diff --git a/src/main/scala/nl/flotsam/monkeyman/MonkeymanConfiguration.scala b/src/main/scala/nl/flotsam/monkeyman/MonkeymanConfiguration.scala
index a959515..264a123 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/nl/flotsam/monkeyman/MonkeymanConfiguration.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/nl/flotsam/monkeyman/MonkeymanConfiguration.scala
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import org.fusesource.scalate.{Binding, Template, TemplateEngine}
 import org.fusesource.scalate.util.{ResourceLoader => ScalateResourceLoader}
 import org.fusesource.scalate.support.URLTemplateSource
 
-case class MonkeymanConfiguration(sourceDir: File, layoutDir: File) {
+case class MonkeymanConfiguration(sourceDir: File, layoutDir: File, sections: Boolean = false) {
 
   private val layoutFileName = "layout"
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ case class MonkeymanConfiguration(sourceDir: File, layoutDir: File) {
         new LessDecorator,
         new ZussDecorator,
         new YamlFrontmatterDecorator(),
-        new MarkdownDecorator(),
+        new MarkdownDecorator(sections),
         new SnippetDecorator(layoutResolver, templateEngine, allResources _),
         new ScalateDecorator(templateEngine, allResources _),
         PermalinkDecorator
diff --git a/src/main/scala/nl/flotsam/monkeyman/MonkeymanTool.scala b/src/main/scala/nl/flotsam/monkeyman/MonkeymanTool.scala
index 5ad5a6a..3599a04 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/nl/flotsam/monkeyman/MonkeymanTool.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/nl/flotsam/monkeyman/MonkeymanTool.scala
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ abstract class MonkeymanTool(toolName: String) {
       else new File(name)
   }
 
+  val sections = parser.flag[Boolean]("sections", false, "Interpret markdown horizontal rules as section breaks.")
+
   def main(args: Array[String]) {
     try {
       parser.parse(args)
@@ -63,7 +65,8 @@ abstract class MonkeymanTool(toolName: String) {
       else {
         val config = new MonkeymanConfiguration(
           sourceDir = sourceDir.value.getOrElse(new File(workingDir, "source")),
-          layoutDir = layoutDir.value.getOrElse(new File(workingDir, "layout"))
+          layoutDir = layoutDir.value.getOrElse(new File(workingDir, "layout")),
+          sections = sections.value.getOrElse(false)
         )
         try {
           if (!config.sourceDir.exists()) {
diff --git a/src/main/scala/nl/flotsam/monkeyman/decorator/markdown/MarkdownDecoration.scala b/src/main/scala/nl/flotsam/monkeyman/decorator/markdown/MarkdownDecoration.scala
index 0c26618..d04f49b 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/nl/flotsam/monkeyman/decorator/markdown/MarkdownDecoration.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/nl/flotsam/monkeyman/decorator/markdown/MarkdownDecoration.scala
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ import nl.flotsam.monkeyman.Resource
 import nl.flotsam.monkeyman.decorator.ResourceDecoration
 import nl.flotsam.monkeyman.util.Closeables._
 import org.apache.commons.io.{FilenameUtils, IOUtils}
-import org.pegdown.ast.{TextNode, HeaderNode}
+import org.pegdown.ast.{SimpleNode, TextNode, HeaderNode}
 import org.pegdown.{LinkRenderer, ToHtmlSerializer, PegDownProcessor}
 import nl.flotsam.monkeyman.util.Logging
 
-case class MarkdownDecoration(resource: Resource)
+case class MarkdownDecoration(resource: Resource, sections: Boolean)
   extends ResourceDecoration(resource) with Logging {
 
   lazy val (extractedTitle, html) = {
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ case class MarkdownDecoration(resource: Resource)
         val processor = new PegDownProcessor
         val rootNode = processor.parseMarkdown(markdown.toCharArray)
         val visitor = new TitleExtractingToHtmlSerializer(new LinkRenderer)
-        val html = visitor.toHtml(rootNode)
+        val html =
+          if (sections) "<section>" + visitor.toHtml(rootNode) + "</section>"
+          else visitor.toHtml(rootNode)
         val title = visitor.title
         (title, html)
     }
@@ -74,6 +76,16 @@ case class MarkdownDecoration(resource: Resource)
         super.visit(node)
       }
     }
+
+    override def visit(node: SimpleNode) {
+      node.getType match {
+        case SimpleNode.Type.HRule if (sections) =>
+          printer.println.print("</section><section>")
+        case _ => super.visit(node)
+      }
+    }
+
+
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/nl/flotsam/monkeyman/decorator/markdown/MarkdownDecorator.scala b/src/main/scala/nl/flotsam/monkeyman/decorator/markdown/MarkdownDecorator.scala
index 4e46950..68d2edd 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/nl/flotsam/monkeyman/decorator/markdown/MarkdownDecorator.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/nl/flotsam/monkeyman/decorator/markdown/MarkdownDecorator.scala
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ package nl.flotsam.monkeyman.decorator.markdown
 
 import nl.flotsam.monkeyman.{Resource, ResourceDecorator}
 
-class MarkdownDecorator extends ResourceDecorator {
+class MarkdownDecorator(sections: Boolean) extends ResourceDecorator {
   
   def decorate(resource: Resource) = {
     if (resource.contentType == "text/x-web-markdown" || resource.path.endsWith(".md"))
-      new MarkdownDecoration(resource)
+      new MarkdownDecoration(resource, sections)
     else resource
   }