diff --git a/src/service/providers/ImageLinkProvider.ts b/src/service/providers/ImageLinkProvider.ts
index 7a1c3bd..4bd6daa 100644
--- a/src/service/providers/ImageLinkProvider.ts
+++ b/src/service/providers/ImageLinkProvider.ts
@@ -51,43 +51,67 @@ export class ImageLinkProvider extends ProviderBase<DocumentLinkParams & Extende
     }
 
     private static getLinkForImage(image: string, imageTypes: Set<string>): { uri: string, start: number, length: number } | undefined {
-        let match: RegExpExecArray | null;
-        let namespace: string | undefined;
-        let imageName: string | undefined;
-
-        if ((match = dockerHubImageRegex.exec(image)) &&
-            (imageName = match.groups?.imageName)) {
-
-            imageTypes.add('dockerHub');
-
-            return {
-                uri: `https://hub.docker.com/_/${imageName}`,
-                start: match.index,
-                length: imageName.length
-            };
-        } else if ((match = dockerHubNamespacedImageRegex.exec(image)) &&
-            (namespace = match.groups?.namespace) &&
-            (imageName = match.groups?.imageName)) {
-
-            imageTypes.add('dockerHubNamespaced');
-
-            return {
-                uri: `https://hub.docker.com/r/${namespace}/${imageName}`,
-                start: match.index,
-                length: namespace.length + 1 + imageName.length // 1 is the length of the '/' after namespace
-            };
-        } else if ((match = mcrImageRegex.exec(image)) &&
-            (namespace = match.groups?.namespace?.replace(/\/$/, '')) &&
-            (imageName = match.groups?.imageName)) {
-
-            imageTypes.add('mcr');
-
-            return {
-                uri: `https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-${namespace.replace('/', '-')}-${imageName}`,
-                start: match.index,
-                length: 18 + namespace.length + 1 + imageName.length // 18 is the length of 'mcr.microsoft.com/', 1 is the length of the '/' after namespace
-            };
+        const parts = image.split('/');
+        
+        if (parts.length === 1) {
+            let match: RegExpExecArray | null;
+            let imageName: string | undefined;
+            if ((match = dockerHubImageRegex.exec(image)) &&
+                (imageName = match.groups?.imageName)) {
+
+                imageTypes.add('dockerHub');
+
+                return {
+                    uri: `https://hub.docker.com/_/${imageName}`,
+                    start: match.index,
+                    length: imageName.length
+                };
+            }
+            return undefined;
+        }
+
+        const firstPart = parts[0];
+        const isRegistry = firstPart.includes('.') || firstPart.includes(':') || firstPart === 'localhost';
+
+        if (isRegistry) {
+            if (firstPart === 'mcr.microsoft.com') {
+                let match: RegExpExecArray | null;
+                let namespace: string | undefined;
+                let imageName: string | undefined;
+                if ((match = mcrImageRegex.exec(image)) &&
+                    (namespace = match.groups?.namespace?.replace(/\/$/, '')) &&
+                    (imageName = match.groups?.imageName)) {
+
+                    imageTypes.add('mcr');
+
+                    return {
+                        uri: `https://hub.docker.com/_/microsoft-${namespace.replace('/', '-')}-${imageName}`,
+                        start: match.index,
+                        length: 18 + namespace.length + 1 + imageName.length // 18 is the length of 'mcr.microsoft.com/', 1 is the length of the '/' after namespace
+                    };
+                }
+            }
+            return undefined;
         }
+
+        if (parts.length === 2) {
+            let match: RegExpExecArray | null;
+            let namespace: string | undefined;
+            let imageName: string | undefined;
+            if ((match = dockerHubNamespacedImageRegex.exec(image)) &&
+                (namespace = match.groups?.namespace) &&
+                (imageName = match.groups?.imageName)) {
+
+                imageTypes.add('dockerHubNamespaced');
+
+                return {
+                    uri: `https://hub.docker.com/r/${namespace}/${imageName}`,
+                    start: match.index,
+                    length: namespace.length + 1 + imageName.length // 1 is the length of the '/' after namespace
+                };
+            }
+        }
+
         return undefined;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/providers/ImageLinkProvider.test.ts b/src/test/providers/ImageLinkProvider.test.ts
index 58e54fe..541d691 100644
--- a/src/test/providers/ImageLinkProvider.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/providers/ImageLinkProvider.test.ts
@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@ services:
                     b: {
                         image: 'foo:1234/alpine'
                     },
+                    c: {
+                        image: 'localhost/alpine'
+                    },
+                    d: {
+                        image: 'nrt.vultrcr.com/wulicoco/code-sync'
+                    },
                 }
             };
 
diff --git a/src/vscode/AlternateYamlLanguageServiceClientFeature.ts b/src/vscode/AlternateYamlLanguageServiceClientFeature.ts
index 2094a97..41f8d59 100644
--- a/src/vscode/AlternateYamlLanguageServiceClientFeature.ts
+++ b/src/vscode/AlternateYamlLanguageServiceClientFeature.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export class AlternateYamlLanguageServiceClientFeature implements StaticFeature,
                 basicCompletions: redhat || docker,
                 advancedCompletions: false, // The other extensions do not have advanced completions for Compose docs
                 hover: redhat || docker, // Compose spec has descriptions
-                imageLinks: docker, // Docker's extension supports Docker Hub, GHCR, MAR, and Quay.io
+                imageLinks: false, // Keep Compose image links local so private registries aren't treated as Docker Hub images
                 serviceStartupCodeLens: false, // The other extensions do not provide any code lens
                 formatting: false, // The other extensions do support formatting, but we enable it regardless so that an explicitly-chosen formatter always works
             };