diff --git a/examples/markdown.go b/examples/markdown.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afa6633
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/markdown.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The go-github AUTHORS. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-github/github"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	client := github.NewClient(nil)
+
+	input := "# heading #\nLink to issue #1\n"
+	md, _, err := client.Markdown(input, &github.MarkdownOptions{Mode: "gfm", Context: "google/go-github"})
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("error: %v\n\n", err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("converted mardown:\n%v\n", md)
+}
diff --git a/github/github.go b/github/github.go
index 0e8c1ce..fd60665 100644
--- a/github/github.go
+++ b/github/github.go
@@ -276,8 +276,10 @@ func (r *Response) populateRate() {
 }
 
 // Do sends an API request and returns the API response.  The API response is
-// decoded and stored in the value pointed to by v, or returned as an error if
-// an API error has occurred.
+// JSON decoded and stored in the value pointed to by v, or returned as an
+// error if an API error has occurred.  If v implements the io.Writer
+// interface, the raw response body will be written to v, without attempting to
+// first decode it.
 func (c *Client) Do(req *http.Request, v interface{}) (*Response, error) {
 	resp, err := c.client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -298,7 +300,11 @@ func (c *Client) Do(req *http.Request, v interface{}) (*Response, error) {
 	}
 
 	if v != nil {
-		err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(v)
+		if w, ok := v.(io.Writer); ok {
+			io.Copy(w, resp.Body)
+		} else {
+			err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(v)
+		}
 	}
 	return response, err
 }
diff --git a/github/misc.go b/github/misc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b2b2a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/misc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The go-github AUTHORS. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package github
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+)
+
+// MarkdownOptions specifies optional parameters to the Markdown method.
+type MarkdownOptions struct {
+	// Mode identifies the rendering mode.  Possible values are:
+	//   markdown - render a document as plain Markdown, just like
+	//   README files are rendered.
+	//
+	//   gfm - to render a document as user-content, e.g. like user
+	//   comments or issues are rendered. In GFM mode, hard line breaks are
+	//   always taken into account, and issue and user mentions are linked
+	//   accordingly.
+	//
+	// Default is "markdown".
+	Mode string
+
+	// Context identifies the repository context.  Only taken into account
+	// when rendering as "gfm".
+	Context string
+}
+
+type markdownRequest struct {
+	Text    *string `json:"text,omitempty"`
+	Mode    *string `json:"mode,omitempty"`
+	Context *string `json:"context,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// Markdown renders an arbitrary Markdown document.
+//
+// GitHub API docs: https://developer.github.com/v3/markdown/
+func (c *Client) Markdown(text string, opt *MarkdownOptions) (string, *Response, error) {
+	request := &markdownRequest{Text: String(text)}
+	if opt != nil {
+		if opt.Mode != "" {
+			request.Mode = String(opt.Mode)
+		}
+		if opt.Context != "" {
+			request.Context = String(opt.Context)
+		}
+	}
+
+	req, err := c.NewRequest("POST", "/markdown", request)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", nil, err
+	}
+
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	resp, err := c.Do(req, buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", resp, nil
+	}
+
+	return buf.String(), resp, nil
+}
diff --git a/github/misc_test.go b/github/misc_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9ac1ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/misc_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The go-github AUTHORS. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package github
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestMarkdown(t *testing.T) {
+	setup()
+	defer teardown()
+
+	input := &markdownRequest{
+		Text:    String("# text #"),
+		Mode:    String("gfm"),
+		Context: String("google/go-github"),
+	}
+	mux.HandleFunc("/markdown", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		v := new(markdownRequest)
+		json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(v)
+
+		testMethod(t, r, "POST")
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(v, input) {
+			t.Errorf("Request body = %+v, want %+v", v, input)
+		}
+		fmt.Fprint(w, `<h1>text</h1>`)
+	})
+
+	md, _, err := client.Markdown("# text #", &MarkdownOptions{
+		Mode:    "gfm",
+		Context: "google/go-github",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Markdown returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if want := "<h1>text</h1>"; want != md {
+		t.Errorf("Markdown returned %+v, want %+v", md, want)
+	}
+}