diff --git a/exampleSite/hugo.yaml b/exampleSite/hugo.yaml
index 41a4565..7c15f91 100644
--- a/exampleSite/hugo.yaml
+++ b/exampleSite/hugo.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ taxonomies:
 markup: # this just keeps the bobatheme markup styling
   _merge: deep
 
+outputs:
+  _merge: deep
+
+outputFormats:
+  _merge: deep
+
 params:
   author:
     name: bbaovanc
diff --git a/hugo.yaml b/hugo.yaml
index f24c261..9fe82d2 100644
--- a/hugo.yaml
+++ b/hugo.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ taxonomies:
   author: authors
   series: series
 
+outputs:
+  page:
+    - html
+    - markdown
+
+outputFormats:
+  markdown:
+    ugly: true
+
 privacy:
   googleAnalytics:
     disable: true
diff --git a/i18n/en.yaml b/i18n/en.yaml
index b6dff1d..41890c4 100644
--- a/i18n/en.yaml
+++ b/i18n/en.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ readingtime:
 edit_history:
   other: "Edit history"
 
+view_markdown:
+  other: "View raw"
+
 
 # Post count
 no_posts:
@@ -67,6 +70,9 @@ aria_rss_link:
 aria_post_meta_edit_history:
   other: "link to page edit history"
 
+aria_post_meta_view_markdown:
+  other: "link to view raw markdown code of page"
+
 aria_post_meta_categories:
   other: "categories"
 
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.markdown.md b/layouts/_default/single.markdown.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8f8dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.markdown.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{{ with .File -}}
+  {{ with (.Path | readFile) -}}
+    {{ . -}}
+  {{ else -}}
+    {{ errorf "file not found: %s" .Path -}}
+  {{ end -}}
+{{ else -}}
+  {{ errorf "no file available for markdown template?" -}}
+{{ end -}}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/page-metadata/item/viewraw.html b/layouts/partials/page-metadata/item/viewraw.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4484e05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/page-metadata/item/viewraw.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{{ with .OutputFormats.Get "markdown" }}
+    <span class="page-metadata-item post-meta-view-markdown" aria-label="{{ i18n "aria_post_meta_view_markdown" }}">
+        {{ partial "icon.html" "code" }}
+        <a href="{{ .Permalink }}" target="_blank">
+            {{- i18n "view_markdown" -}}
+        </a>
+    </span>
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/page-metadata/post-full.html b/layouts/partials/page-metadata/post-full.html
index 93225bb..bd13f4d 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/page-metadata/post-full.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/page-metadata/post-full.html
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
         {{ partial "page-metadata/item/authors.html" . }}
         {{ partial "page-metadata/item/readingtime.html" . }}
         {{ partial "page-metadata/item/edithistory.html" . }}
+        {{ partial "page-metadata/item/viewraw.html" . }}
+
         {{ partial "page-metadata/item/categories.html" . }}
+
         {{ partial "page-metadata/item/tags.html" . }}
     </div>
 {{ end }}