diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 28e99cb..2076729 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ _*
 ebin
 log
 erl_crash.dump
+rebar3.crashdump
 .rebar
 _rel
 _deps
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 52a8d27..50d845e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -127,6 +127,35 @@ In case you get a warning for something that is working or would like further co
 
 ### Additional options
 
+#### Support for Mermaid
+
+Out-of-the-box support for [Mermaid](https://mermaid.js.org/) is provided via `rebar.config` option
+`with_mermaid`, as follows:
+
+```erlang
+{ex_doc, [
+     {with_mermaid, true}
+]}.
+```
+
+or
+
+```erlang
+{ex_doc, [
+     {with_mermaid, "10.2.4"}
+]}.
+```
+
+Check out what this looks like in `doc/index.html`.
+
+```mermaid
+graph TD;
+    A-->B;
+    A-->C;
+    B-->D;
+    C-->D;
+```
+
 #### v prefix for source ref versions
 
 By default rebar3_ex_doc adopts the convention of prefixing versions with `v`.
diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index f4f5a4f..0be1c18 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
     {homepage_url, <<"https://github.com/starbelly/rebar3_ex_doc">>},
     {source_url, <<"https://github.com/starbelly/rebar3_ex_doc">>},
     {assets, <<"assets">>},
-    {api_reference, false}
+    {api_reference, false},
+    {with_mermaid, true}
 ]}.
 
 {profiles, [
diff --git a/src/rebar3_ex_doc.erl b/src/rebar3_ex_doc.erl
index 3934537..ecae5a5 100644
--- a/src/rebar3_ex_doc.erl
+++ b/src/rebar3_ex_doc.erl
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 -define(DEFAULT_DOC_DIR, "doc").
 -define(DEFAULT_DOC_LANG, "en").
+-define(DEFAULT_MERMAID_VSN, "10.2.4").
 
 %% ===================================================================
 %% Public API
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ format_error({write_config, Err}) ->
 format_error({unsupported_otp, Ver}) ->
     Str = "You are using erlang/OTP '~ts', but this plugin requires at least erlang/OTP 24.",
     io_lib:format(Str, [integer_to_list(Ver)]);
+format_error({mermaid_vsn_not_string, Vsn}) ->
+    Str = "ex_doc option 'with_mermaid' should be 'true', 'false', or string(). Got: ~p",
+    io_lib:format(Str, [Vsn]);
 format_error({ex_doc, _}) ->
     "";
 format_error(Err) ->
@@ -307,6 +311,8 @@ to_ex_doc_format(ExDocOpts) ->
                 [{K, to_binary(OutputDir)} | Opts];
             ({prefix_ref_vsn_with_v, _}, Opts) ->
                 Opts;
+            ({with_mermaid, Vsn}, Opts) ->
+                Opts ++ mermaid_add(Vsn);
             (OtherOpt, Opts) ->
                 rebar_api:warn("unknown ex_doc option ~p", [OtherOpt]),
                 [OtherOpt | Opts]
@@ -490,3 +496,15 @@ help(language) ->
 help(logo) ->
     "Path to the image logo of the project (only PNG or JPEG accepted)."
     "The image size will be 64x64 and copied to the assets directory.".
+
+% Mermaid support
+mermaid_add(false) ->
+  "";
+mermaid_add(true) ->
+  mermaid_add(?DEFAULT_MERMAID_VSN);
+mermaid_add(Vsn) when is_list(Vsn) ->
+    [{before_closing_head_tag, #{
+        html => "<script src=\"https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mermaid@" ++ Vsn ++ "/dist/mermaid.min.js\" />"
+    }}];
+mermaid_add(Vsn) ->
+    ?RAISE({mermaid_vsn_not_string, Vsn}).