diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 48f1e22..6eaa945 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "ace-builds": "~1.2.3",
     "parsleyjs": "~2.3.10",
     "markdown-it": "~7.0.0",
+    "markdown-it-anchor": "https://wzrd.in/standalone/markdown-it-anchor@2.5.0",
     "js-yaml": "~3.6.0",
     "store-js": "~1.3.16",
     "bootswatch-dist": "3.3.6-flatly",
diff --git a/realms/__init__.py b/realms/__init__.py
index 79b1eeb..6dee5ae 100644
--- a/realms/__init__.py
+++ b/realms/__init__.py
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ assets.register('main.js',
                 'vendor/handlebars/handlebars.js',
                 'vendor/js-yaml/dist/js-yaml.js',
                 'vendor/markdown-it/dist/markdown-it.js',
+                'vendor/markdown-it-anchor/index.0',
                 'js/html-sanitizer-minified.js',  # don't minify?
                 'vendor/highlightjs/highlight.pack.js',
                 'vendor/parsleyjs/dist/parsley.js',
diff --git a/realms/static/js/mdr.js b/realms/static/js/mdr.js
index 8de94af..a776496 100644
--- a/realms/static/js/mdr.js
+++ b/realms/static/js/mdr.js
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ var markdownit = window.markdownit({
 
     return ''; // use external default escaping
   }
+}).use(markdownItAnchor, {
+  level: 1,
+  // slugify: string => string,
+  permalink: false,
+  // renderPermalink: (slug, opts, state, permalink) => {},
+  permalinkClass: 'header-anchor',
+  permalinkSymbol: '¶',
+  permalinkBefore: false
 });
 
 // Markdown Renderer