diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 862c24a..d56cf20 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     * cmd/root: add go version and last commit sha to the --version build information
     * cmd/render: support opengraph tags for rich link preview
     * metadata: pretty render initial metadata
+    * cmd/render, config: add chill-files list containing arbitrary files that just get copied to the root of the output dir
 
 *Not released yet*
 
diff --git a/cmd/render.go b/cmd/render.go
index 8f83851..cef8bf9 100644
--- a/cmd/render.go
+++ b/cmd/render.go
@@ -285,6 +285,19 @@ var renderCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			return fmt.Errorf("Error writing rss.xml: %w", err)
 		}
 
+		/* copy chill-files to output dir */
+		for _, chillFile := range cfg.ChillFiles {
+			src := chillFile
+			if !filepath.IsAbs(src) {
+				src = filepath.Join(BlogPath, src)
+			}
+			dst := filepath.Join(OutPath, filepath.Base(src))
+			if err := copyFile(src, dst); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("copy chill-file %s to %s failed: %w", src, dst, err)
+			}
+			fmt.Printf("copied chill-file %s to %s\n", src, dst)
+		}
+
 		return nil
 	},
 }
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 505976f..3132d12 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ const (
 )
 
 type Config struct {
-	Version     int    `json:"version"`
-	Domain      string `json:"domain"`
-	Author      string `json:"author"`
-	Title       string `json:"title"`
-	Description string `json:"description"`
-	Footer      string `json:"footer"`
+	Version     int      `json:"version"`
+	Domain      string   `json:"domain"`
+	Author      string   `json:"author"`
+	Title       string   `json:"title"`
+	Description string   `json:"description"`
+	ChillFiles  []string `json:"chill-files"`
+	Footer      string   `json:"footer"`
 }
 
 func ConfigPath(postPath string) string {