diff --git a/src/ios/CDVInAppBrowser.m b/src/ios/CDVInAppBrowser.m
index 28b1bd9..72effaa 100644
--- a/src/ios/CDVInAppBrowser.m
+++ b/src/ios/CDVInAppBrowser.m
@@ -231,11 +231,18 @@
 
 - (void)openInCordovaWebView:(NSURL*)url withOptions:(NSString*)options
 {
-        NSURLRequest* request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
+    NSURLRequest* request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
+
 #ifdef __CORDOVA_4_0_0
-        [self.webViewEngine loadRequest:request];
+    // the webview engine itself will filter for this according to <allow-navigation> policy
+    // in config.xml for cordova-ios-4.0
+    [self.webViewEngine loadRequest:request];
 #else
+    if ([self.commandDelegate URLIsWhitelisted:url]) {
         [self.webView loadRequest:request];
+    } else { // this assumes the InAppBrowser can be excepted from the white-list
+        [self openInInAppBrowser:url withOptions:options];
+    }
 #endif
 }