diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 5713f2f652855..78cfdd3b6d823 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ repository               : "academicpages/academicpages.github.io"
 teaser                   :  # filename of teaser fallback teaser image placed in /images/, .e.g. "500x300.png"
 breadcrumbs              : false # true, false (default)
 words_per_minute         : 160
+read_more                : "enabled" # if enabled, adds "Read more" links to excerpts
 comments:
   provider               : # false (default), "disqus", "discourse", "facebook", "google-plus", "staticman", "custom"
   disqus:
diff --git a/_includes/archive-single.html b/_includes/archive-single.html
index 259461e7f8682..25784719eb271 100644
--- a/_includes/archive-single.html
+++ b/_includes/archive-single.html
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ <h2 class="archive__item-title" itemprop="headline">
          <p class="page__date"><strong><i class="fa fa-fw fa-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{ site.data.ui-text[site.locale].date_label | default: "Published:" }}</strong> <time datetime="{{ post.date | default: "1900-01-01" | date_to_xmlschema }}">{{ post.date | default: "1900-01-01" | date: "%B %d, %Y" }}</time></p>
         {% endif %}
 
-    {% if post.excerpt %}
-    <p class="archive__item-excerpt" itemprop="description">{{ post.excerpt | markdownify }}
-	<a href="{{ base_path }}{{ post.url }}" rel="permalink"><strong> Read more</strong></a></p>
+    {% if post.excerpt and site.read_more != 'enabled' %}
+    <p class="archive__item-excerpt" itemprop="description">{{ post.excerpt | markdownify }}</p>
+    {% elsif post.excerpt and site.read_more == 'enabled' %}
+    <p class="archive__item-excerpt" itemprop="description"><p>{{ post.excerpt | markdownify | remove: '<p>' | remove: '</p>' }}<strong><a href="{{ base_path }}{{ post.url }}" rel="permalink"> Read more</a></strong></p></p>
     {% endif %}
     
     {% if post.citation and post.paperurl %}