diff --git a/examples/simple/pages/index.html.twig b/examples/simple/pages/index.html.twig
index 1dd42e6..528520f 100644
--- a/examples/simple/pages/index.html.twig
+++ b/examples/simple/pages/index.html.twig
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 <title>Kalastatic: Simple Test</title>
 </head>
 <body>
-<h1>{{ text }}</h1>
+  {% apply markdown_to_html %}
+    # {{ text }}
+  {% endapply %}
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 99d0e90..ff5892c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
     "drupal-twig-extensions": "^1.0.0-beta.4",
     "meow": "^12.0.1",
     "sass": "^1.58.3",
-    "twig": "^1.16.0"
+    "twig": "^1.16.0",
+    "twig-markdown": "^1.1.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "bin/kalastatic.js examples/simple",
diff --git a/src/kalastatic.js b/src/kalastatic.js
index f8cf031..60e430c 100644
--- a/src/kalastatic.js
+++ b/src/kalastatic.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
 } from 'fs';
 import { extname, basename, dirname } from 'path';
 import Twig from "twig";
+import twigMarkdown from 'twig-markdown';
 
 import {
   addDrupalExtensions
@@ -14,7 +15,9 @@ import { promisify } from "util";
 const sassRenderPromise = promisify(sass.render);
 let namespaceFiles = [];
 
+// Add the Twig extensions.
 addDrupalExtensions(Twig);
+Twig.extend(twigMarkdown);
 
 // Finds twig pages in a directory and returns an array of filenames
 export const findTwigPages = async (directory) => {
