diff --git a/backend/drive/drive.go b/backend/drive/drive.go
index 3feef0ef2..f39800af0 100644
--- a/backend/drive/drive.go
+++ b/backend/drive/drive.go
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ var (
 		"text/html":                 ".html",
 		"text/plain":                ".txt",
 		"text/tab-separated-values": ".tsv",
+		"text/markdown":             ".md",
 	}
 	_mimeTypeToExtensionLinks = map[string]string{
 		"application/x-link-desktop": ".desktop",
diff --git a/backend/drive/drive_internal_test.go b/backend/drive/drive_internal_test.go
index 998d9ba43..023dd42da 100644
--- a/backend/drive/drive_internal_test.go
+++ b/backend/drive/drive_internal_test.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func TestInternalParseExtensions(t *testing.T) {
 		wantErr error
 	}{
 		{"doc", []string{".doc"}, nil},
-		{" docx ,XLSX, 	pptx,svg", []string{".docx", ".xlsx", ".pptx", ".svg"}, nil},
+		{" docx ,XLSX, 	pptx,svg,md", []string{".docx", ".xlsx", ".pptx", ".svg", ".md"}, nil},
 		{"docx,svg,Docx", []string{".docx", ".svg"}, nil},
 		{"docx,potato,docx", []string{".docx"}, errors.New(`couldn't find MIME type for extension ".potato"`)},
 	} {
diff --git a/docs/content/drive.md b/docs/content/drive.md
index 73f6b61a3..444886677 100644
--- a/docs/content/drive.md
+++ b/docs/content/drive.md
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ represent the currently available conversions.
 | html | text/html | An HTML Document |
 | jpg  | image/jpeg | A JPEG Image File |
 | json | application/vnd.google-apps.script+json | JSON Text Format for Google Apps scripts |
+| md   | text/markdown | Markdown Text Format |
 | odp  | application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation | Openoffice Presentation |
 | ods  | application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet | Openoffice Spreadsheet |
 | ods  | application/x-vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet | Openoffice Spreadsheet |