diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jbake/parser/MarkdownEngine.java b/src/main/java/org/jbake/parser/MarkdownEngine.java
index fad5cd820..c9ec0708f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jbake/parser/MarkdownEngine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jbake/parser/MarkdownEngine.java
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ public void processBody(final ParserContext context) {
             }
 
         }
-        PegDownProcessor pegdownProcessor = new PegDownProcessor(extensions);
+        
+        long maxParsingTime = context.getConfig().getLong("markdown.maxParsingTimeInMillis", PegDownProcessor.DEFAULT_MAX_PARSING_TIME);
+        
+        PegDownProcessor pegdownProcessor = new PegDownProcessor(extensions, maxParsingTime);
         context.setBody(pegdownProcessor.markdownToHtml(context.getBody()));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/default.properties b/src/main/resources/default.properties
index 7b0d08f16..51b6bde35 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/default.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/default.properties
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ date.format=yyyy-MM-dd
 # comma delimited default markdown extensions; for available extensions:
 # http://www.decodified.com/pegdown/api/org/pegdown/Extensions.html
 markdown.extensions=HARDWRAPS,AUTOLINKS,FENCED_CODE_BLOCKS,DEFINITIONS
+# millis to parse single markdown page. See PegDown Parse configuration for details
+markdown.maxParsingTimeInMillis=2000
 # database store (local, memory)
 db.store=memory
 # database path