diff --git a/layouts/_default/baseof.html b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
index 4dddd9cd221..8e8ea896399 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/baseof.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
   {{- if and (ne $.Params.disable_opengraph_meta_tags true) .File -}}
     {{- partial "meta.html" . -}}
   {{- end -}}
+  {{- $mdURL := partialCached "page-agent-hint.html" (dict "ctx" .) .RelPermalink -}}
+  {{- with $mdURL -}}
+  <meta name="plaintext-source" content="{{ . }}">
+  {{- end -}}
 </head>
 {{- $bodyClass := $.Scratch.Get "bodyClass" -}}
 {{- $customClass := $.Params.customclass -}}
@@ -35,6 +39,9 @@
 
 <body
   class="{{ .Site.Language.Lang }} {{ if .Kind }}kind-{{.Kind}}{{ end }} {{ if .IsPage }} {{ replace $.Type "/" "-" }} {{ else }} {{ .Section }} {{ end }} {{ $bodyClass }} {{ $customClass }} {{ if .Site.Params.announcement_banner }}announcement{{ end }}">
+  {{- with partialCached "page-agent-hint.html" (dict "ctx" .) .RelPermalink -}}
+  <div style="display:none" class="exclude-from-md">For a plaintext version of this page, see: {{ . }}</div>
+  {{- end -}}
 
   <div class="greyside">
     <div class="container container__content h-100">
diff --git a/layouts/partials/page-agent-hint.html b/layouts/partials/page-agent-hint.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a73b0d0d184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/page-agent-hint.html
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{{- $ctx := .ctx -}}
+{{- $mdURL := "" -}}
+
+{{- $rel := $ctx.RelPermalink -}}
+{{- if and $rel (ne $rel "/") -}}
+{{- $trimmed := strings.TrimRight "/" $rel | strings.TrimLeft "/" -}}
+{{- $candidate := printf "https://docs.datadoghq.com/%s.md" $trimmed -}}
+{{- $pages := partialCached "pages-json-cache.html" "pages.json" -}}
+{{- if index $pages $candidate -}}
+{{- $mdURL = $candidate -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{- return $mdURL -}}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/pages-json-cache.html b/layouts/partials/pages-json-cache.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..01f6c7012f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/pages-json-cache.html
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{{- $url := "https://docs.datadoghq.com/pages.json" -}}
+
+{{- $res := resources.GetRemote $url -}}
+{{- with $res.Err -}}
+  {{- errorf "Failed to fetch remote JSON %s: %s" $url . -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{- $pages := $res | transform.Unmarshal -}}
+{{- if not $pages -}}
+  {{- errorf "Failed to unmarshal JSON from: %s" $url -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{- return $pages -}}
