diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e6925901680c4e3dab017d8c4cf5c00b998e381e..c411de9a34381d6d7671c843944cd9c00ec2c5dc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ preview : $(DST_ALL)
 %.html : %.md _layouts/page.html $(FILTERS)
 	${PANDOC} -s -t html \
 	    ${PANDOC_FLAGS} \
+	    --mathjax \
 	    --template=_layouts/page \
 	    --filter=tools/filters/blockquote2div.py \
 	    --filter=tools/filters/id4glossary.py \
diff --git a/_includes/javascript.html b/_includes/javascript.html
index 62eb98f8fad9918a603b1498ebafaa8ab5de8a7c..ad961d0765e7f2cafca7e3c7679d53eda0119d78 100644
--- a/_includes/javascript.html
+++ b/_includes/javascript.html
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 <!-- Javascript placed at the end of the document so the pages load faster -->
 <script src="http://software-carpentry.org/v5/js/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script>
 <script src="css/bootstrap/bootstrap-js/bootstrap.js"></script>
+<script src='https://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML'></script>