diff --git a/app/views/auth/shared/_links.html.haml b/app/views/auth/shared/_links.html.haml
index 08b38509272..516c625a6b5 100644
--- a/app/views/auth/shared/_links.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/auth/shared/_links.html.haml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     %li= link_to t('auth.login'), new_session_path(resource_name)
 
   - if devise_mapping.registerable? && controller_name != 'registrations'
-    %li= link_to t('auth.register'), new_registration_path(resource_name)
+    %li= link_to t('auth.register'), open_registrations? ? new_registration_path(resource_name) : 'https://joinmastodon.org/#getting-started'
 
   - if devise_mapping.recoverable? && controller_name != 'passwords' && controller_name != 'registrations'
     %li= link_to t('auth.forgot_password'), new_password_path(resource_name)
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/public.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/public.html.haml
index ca9dac8bb03..6bf7efb2376 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/public.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/public.html.haml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
             = link_to t('settings.back'), root_url, class: 'nav-link nav-button webapp-btn'
           - else
             = link_to t('auth.login'), new_user_session_path, class: 'webapp-btn nav-link nav-button'
-            = link_to t('auth.register'), new_user_registration_path, class: 'webapp-btn nav-link nav-button'
+            = link_to t('auth.register'), open_registrations? ? new_user_registration_path : 'https://joinmastodon.org/#getting-started', class: 'webapp-btn nav-link nav-button'
 
     .container= yield