diff --git a/roles/gitea/tasks/setup.yml b/roles/gitea/tasks/setup.yml
index a968bf9..b0318fb 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/tasks/setup.yml
+++ b/roles/gitea/tasks/setup.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
       # - make   # for static file generation
       - nginx
       - jq  # For upgrade.sh
+      - pandoc # For reStructuredText rendering
     state: present
 
 - name: Ensure locale en_US.UTF-8 exists
diff --git a/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini.j2 b/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini.j2
index 3bed94c..5f13a7f 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini.j2
+++ b/roles/gitea/templates/app.ini.j2
@@ -85,3 +85,9 @@ INSTALL_LOCK       = true
 INTERNAL_TOKEN     = {{ gitea_internal_token }}
 PASSWORD_HASH_ALGO = pbkdf2
 LOGIN_REMEMBER_DAYS = 90
+
+[markup.restructuredtext]
+ENABLED = true
+FILE_EXTENSIONS = .rst
+RENDER_COMMAND = "timeout 30s pandoc +RTS -M512M -RTS -f rst"
+IS_INPUT_FILE = false