diff --git a/config/settings/common.py b/config/settings/common.py
index 7c1d361..c660fe9 100644
--- a/config/settings/common.py
+++ b/config/settings/common.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ THIRD_PARTY_APPS = (
     'allauth.socialaccount',  # registration
     'stdimage',
     'rest_framework',
+    'markdownx',
 )
 
 # Apps specific for this project go here.
diff --git a/config/urls.py b/config/urls.py
index 2649b41..01c0cf5 100644
--- a/config/urls.py
+++ b/config/urls.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
 
     url(r'^api/v1/', include(router.urls, namespace='v1')),
     url(r'^api-auth/', include('rest_framework.urls', namespace='rest_framework')),
+    url(r'^markdownx/', include('markdownx.urls')),
     url(r'^blog/$', blog, name='contact'),
     url(r'^blog/rss/$', BlogFeed()),
     url(r'^blog/(?P<slug>[0-9A-Za-z_\-]+)/$', blog, name='blog-item'),
diff --git a/mhackspace/blog/admin.py b/mhackspace/blog/admin.py
index 9b5d7b9..cbab459 100644
--- a/mhackspace/blog/admin.py
+++ b/mhackspace/blog/admin.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
+from django.db import models
 from django.contrib.admin import ModelAdmin
+from markdownx.widgets import AdminMarkdownxWidget
 
 from mhackspace.blog.models import Post, Category
 
@@ -12,6 +14,9 @@ class PostAdmin(ModelAdmin):
     readonly_fields = ('published_date',)
     filter_horizontal = ('categories',)
     prepopulated_fields = {"slug": ("title",)}
+    formfield_overrides = {
+        models.TextField: {'widget': AdminMarkdownxWidget},
+    }
 
 @admin.register(Category)
 class CategoryAdmin(ModelAdmin):
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index c2784ec..5d5c461 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -62,3 +62,4 @@ git+https://github.com/olymk2/scaffold.git
 djangorestframework==3.5.4
 django-filter==1.0.1
 
+django-markdownx