diff --git a/markdownify/__init__.py b/markdownify/__init__.py
index b43c7d1..c2888f3 100644
--- a/markdownify/__init__.py
+++ b/markdownify/__init__.py
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ class MarkdownConverter(object):
     def convert_a(self, el, text):
         href = el.get('href')
         title = el.get('title')
+        if text == href and not title:
+            # Shortcut syntax
+            return '<%s>' % href
         title_part = ' "%s"' % title.replace('"', r'\"') if title else ''
         return '[%s](%s%s)' % (text or '', href, title_part) if href else text or ''
 
diff --git a/tests/test_conversions.py b/tests/test_conversions.py
index 3edb50d..12bf631 100644
--- a/tests/test_conversions.py
+++ b/tests/test_conversions.py
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ def test_a_with_title():
     assert text == r'[Google](http://google.com "The \"Goog\"")'
 
 
+def test_a_shortcut():
+    text = md('<a href="http://google.com">http://google.com</a>')
+    assert text == r'<http://google.com>'
+
+
 def test_b():
     assert md('<b>Hello</b>') == '**Hello**'