diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c052994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+all: bdist
+
+bdist:
+	python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
diff --git a/flatfilecms/views/pages.py b/flatfilecms/views/pages.py
index 1b31280..dcb986b 100644
--- a/flatfilecms/views/pages.py
+++ b/flatfilecms/views/pages.py
@@ -10,12 +10,16 @@ from pathlib import PurePath
 from ..resources import (Folder, Document, Markdown, YAML, Jinja2)
 import yaml
 import frontmatter
+import markdown
+
+from ..filters import IgnoreExtension
 
 
 class Loader(yaml.Loader):
     def __init__(self, stream):
         super(Loader, self).__init__(stream)
         Loader.add_constructor('!include', Loader.include)
+        Loader.add_constructor('!markdown', Loader.markdown)
 
     def include(self, node):
         if isinstance(node, yaml.ScalarNode):
@@ -35,6 +39,17 @@ class Loader(yaml.Loader):
             raise yaml.constructor.ConstructorError(
                     "Error:: unrecognised node type in !include statement")
 
+    def markdown(self, node):
+        if not isinstance(node, yaml.ScalarNode):
+            raise yaml.constructor.ConstructorError(
+                    "Error:: unrecognised node type in !markdown statement")
+        m = self.construct_scalar(node)
+        return markdown.markdown(
+            m,
+            extensions=[IgnoreExtension(), 'markdown.extensions.extra'],
+            output_format='html5',
+            tab_length=2)
+
     def extractFile(self, filename):
         path = PurePath(self.data_dir) / filename
         f = AssetResolver().resolve(str(path)).stream()