diff --git a/modules/bibformat/lib/elements/Makefile.am b/modules/bibformat/lib/elements/Makefile.am
index 681286952..a2b9939a8 100644
--- a/modules/bibformat/lib/elements/Makefile.am
+++ b/modules/bibformat/lib/elements/Makefile.am
@@ -1,110 +1,111 @@
 ## This file is part of Invenio.
 ## Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 CERN.
 ##
 ## Invenio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 ## modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
 ## published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
 ## License, or (at your option) any later version.
 ##
 ## Invenio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 ## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 ## General Public License for more details.
 ##
 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 ## along with Invenio; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 ## 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
 pylibdir=$(libdir)/python/invenio/bibformat_elements
 
 pylib_DATA = __init__.py \
 	bfe_abstract.py \
 	bfe_additional_report_numbers.py \
 	bfe_addresses.py \
 	bfe_addthis.py \
 	bfe_affiliation.py \
 	bfe_aid_authors.py \
 	bfe_appears_in_collections.py \
+	bfe_arxiv_link.py \
 	bfe_authority_author.py \
 	bfe_authority_control_no.py \
 	bfe_authority_institute.py \
 	bfe_authority_journal.py \
 	bfe_authority_subject.py \
 	bfe_authors_parent.py \
 	bfe_authors.py \
 	bfe_bfx_engine.py \
 	bfe_bibtex.py \
 	bfe_bookmark.py \
 	bfe_citation_suggestion_hepdata.py \
 	bfe_cited_by.py \
 	bfe_client_info.py \
 	bfe_collection.py \
 	bfe_comments.py \
 	bfe_contact.py \
 	bfe_copyright.py \
 	bfe_creation_date.py \
 	bfe_dataset_appears.py \
 	bfe_date.py \
 	bfe_date_rec.py \
 	bfe_doi.py \
 	bfe_duration.py \
 	bfe_edit_files.py \
 	bfe_editors.py \
 	bfe_edit_record.py \
 	bfe_external_publications.py \
 	bfe_field.py \
 	bfe_fulltext_mini.py \
 	bfe_fulltext.py \
 	bfe_hepdata_table.py \
 	bfe_imprint.py \
 	bfe_isbn.py \
 	bfe_issn.py \
 	bfe_keywords.py \
 	bfe_language.py \
 	bfe_meta_files.py \
 	bfe_meta_opengraph_image.py \
 	bfe_meta_opengraph_video.py \
 	bfe_meta.py \
 	bfe_notes.py \
 	bfe_oai_marcxml.py \
 	bfe_pagination.py \
 	bfe_photo_resources_brief.py \
 	bfe_photos.py \
 	bfe_place.py \
 	bfe_plots.py \
 	bfe_plots_thumb.py \
 	bfe_publi_info.py \
 	bfe_publisher.py \
 	bfe_qrcode.py \
 	bfe_record_id.py \
 	bfe_record_stats.py \
 	bfe_record_url.py \
 	bfe_references.py \
 	bfe_report_numbers.py \
 	bfe_reprints.py \
 	bfe_sciencewise.py \
 	bfe_server_info.py \
 	bfe_sword_push.py \
 	bfe_title_brief.py \
 	bfe_title.py \
 	bfe_topbanner.py \
 	bfe_url.py \
 	bfe_video_bigthumb.py \
 	bfe_video_platform_downloads.py \
 	bfe_video_platform_sources.py \
 	bfe_video_platform_suggestions.py \
 	bfe_video_selector.py \
 	bfe_video_sources.py \
 	bfe_webauthorpage_affiliations.py \
 	bfe_webauthorpage_data.py \
 	bfe_xml_record.py \
 	bfe_year.py
 
 tmpdir = $(prefix)/var/tmp/tests_bibformat_elements
 
 tmp_DATA = test_1.py bfe_test_2.py bfe_test_4.py test3.py test_5.py \
 	   test_no_element.test __init__.py bfe_test_6.py
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(pylib_DATA) $(tmp_DATA)
 
 CLEANFILES = *~ *.tmp *.pyc
diff --git a/modules/bibformat/lib/elements/bfe_arxiv_link.py b/modules/bibformat/lib/elements/bfe_arxiv_link.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cffcf7682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/bibformat/lib/elements/bfe_arxiv_link.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+## This file is part of Invenio.
+## Copyright (C) 2014 CERN.
+##
+## Invenio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+## modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+## published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+## License, or (at your option) any later version.
+##
+## Invenio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+## General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with Invenio; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+## 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+"""BibFormat element - Links to arXiv"""
+
+from cgi import escape
+from invenio.messages import gettext_set_language
+
+def format_element(bfo, tag="037__", target="_blank"):
+    """
+    Extracts the arXiv preprint information and
+    presents it as a direct link towards arXiv.org
+    """
+    _ = gettext_set_language(bfo.lang)
+    potential_arxiv_ids = bfo.fields(tag)
+    arxiv_id = ""
+    for potential_arxiv_id in potential_arxiv_ids:
+        if potential_arxiv_id.get('9') == 'arXiv' and potential_arxiv_id.get('a', '').startswith('arXiv:'):
+            arxiv_id = potential_arxiv_id['a'][len('arXiv:'):]
+            return '<a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/%s" target="%s" alt="%s">%s</a>' % (
+                escape(arxiv_id, True),
+                escape(target, True),
+                escape(_("This article on arXiv.org"), True),
+                escape(arxiv_id))
+    return ""
+
+def escape_values(bfo):
+    """
+    Called by BibFormat in order to check if output of this element
+    should be escaped.
+    """
+    return 0
+
+