diff --git a/commands/hugo.go b/commands/hugo.go
index ca7caf090..6cb153e1b 100644
--- a/commands/hugo.go
+++ b/commands/hugo.go
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ func InitializeConfig() {
 	viper.SetDefault("BuildDrafts", false)
 	viper.SetDefault("BuildFuture", false)
 	viper.SetDefault("UglyUrls", false)
+	viper.SetDefault("DisableFootnoteAnchorPrefix", false)
+	viper.SetDefault("DisableHeaderIDSuffix", false)
 	viper.SetDefault("Verbose", false)
 	viper.SetDefault("CanonifyUrls", false)
 	viper.SetDefault("Indexes", map[string]string{"tag": "tags", "category": "categories"})
diff --git a/helpers/content.go b/helpers/content.go
index 5d4e80058..baccc8574 100644
--- a/helpers/content.go
+++ b/helpers/content.go
@@ -85,8 +85,11 @@ func GetHtmlRenderer(defaultFlags int, ctx RenderingContext) blackfriday.Rendere
 		FootnoteReturnLinkContents: viper.GetString("FootnoteReturnLinkContents"),
 	}
 
-	if len(ctx.DocumentId) != 0 {
+	if len(ctx.DocumentId) != 0 && !viper.GetBool("DisableFootnoteAnchorPrefix") {
 		renderParameters.FootnoteAnchorPrefix = ctx.DocumentId + ":" + renderParameters.FootnoteAnchorPrefix
+	}
+
+	if len(ctx.DocumentId) != 0 && !viper.GetBool("DisableHeaderIDSuffix") {
 		renderParameters.HeaderIDSuffix = ":" + ctx.DocumentId
 	}