diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c4cf2ac1..0bd13fc2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/chai": "^4.0.5",
     "@types/cypress": "^0.1.2",
+    "@types/dompurify": "^0.0.31",
     "@types/enzyme": "^2.8.10",
     "@types/enzyme-to-json": "^1.5.0",
     "@types/jest": "^20.0.8",
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/prop-types": "^15.5.2",
     "decko": "^1.2.0",
+    "dompurify": "^1.0.2",
     "eventemitter3": "^2.0.3",
     "json-pointer": "^0.6.0",
     "json-schema-ref-parser": "^3.3.1",
diff --git a/src/components/Markdown/Markdown.tsx b/src/components/Markdown/Markdown.tsx
index ebbe3a5a..cc419636 100644
--- a/src/components/Markdown/Markdown.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Markdown/Markdown.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import styled from '../../styled-components';
 
 import { MarkdownRenderer } from '../../services';
+import { ComponentWithOptions } from '../OptionsProvider';
+import * as DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
 
 import { markdownCss } from './styles';
 
@@ -12,9 +14,10 @@ interface MarkdownProps {
   className?: string;
   raw?: boolean;
   components?: { [name: string]: React.ComponentClass };
+  sanitize?: boolean;
 }
 
-class InternalMarkdown extends React.PureComponent<MarkdownProps> {
+class InternalMarkdown extends ComponentWithOptions<MarkdownProps> {
   constructor(props: MarkdownProps) {
     super(props);
 
@@ -24,6 +27,14 @@ class InternalMarkdown extends React.PureComponent<MarkdownProps> {
   }
 
   render() {
+    let sanitize: (string) => string;
+
+    if (this.props.sanitize || this.options.untrustedSpec) {
+      sanitize = html => DOMPurify.sanitize(html);
+    } else {
+      sanitize = html => html;
+    }
+
     const renderer = new MarkdownRenderer();
     const { source, raw, className, components, inline, dense } = this.props;
     const parts = components
@@ -40,7 +51,7 @@ class InternalMarkdown extends React.PureComponent<MarkdownProps> {
       return (
         <span
           className={className + appendClass}
-          dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: parts[0] as string }}
+          dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: sanitize(parts[0] as string) }}
         />
       );
     }
@@ -50,7 +61,7 @@ class InternalMarkdown extends React.PureComponent<MarkdownProps> {
         {parts.map(
           (part, idx) =>
             typeof part === 'string' ? (
-              <div key={idx} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: part }} />
+              <div key={idx} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: sanitize(part) }} />
             ) : (
               <part.component key={idx} {...part.attrs} />
             ),
diff --git a/src/services/RedocNormalizedOptions.ts b/src/services/RedocNormalizedOptions.ts
index 70428ed9..fa730923 100644
--- a/src/services/RedocNormalizedOptions.ts
+++ b/src/services/RedocNormalizedOptions.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export interface RedocRawOptions {
   noAutoAuth?: boolean | string;
   nativeScrollbars?: boolean | string;
   pathInMiddlePanel?: boolean | string;
+  untrustedSpec?: boolean | string;
   hideLoading?: boolean | string;
 }
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ export class RedocNormalizedOptions {
   noAutoAuth: boolean;
   nativeScrollbars: boolean;
   pathInMiddlePanel: boolean;
+  untrustedSpec: boolean;
 
   constructor(raw: RedocRawOptions) {
     this.theme = { ...(raw.theme || {}), ...defaultTheme }; // todo: merge deep
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ export class RedocNormalizedOptions {
     this.noAutoAuth = argValueToBoolean(raw.noAutoAuth);
     this.nativeScrollbars = argValueToBoolean(raw.nativeScrollbars);
     this.pathInMiddlePanel = argValueToBoolean(raw.pathInMiddlePanel);
+    this.untrustedSpec = argValueToBoolean(raw.untrustedSpec);
   }
 
   static normalizeExpandResponses(value: RedocRawOptions['expandResponses']) {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c4bb3c2f..ddf87f72 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
   version "0.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/cypress/-/cypress-0.1.3.tgz#1783db79f0d1a44b85aae6a473104e2d7987e022"
 
+"@types/dompurify@^0.0.31":
+  version "0.0.31"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/dompurify/-/dompurify-0.0.31.tgz#f152d5a81f2b5625e29f11eb016cd9b301d0d4b4"
+
 "@types/enzyme-to-json@^1.5.0":
   version "1.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/enzyme-to-json/-/enzyme-to-json-1.5.0.tgz#0b53c4c8479050e76a38ad298fb2672a7241fad3"
@@ -1774,6 +1778,10 @@ domhandler@^2.3.0:
   dependencies:
     domelementtype "1"
 
+dompurify@^1.0.2:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dompurify/-/dompurify-1.0.2.tgz#7cf47d57614324a9723a1ba69143eeb7d3c617ac"
+
 domutils@1.1:
   version "1.1.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/domutils/-/domutils-1.1.6.tgz#bddc3de099b9a2efacc51c623f28f416ecc57485"