diff --git a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
index f4bb441c3c..317e03f179 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
@@ -704,6 +704,16 @@ export interface AstroUserConfig {
 	buildOptions?: never;
 	/** @deprecated `devOptions` has been renamed to `server` */
 	devOptions?: never;
+
+	legacy?: {
+		/**
+		 * Enable components and JSX expressions in markdown
+		 * Consider our MDX integration before applying this flag!
+		 * @see https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/integrations-guide/mdx/
+		 * Default: false
+		 */
+		jsxInMarkdown?: boolean;
+	};
 }
 
 // NOTE(fks): We choose to keep our hand-generated AstroUserConfig interface so that
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/config.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/config.ts
index b474b29dfa..17f5483b94 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/config.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/config.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ const ASTRO_CONFIG_DEFAULTS: AstroUserConfig & any = {
 		rehypePlugins: [],
 	},
 	vite: {},
+	legacy: {
+		jsxInMarkdown: false,
+	}
 };
 
 async function resolvePostcssConfig(inlineOptions: any, root: URL): Promise<PostCSSConfigResult> {
@@ -216,6 +219,12 @@ export const AstroConfigSchema = z.object({
 	vite: z
 		.custom<ViteUserConfig>((data) => data instanceof Object && !Array.isArray(data))
 		.default(ASTRO_CONFIG_DEFAULTS.vite),
+	legacy: z
+		.object({
+			markdownJsx: z.boolean().optional().default(ASTRO_CONFIG_DEFAULTS.legacy.jsxInMarkdown),
+		})
+		.optional()
+		.default({}),
 });
 
 /** Turn raw config values into normalized values */