diff --git a/helpers/content.go b/helpers/content.go
index 33df068cf..b80f600a7 100644
--- a/helpers/content.go
+++ b/helpers/content.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ var SummaryDivider = []byte("<!--more-->")
 type Blackfriday struct {
 	AngledQuotes   bool
 	Fractions      bool
+	LatexDashes    bool
 	PlainIDAnchors bool
 	Extensions     []string
 	ExtensionsMask []string
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ func NewBlackfriday() *Blackfriday {
 	return &Blackfriday{
 		AngledQuotes:   false,
 		Fractions:      true,
+		LatexDashes:    true,
 		PlainIDAnchors: false,
 	}
 }
@@ -145,7 +147,6 @@ func GetHTMLRenderer(defaultFlags int, ctx *RenderingContext) blackfriday.Render
 	htmlFlags := defaultFlags
 	htmlFlags |= blackfriday.HTML_USE_XHTML
 	htmlFlags |= blackfriday.HTML_USE_SMARTYPANTS
-	htmlFlags |= blackfriday.HTML_SMARTYPANTS_LATEX_DASHES
 	htmlFlags |= blackfriday.HTML_FOOTNOTE_RETURN_LINKS
 
 	if ctx.getConfig().AngledQuotes {
@@ -156,6 +157,10 @@ func GetHTMLRenderer(defaultFlags int, ctx *RenderingContext) blackfriday.Render
 		htmlFlags |= blackfriday.HTML_SMARTYPANTS_FRACTIONS
 	}
 
+	if ctx.getConfig().LatexDashes {
+		htmlFlags |= blackfriday.HTML_SMARTYPANTS_LATEX_DASHES
+	}
+
 	return blackfriday.HtmlRendererWithParameters(htmlFlags, "", "", renderParameters)
 }