diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 17c941d2..21b5452e 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -420,6 +420,11 @@ pub struct HtmlConfig {
     pub theme: Option<PathBuf>,
     /// The default theme to use, defaults to 'light'
     pub default_theme: Option<String>,
+    /// The default dark theme.
+    /// This theme will be used if the browser requests a dark theme
+    /// via the 'prefers-color-scheme' CSS media query.
+    /// Defaults to 'navy'.
+    pub preferred_dark_theme: Option<String>,
     /// Use "smart quotes" instead of the usual `"` character.
     pub curly_quotes: bool,
     /// Should mathjax be enabled?
diff --git a/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs b/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
index 7a7f0ef6..e9f70225 100644
--- a/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
+++ b/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
@@ -407,6 +407,15 @@ fn make_data(
     };
     data.insert("default_theme".to_owned(), json!(default_theme));
 
+    let preferred_dark_theme = match html_config.preferred_dark_theme {
+        Some(ref theme) => theme,
+        None => "navy",
+    };
+    data.insert(
+        "preferred_dark_theme".to_owned(),
+        json!(preferred_dark_theme),
+    );
+
     // Add google analytics tag
     if let Some(ref ga) = config.html_config().and_then(|html| html.google_analytics) {
         data.insert("google_analytics".to_owned(), json!(ga));
diff --git a/src/theme/index.hbs b/src/theme/index.hbs
index 4e29807c..26800ad5 100644
--- a/src/theme/index.hbs
+++ b/src/theme/index.hbs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <!-- Provide site root to javascript -->
         <script type="text/javascript">
             var path_to_root = "{{ path_to_root }}";
-            var default_theme = "{{ default_theme }}";
+            var default_theme = window.matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: dark)").matches ? "{{ preferred_dark_theme }}" : "{{ default_theme }}";
         </script>
 
         <!-- Work around some values being stored in localStorage wrapped in quotes -->