diff --git a/exampleSite/hugo.yaml b/exampleSite/hugo.yaml
index b933d552..cdb1ba01 100644
--- a/exampleSite/hugo.yaml
+++ b/exampleSite/hugo.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ menu:
 params:
   description: "A website built through Hugo and blogdown."
   footer: "© [Yihui Xie](https://yihui.org) 2017 -- {Year} | [Github](https://github.com/yihui) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/xieyihui)"
+  GithubEdit: "https://github.com/yihui/hugo-xmin/edit/feature/github-edit/exampleSite/content/"
 
 markup:
   highlight:
diff --git a/layouts/partials/footer.html b/layouts/partials/footer.html
index f603e172..fbef91c9 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/footer.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/footer.html
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@
   <hr/>
   {{ replace . "{Year}" now.Year | markdownify}}
   {{ end }}
+  {{ if .File.Path }}
+  {{ $RmdFile := (print .File.BaseFileName ".Rmd") }}
+  {{ if (where (readDir (print "content/" .File.Dir)) "Name" $RmdFile) }}
+    {{ $.Scratch.Set "FilePath" (print .File.Dir $RmdFile) }}
+  {{ else }}
+    {{ $.Scratch.Set "FilePath" .File.Path }}
+  {{ end }}
+  {{ with .Site.Params.GithubEdit}}
+  | <a href="{{ . }}{{ $.Scratch.Get "FilePath" }}">Edit this page</a>
+  {{ end }}
+  {{ end }}
   </footer>
   </body>
 </html>