diff --git a/tests/check_links_from_markdown_files.sh b/tests/check_links_from_markdown_files.sh
index 541b41c3c..cf34c8e7a 100755
--- a/tests/check_links_from_markdown_files.sh
+++ b/tests/check_links_from_markdown_files.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" \
 # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 
 check_links() {
-    npx markdown-link-check@^3 --quiet --retry "$file"
+    npx markdown-link-check@^3 \
+        --config markdown-link-check.json \
+        --quiet \
+        --retry \
+        "$file"
 }
 
 check_markdown_files check_links
diff --git a/tests/markdown-link-check.json b/tests/markdown-link-check.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a93f9077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markdown-link-check.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+    "httpHeaders": [
+        {
+            "urls": ["https://help.github.com"],
+            "headers": {
+                "Accept-Encoding": "br, gzip, deflate"
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}