').normalizeLink;
 
 
 function isLinkOpen(str) {
@@ -19,54 +16,17 @@ function isLinkClose(str) {
   return /^<\/a\s*>/i.test(str);
 }
 
-// Stupid fabric to avoid singletons, for thread safety.
-// Required for engines like Nashorn.
-//
-function createLinkifier() {
-  var links = [];
-  var autolinker = new Autolinker({
-    stripPrefix: false,
-    url: true,
-    email: true,
-    twitter: false,
-    replaceFn: function (__, match) {
-      // Only collect matched strings but don't change anything.
-      switch (match.getType()) {
-        /*eslint default-case:0*/
-        case 'url':
-          links.push({
-            text: match.matchedText,
-            url: match.getUrl()
-          });
-          break;
-        case 'email':
-          links.push({
-            text: match.matchedText,
-            // normalize email protocol
-            url: 'mailto:' + match.getEmail().replace(/^mailto:/i, '')
-          });
-          break;
-      }
-      return false;
-    }
-  });
-
-  return {
-    links: links,
-    autolinker: autolinker
-  };
-}
-
 
 module.exports = function linkify(state) {
-  var i, j, l, tokens, token, text, nodes, ln, pos, level, htmlLinkLevel,
+  var i, j, l, tokens, token, nodes, ln, text, pos, lastPos, level, htmlLinkLevel,
       blockTokens = state.tokens,
-      linkifier = null, links, autolinker;
+      links;
 
   if (!state.md.options.linkify) { return; }
 
   for (j = 0, l = blockTokens.length; j < l; j++) {
     if (blockTokens[j].type !== 'inline') { continue; }
+
     tokens = blockTokens[j].children;
 
     htmlLinkLevel = 0;
@@ -96,42 +56,33 @@ module.exports = function linkify(state) {
       }
       if (htmlLinkLevel > 0) { continue; }
 
-      if (token.type === 'text' && LINK_SCAN_RE.test(token.content)) {
-
-        // Init linkifier in lazy manner, only if required.
-        if (!linkifier) {
-          linkifier = createLinkifier();
-          links = linkifier.links;
-          autolinker = linkifier.autolinker;
-        }
+      if (token.type === 'text' && state.md.linkify.test(token.content)) {
 
         text = token.content;
-        links.length = 0;
-        autolinker.link(text);
-
-        if (!links.length) { continue; }
+        links = state.md.linkify.match(text);
 
         // Now split string to nodes
         nodes = [];
         level = token.level;
+        lastPos = 0;
 
         for (ln = 0; ln < links.length; ln++) {
 
           if (!state.md.inline.validateLink(links[ln].url)) { continue; }
 
-          pos = text.indexOf(links[ln].text);
+          pos = links[ln].index;
 
-          if (pos) {
+          if (pos > lastPos) {
             level = level;
             nodes.push({
               type: 'text',
-              content: text.slice(0, pos),
+              content: text.slice(lastPos, pos),
               level: level
             });
           }
           nodes.push({
             type: 'link_open',
-            href: links[ln].url,
+            href: normalizeLink(links[ln].url),
             target: '',
             title: '',
             level: level++
@@ -145,12 +96,12 @@ module.exports = function linkify(state) {
             type: 'link_close',
             level: --level
           });
-          text = text.slice(pos + links[ln].text.length);
+          lastPos = links[ln].lastIndex;
         }
-        if (text.length) {
+        if (lastPos < text.length) {
           nodes.push({
             type: 'text',
-            content: text,
+            content: text.slice(lastPos),
             level: level
           });
         }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 24ef581..5419613 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "argparse": "~ 1.0.0",
-    "autolinker": "~ 0.15.2",
+    "linkify-it": "~ 0.1.1",
     "uc.micro": "~ 0.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/markdown-it/linkify.txt b/test/fixtures/markdown-it/linkify.txt
index ecafa68..a3a2cc4 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/markdown-it/linkify.txt
+++ b/test/fixtures/markdown-it/linkify.txt
@@ -38,14 +38,6 @@ www.example.org
 .
 
 
-properly cut domain end
-.
-www.example.org版权所有
-.
-<p><a href="http://www.example.org">www.example.org</a>版权所有</p>
-.
-
-
 emails
 .
 test@example.com