diff --git a/_includes/citation-page.html b/_includes/citation-page.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cd87dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/citation-page.html
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{% if page.page_citation and page.title %}
+<h2>How to cite this page</h2>
+<p>
+    {% if page.contributors %}
+    {{ page.contributors | join: ", " }},
+    {% endif %}
+    "<em>{{ page.title }}</em>".
+    {% if site.url %}
+    {{ site.url | remove: "https://www." | remove: "http://www." | remove: "https://" | remove: "http://"  }}.
+    {% endif %}
+    {% assign page_url = page.url | absolute_url %}
+    <a href="{{ page_url }}">{{ page_url }}</a> <span id="current_date"></span>.
+</p>
+<script>
+    var current_date = new Date().toLocaleDateString('en-uk', { year:"numeric", month:"long", day:"numeric"})
+    document.getElementById("current_date").textContent = "(accessed " + current_date + ")";
+</script>
+{% endif %}
+
diff --git a/_layouts/page.html b/_layouts/page.html
index c627a07..315d8dd 100644
--- a/_layouts/page.html
+++ b/_layouts/page.html
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ <h1>{{ page.title }}
         {%- endif %}
         {% include affiliation-tiles-page.html %}
         {% include contributor-minitiles-page.html %}
+        {% include citation-page.html %}
         {%- if site.theme_variables.github_buttons.position == "bottom" %}
         <div id="github-buttons-wrapper" class="d-flex mt-5">
         {% include github-buttons.html %}
diff --git a/pages/documentation/page_mechanics.md b/pages/documentation/page_mechanics.md
index 73d709b..2c2e473 100644
--- a/pages/documentation/page_mechanics.md
+++ b/pages/documentation/page_mechanics.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ It is important to know that you can also set the these key-value pairs on multi
 
 * `type`: The type of page, used for [website sections](website_sections).
 
-
+* `page_citation`: When set to true, it will cause the citation section for the page to be generated in the format: `<author names>. <page title>. <site domain>. <page URL>. <date accessed>.`
 
 ### Related pages
 
diff --git a/pages/example_pages/general_page_7.md b/pages/example_pages/general_page_7.md
index 42084a9..de53949 100644
--- a/pages/example_pages/general_page_7.md
+++ b/pages/example_pages/general_page_7.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ contributors: [Bert Droesbeke, Long Example Contributor , Example Contributor, E
 coordinators: [Bert Droesbeke] 
 description: This description is used when the page is listed
 page_id: gp7
+page_citation: true
 ---