diff --git a/tests/test_tldr.py b/tests/test_tldr.py
index 9add07e..1d3c02f 100644
--- a/tests/test_tldr.py
+++ b/tests/test_tldr.py
@@ -24,6 +24,23 @@ def test_whole_page():
             assert tldr_output == correct_output
 
 
+def test_markdown_mode():
+    with open("tests/data/gem.md", "rb") as f_original:
+        d_original = f_original.read()
+        old_stdout = sys.stdout
+        sys.stdout = io.StringIO()
+        sys.stdout.buffer = types.SimpleNamespace()
+        sys.stdout.buffer.write = lambda x: sys.stdout.write(x.decode("utf-8"))
+        tldr.output(d_original.splitlines(), plain=True)
+
+        sys.stdout.seek(0)
+        tldr_output = sys.stdout.read().encode("utf-8")
+        sys.stdout = old_stdout
+
+        # tldr adds a trailing newline
+        assert tldr_output == d_original + b"\n"
+
+
 def test_error_message():
     with mock.patch("sys.argv", ["tldr", "73eb6f19cd6f"]):
         with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as pytest_wrapped_e:
diff --git a/tldr.py b/tldr.py
index 49e7ee5..aeaa62f 100755
--- a/tldr.py
+++ b/tldr.py
@@ -330,11 +330,16 @@ def colors_of(key: str) -> Tuple[str, str, List[str]]:
     return (color, on_color, attrs)
 
 
-def output(page: str) -> None:
-    print()
+def output(page: str, plain: bool = False) -> None:
+    if not plain:
+        print()
     for line in page:
         line = line.rstrip().decode('utf-8')
-        if len(line) == 0:
+
+        if plain:
+            print(line)
+            continue
+        elif len(line) == 0:
             continue
         elif line[0] == '#':
             line = ' ' * LEADING_SPACES_NUM + \
@@ -456,6 +461,11 @@ def create_parser() -> ArgumentParser:
                         type=str,
                         help='Override the default language')
 
+    parser.add_argument('-m', '--markdown',
+                        default=False,
+                        action='store_true',
+                        help='Just print the plain page file.')
+
     parser.add_argument(
         'command', type=str, nargs='*', help="command to lookup", metavar='command'
     ).complete = {"bash": "shtab_tldr_cmd_list", "zsh": "shtab_tldr_cmd_list"}
@@ -492,7 +502,8 @@ def main() -> None:
         for command in options.command:
             if os.path.exists(command):
                 with open(command, encoding='utf-8') as open_file:
-                    output(open_file.read().encode('utf-8').splitlines())
+                    output(open_file.read().encode('utf-8').splitlines(),
+                           plain=options.markdown)
     else:
         try:
             command = '-'.join(options.command)
@@ -509,7 +520,7 @@ def main() -> None:
                     " send a pull request to: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr"
                 ).format(cmd=command))
             else:
-                output(result)
+                output(result, plain=options.markdown)
         except URLError as e:
             sys.exit("Error fetching from tldr: {}".format(e))