diff --git a/browser/lib/markdown.js b/browser/lib/markdown.js
index 7ebe5a81..49fd2f86 100644
--- a/browser/lib/markdown.js
+++ b/browser/lib/markdown.js
@@ -163,6 +163,22 @@ class Markdown {
       }
     })
 
+    // Ditaa support
+    this.md.use(require('markdown-it-plantuml'), {
+      openMarker: '@startditaa',
+      closeMarker: '@endditaa',
+      generateSource: function (umlCode) {
+        const stripTrailingSlash = (url) => url.endsWith('/') ? url.slice(0, -1) : url
+        // Currently PlantUML server doesn't support Ditaa in SVG, so we set the format as PNG at the moment.
+        const serverAddress = stripTrailingSlash(config.preview.plantUMLServerAddress) + '/png'
+        const s = unescape(encodeURIComponent(umlCode))
+        const zippedCode = deflate.encode64(
+          deflate.zip_deflate(`@startditaa\n${s}\n@endditaa`, 9)
+        )
+        return `${serverAddress}/${zippedCode}`
+      }
+    })
+
     // Override task item
     this.md.block.ruler.at('paragraph', function (state, startLine/*, endLine */) {
       let content, terminate, i, l, token