diff --git a/file_previewer.sh b/file_previewer.sh
index b5f0059..9ea1c7b 100755
--- a/file_previewer.sh
+++ b/file_previewer.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ case "$(mimetype --brief -- "$file")" in
     text/html)
         lynx -width="$width" -display_charset=utf-8 -dump "$file";;
 
+    text/markdown)
+        markdown-it "$file" | lynx -width="$width" -display_charset=utf-8 -dump -stdin;;
+
     video/*)
         ffmpeg -ss 00:00:00 -i "$file" -frames:v 1 -q:v 2 "$preview_image"
         chafa "$preview_image" --size "$(($width-4))"x"$height"