diff --git a/extensions/markdown/src/extension.ts b/extensions/markdown/src/extension.ts
index 1af59591246..64425e83830 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown/src/extension.ts
+++ b/extensions/markdown/src/extension.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,20 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 				}
 			}
 
+			let scripts = contributes['markdown.preview'] && contributes['markdown.preview'].scripts;
+			if (scripts) {
+				if (!Array.isArray(scripts)) {
+					scripts = [scripts];
+				}
+				for (const script of scripts) {
+					try {
+						contentProvider.addScript(resolveExtensionResources(extension, script));
+					} catch (e) {
+						// noop
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
 			if (contributes['markdownit.plugins']) {
 				extension.activate().then(() => {
 					if (extension.exports && extension.exports.extendMarkdownIt) {
diff --git a/extensions/markdown/src/previewContentProvider.ts b/extensions/markdown/src/previewContentProvider.ts
index 935e13c6ee8..486faf5100d 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown/src/previewContentProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/markdown/src/previewContentProvider.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export class MDDocumentContentProvider implements vscode.TextDocumentContentProv
 	private _onDidChange = new vscode.EventEmitter<vscode.Uri>();
 	private _waiting: boolean = false;
 	private extraStyles: Array<vscode.Uri> = [];
+	private extraScripts: Array<vscode.Uri> = [];
 
 	constructor(
 		private engine: MarkdownEngine,
@@ -36,6 +37,10 @@ export class MDDocumentContentProvider implements vscode.TextDocumentContentProv
 		private cspArbiter: ContentSecurityPolicyArbiter
 	) { }
 
+	public addScript(resource: vscode.Uri): void {
+		this.extraScripts.push(resource);
+	}
+
 	public addStyle(resource: vscode.Uri): void {
 		this.extraStyles.push(resource);
 	}
@@ -110,7 +115,8 @@ export class MDDocumentContentProvider implements vscode.TextDocumentContentProv
 	}
 
 	private getScripts(nonce: string): string {
-		return [this.getMediaPath('main.js')]
+		const scripts = [this.getMediaPath('main.js')].concat(this.extraScripts.map(resource => resource.toString()));
+		return scripts
 			.map(source => `<script src="${source}" nonce="${nonce}"></script>`)
 			.join('\n');
 	}