diff --git a/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel5.php b/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel5.php
index 97c3df3c..f2893ece 100644
--- a/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel5.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPExcel/Reader/Excel5.php
@@ -4562,6 +4562,9 @@ class PHPExcel_Reader_Excel5 extends PHPExcel_Reader_Abstract implements PHPExce
 				$offset += 4;
 				// offset: var; size: $us; character array of the URL, no Unicode string header, always 16-bit characters, zero-terminated
 				$url = self::_encodeUTF16(substr($recordData, $offset, $us - 2), false);
+                $nullOffset = strpos($url, 0x00);
+				if ($nullOffset)
+                    $url = substr($url,0,$nullOffset);
 				$url .= $hasText ? '#' : '';
 				$offset += $us;
 				break;