diff --git a/main.rkt b/main.rkt
index 39b0877..f330adc 100644
--- a/main.rkt
+++ b/main.rkt
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
            (cond
              [(equal? (string->symbol here-ext) world:ptree-source-ext) world:reader-mode-ptree]
              [(equal? (string->symbol here-ext) world:markup-source-ext) world:reader-mode-markup]
+             [(equal? (string->symbol here-ext) world:markdown-source-ext) world:reader-mode-markdown]
              [else world:reader-mode-preproc]))
          reader-mode))
       
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@
                          ;; 'root is the hook for the decoder function.
                          ;; If it's not a defined identifier, it just hits #%top and becomes `(root ,@body ...)
                          [(equal? parser-mode world:reader-mode-markup) root]
+                         [(equal? parser-mode world:reader-mode-markdown) (compose1 (λ(x) `(root ,@x)) (dynamic-require 'markdown 'parse-markdown) string-append)]
                          ;; for preprocessor output, just make a string.
                          [else (λ xs (apply string-append (map to-string xs)))])
                        (cdr doc-without-metas))) ;; cdr strips placeholder-root tag
diff --git a/markdown/lang/reader.rkt b/markdown/lang/reader.rkt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a8016d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/markdown/lang/reader.rkt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#lang racket/base
+(require pollen/lang/reader-base)
+
+(make-reader-with-mode world:reader-mode-markdown)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/world.rkt b/world.rkt
index f460358..a4ab1b8 100644
--- a/world.rkt
+++ b/world.rkt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 (define preproc-source-ext 'pp)
 (define markup-source-ext 'pm)
+(define markdown-source-ext 'pmd)
 (define null-source-ext 'p)
 (define ptree-source-ext 'ptree)
 (define template-source-ext 'pt)
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 (define reader-mode-auto 'auto)
 (define reader-mode-preproc 'pre)
 (define reader-mode-markup 'markup)
+(define reader-mode-markdown 'markdown)
 (define reader-mode-ptree 'ptree)
 
 (define decodable-extensions (list markup-source-ext ptree-source-ext))