diff --git a/filter/source/xslt/odf2xhtml/export/xhtml/header.xsl b/filter/source/xslt/odf2xhtml/export/xhtml/header.xsl
index 556d317..33fafca 100644
--- a/filter/source/xslt/odf2xhtml/export/xhtml/header.xsl
+++ b/filter/source/xslt/odf2xhtml/export/xhtml/header.xsl
@@ -399,6 +399,18 @@
 		</xsl:call-template>
 		</xsl:for-each>
 
+                <xsl:if test="$mathjaxEnabled">
+                  <!-- insert the script tag to load MathJax -->
+		  <xsl:element name="script">
+                    <xsl:attribute name="type">text/javascript</xsl:attribute>
+                    <xsl:attribute name="src"><xsl:value-of select="$mathjaxURL" /></xsl:attribute>
+		    <!-- A self closing script tag seems to confuse HTML5
+			 parsers. To work around that issue, we create a dummy
+			 comment node inside. -->
+		    <xsl:comment>Load the MathJax Library</xsl:comment>
+                  </xsl:element>
+                </xsl:if>
+
 		<link rel="schema.DC" href="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" hreflang="en" />
 		<link rel="schema.DCTERMS" href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" hreflang="en" />
 		<link rel="schema.DCTYPE" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/" hreflang="en" />
diff --git a/filter/source/xslt/odf2xhtml/export/xhtml/opendoc2xhtml.xsl b/filter/source/xslt/odf2xhtml/export/xhtml/opendoc2xhtml.xsl
index f334edb..b92d0d4 100644
--- a/filter/source/xslt/odf2xhtml/export/xhtml/opendoc2xhtml.xsl
+++ b/filter/source/xslt/odf2xhtml/export/xhtml/opendoc2xhtml.xsl
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@
 	<xsl:param name="onlyStyleOutput"          select="false()" />
 	<xsl:param name="onlyStyleOutputEnabled"   select="boolean($onlyStyleOutput)" />
 
+        <!-- OPTIONAL: for inserting a script tag to load MathJax set the variable here to 'true()' or give any value from outside -->
+        <xsl:param name="mathjax"                  select="false()" />
+        <xsl:param name="mathjaxEnabled"           select="boolean($mathjax)" />
+        <xsl:param name="mathjaxURL"               select="'http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js?config=MML_HTMLorMML'" />
+
 	<!-- ************************************* -->
 	<!-- *** build the propriate HTML file *** -->
 	<!-- ************************************* -->
@@ -169,6 +174,8 @@
 		<xsl:message>Parameter debugEnabled: <xsl:value-of select="$debugEnabled" /></xsl:message>
 		<xsl:message>Parameter java: <xsl:value-of select="$java" /></xsl:message>
 		<xsl:message>Parameter javaEnabled: <xsl:value-of select="$javaEnabled" /></xsl:message>
+		<xsl:message>Parameter mathjaxEnabled: <xsl:value-of select="$mathjaxEnabled" /></xsl:message>
+		<xsl:message>Parameter mathjaxURI: <xsl:value-of select="$mathjaxURI" /></xsl:message>
 	</xsl:template>
 
 </xsl:stylesheet>