diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index b91f134..290611c 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -43,7 +43,14 @@
           3) A page front matter value is set `show_reading_time = true`
         */}}
       {{ if (or (eq (.Param "show_reading_time") true) (eq $section.Params.show_reading_time true) )}}
-        <span class="f6 mv4 dib tracked"> - {{ i18n "readingTime" .ReadingTime }} </span>
+        {{ $readingTime := .ReadingTime }}
+
+        {{ with .Site.Params.reading_speed }}
+          {{ $readingTime = div (float $.WordCount) . }}
+          {{ $readingTime = math.Ceil $readingTime }}
+        {{ end }}
+
+        <span class="f6 mv4 dib tracked"> - {{ i18n "readingTime" (int $readingTime) }} </span>
         <span class="f6 mv4 dib tracked"> - {{ i18n "wordCount" .WordCount }} </span>
       {{ end }}
     </header>