diff --git a/config/setup/markdown.go b/config/setup/markdown.go
index 8e296ef4f..bfe96300b 100644
--- a/config/setup/markdown.go
+++ b/config/setup/markdown.go
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ package setup
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/mholt/caddy/middleware"
 	"github.com/mholt/caddy/middleware/markdown"
 	"github.com/russross/blackfriday"
-	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 // Markdown configures a new Markdown middleware instance.
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ func markdownParse(c *Controller) ([]markdown.Config, error) {
 			Renderer:    blackfriday.HtmlRenderer(0, "", ""),
 			Templates:   make(map[string]string),
 			StaticFiles: make(map[string]string),
+			StaticDir:   path.Join(c.Root, markdown.StaticDir),
 		}
 
 		// Get the path scope
diff --git a/middleware/markdown/markdown.go b/middleware/markdown/markdown.go
index f4eab69e5..d7bdcc399 100644
--- a/middleware/markdown/markdown.go
+++ b/middleware/markdown/markdown.go
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ type Markdown struct {
 	IndexFiles []string
 }
 
+// Helper function to check if a file is an index file
+func (m Markdown) IsIndexFile(file string) bool {
+	for _, f := range m.IndexFiles {
+		if f == file {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // Config stores markdown middleware configurations.
 type Config struct {
 	// Markdown renderer
@@ -53,6 +63,9 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// Static files
 	StaticFiles map[string]string
+
+	// Static files directory
+	StaticDir string
 }
 
 // ServeHTTP implements the http.Handler interface.
@@ -77,18 +90,37 @@ func (md Markdown) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (int, error
 					return http.StatusNotFound, nil
 				}
 
+				fs, err := f.Stat()
+				if err != nil {
+					return http.StatusNotFound, nil
+				}
+
+				// if static site is generated, attempt to use it
+				if filepath, ok := m.StaticFiles[fpath]; ok {
+					if fs1, err := os.Stat(filepath); err == nil {
+						// if markdown has not been modified
+						// since static page generation,
+						// serve the static page
+						if fs.ModTime().UnixNano() < fs1.ModTime().UnixNano() {
+							if html, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath); err == nil {
+								w.Write(html)
+								return http.StatusOK, nil
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+
 				body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(f)
 				if err != nil {
 					return http.StatusInternalServerError, err
 				}
 
-				html, err := Process(md, fpath, body)
+				html, err := md.process(m, fpath, body)
 				if err != nil {
 					return http.StatusInternalServerError, err
 				}
 
-				w.Write([]byte(html))
-
+				w.Write(html)
 				return http.StatusOK, nil
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/middleware/markdown/process.go b/middleware/markdown/process.go
index 207b87337..a9fa702a2 100644
--- a/middleware/markdown/process.go
+++ b/middleware/markdown/process.go
@@ -9,12 +9,19 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/russross/blackfriday"
+	"log"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 )
 
-// Process the contents of a page.
+const (
+	DefaultTemplate = "defaultTemplate"
+	StaticDir       = ".caddy_static"
+)
+
+// process the contents of a page.
 // It parses the metadata if any and uses the template if found
-func Process(c Config, fpath string, b []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+func (md Markdown) process(c Config, fpath string, b []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	metadata, markdown, err := extractMetadata(b)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -42,7 +49,7 @@ func Process(c Config, fpath string, b []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	// set it as body for template
 	metadata.Variables["body"] = string(markdown)
 
-	return processTemplate(c, fpath, tmpl, metadata)
+	return md.processTemplate(c, fpath, tmpl, metadata)
 }
 
 // extractMetadata extracts metadata content from a page.
@@ -104,7 +111,7 @@ func findParser(line []byte) MetadataParser {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func processTemplate(c Config, fpath string, tmpl []byte, metadata Metadata) ([]byte, error) {
+func (md Markdown) processTemplate(c Config, fpath string, tmpl []byte, metadata Metadata) ([]byte, error) {
 	// if template is specified
 	// replace parse the template
 	if tmpl != nil {
@@ -119,6 +126,14 @@ func processTemplate(c Config, fpath string, tmpl []byte, metadata Metadata) ([]
 	if err = t.Execute(b, metadata.Variables); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	// generate static page
+	if err = md.generatePage(c, fpath, b.Bytes()); err != nil {
+		// if static page generation fails,
+		// nothing fatal, only log the error.
+		log.Println(err)
+	}
+
 	return b.Bytes(), nil
 
 }
@@ -154,6 +169,42 @@ func defaultTemplate(c Config, metadata Metadata, fpath string) []byte {
 	return html
 }
 
+func (md Markdown) generatePage(c Config, fpath string, content []byte) error {
+	// should not happen
+	// must be set on init
+	if c.StaticDir == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Static directory not set")
+	}
+
+	// if static directory is not existing, create it
+	if _, err := os.Stat(c.StaticDir); err != nil {
+		err := os.MkdirAll(c.StaticDir, os.FileMode(0755))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	filePath := filepath.Join(c.StaticDir, fpath)
+
+	// If it is index file, use the directory instead
+	if md.IsIndexFile(filepath.Base(fpath)) {
+		filePath, _ = filepath.Split(filePath)
+	}
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filePath, os.FileMode(0755)); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// generate index.html file in the directory
+	filePath = filepath.Join(filePath, "index.html")
+	err := ioutil.WriteFile(filePath, content, os.FileMode(0755))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	c.StaticFiles[fpath] = filePath
+	return nil
+}
+
 const (
 	htmlTemplate = `<!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
@@ -169,6 +220,4 @@ const (
 </html>`
 	cssTemplate = `<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{url}}">`
 	jsTemplate  = `<script src="{{url}}"></script>`
-
-	DefaultTemplate = "defaultTemplate"
 )