diff --git a/exampleSite/config.toml b/exampleSite/config.toml
index 0b70040c..02163274 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ googleAnalytics = ""
     #   Examples: "Mon, Jan 2, 2006" or "2006-01-02"
     date_format = "Mon, Jan 2, 2006"
 
+    # Link custom CSS and JS assets (relative to /static/css and /static/js respectively)
+    custom_css = []
+    custom_js  = []
+
     [[params.education]]
         course = "PhD in Artificial Intelligence"
         institution = "Stanford University"
diff --git a/layouts/partials/footer.html b/layouts/partials/footer.html
index f5db58b3..cf646766 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/footer.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/footer.html
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
         <script src="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}js/jquery-1.12.3.min.js"></script>
         <script src="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
         <script src="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}js/hugo-academic.js"></script>
+        {{ range .Site.Params.custom_js }}
+        <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ $.Site.BaseURL }}js/{{ . }}">
+        {{ end }}
 
         {{ with .Site.GoogleAnalytics }}
         <script>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/header.html b/layouts/partials/header.html
index 943e65d2..e6d32a73 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/header.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/header.html
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}css/font-awesome.min.css" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}css/academicons.min.css" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}css/hugo-academic.css" />
+    {{ range .Site.Params.custom_css }}
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ $.Site.BaseURL }}css/{{ . }}">
+    {{ end }}
+
+
     <link rel="shortcut icon" href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}img/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
     <link rel="canonical" href="{{ .Permalink }}" />