diff --git a/projects/components/src/navigation/navigation-list.component.test.ts b/projects/components/src/navigation/navigation-list.component.test.ts
index ac60c0288..cb79ee4d0 100644
--- a/projects/components/src/navigation/navigation-list.component.test.ts
+++ b/projects/components/src/navigation/navigation-list.component.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
 import { IconType } from '@hypertrace/assets-library';
-import { FeatureState, FeatureStateResolver, MemoizeModule, NavigationService } from '@hypertrace/common';
+import {
+  ExternalNavigationWindowHandling,
+  FeatureState,
+  FeatureStateResolver,
+  MemoizeModule,
+  NavigationParamsType,
+  NavigationService
+} from '@hypertrace/common';
 import { createHostFactory, mockProvider, SpectatorHost } from '@ngneat/spectator/jest';
 import { MockComponent } from 'ng-mocks';
 import { EMPTY, of } from 'rxjs';
@@ -78,6 +85,11 @@ describe('Navigation List Component', () => {
     );
     const footerItemsCount = spectator.component.footerItems?.length;
     expect(spectator.queryAll('.footer-item').length).toBe(footerItemsCount);
+    expect(spectator.query(LinkComponent)?.paramsOrUrl).toMatchObject({
+      navType: NavigationParamsType.External,
+      url: 'http://test',
+      windowHandling: ExternalNavigationWindowHandling.NewWindow
+    });
   });
 
   test('should update layout when collapsed input is updated', () => {
diff --git a/projects/components/src/navigation/navigation-list.component.ts b/projects/components/src/navigation/navigation-list.component.ts
index acdc2f98c..8cdfd3c1c 100644
--- a/projects/components/src/navigation/navigation-list.component.ts
+++ b/projects/components/src/navigation/navigation-list.component.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, EventEmitter, Input, OnChanges, Output } from '@angular/core';
 import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
 import { IconType } from '@hypertrace/assets-library';
-import { NavigationService, TypedSimpleChanges } from '@hypertrace/common';
+import {
+  ExternalNavigationParams,
+  ExternalNavigationWindowHandling,
+  NavigationParamsType,
+  NavigationService,
+  TypedSimpleChanges
+} from '@hypertrace/common';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { map, startWith } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { IconSize } from '../icon/icon-size';
@@ -70,7 +76,7 @@ import {
 
         <hr class="nav-divider" />
         <div *ngFor="let footerItem of footerItems" class="footer-item">
-          <ht-link class="link" [paramsOrUrl]="footerItem.url">
+          <ht-link class="link" [paramsOrUrl]="this.getFooterItemNavigationParams | htMemoize: footerItem.url">
             <ht-icon *ngIf="this.collapsed" [icon]="footerItem.icon" size="${IconSize.Small}"></ht-icon>
             <ht-label *ngIf="!this.collapsed" [label]="footerItem.label"></ht-label>
           </ht-link>
@@ -112,6 +118,14 @@ export class NavigationListComponent implements OnChanges {
     private readonly navListComponentService: NavigationListComponentService
   ) {}
 
+  public getFooterItemNavigationParams(url: string): ExternalNavigationParams {
+    return {
+      navType: NavigationParamsType.External,
+      url: url,
+      windowHandling: ExternalNavigationWindowHandling.NewWindow
+    };
+  }
+
   public ngOnChanges(changes: TypedSimpleChanges<this>): void {
     if (changes.navItems) {
       this.navItems = this.navListComponentService.resolveFeaturesAndUpdateVisibilityForNavItems(this.navItems);