diff --git a/.changeset/rude-tomatoes-hunt.md b/.changeset/rude-tomatoes-hunt.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eee72ce7dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rude-tomatoes-hunt.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"gitbook": minor
+---
+
+Emit a <link rel="alternate"> for the markdown version of a page
diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/components/SitePage/SitePage.tsx b/packages/gitbook/src/components/SitePage/SitePage.tsx
index bdd1cbc787..72bdc292e1 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/components/SitePage/SitePage.tsx
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/components/SitePage/SitePage.tsx
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ export async function generateSitePageMetadata(props: SitePageProps): Promise<Me
             canonical: linker
                 .toAbsoluteURL(linker.toPathForPage({ pages: revision.pages, page }))
                 .replace(/\/+$/, ''),
+            types: {
+                'text/markdown': `${linker.toAbsoluteURL(linker.toPathInSpace(page.path))}.md`,
+            },
         },
         openGraph: {
             images: [