diff --git a/assets/css/v2/style.css b/assets/css/v2/style.css
index 7a83208e..acc8c262 100644
--- a/assets/css/v2/style.css
+++ b/assets/css/v2/style.css
@@ -1523,6 +1523,11 @@ a:hover {
       display: block;
     }
   }
+
+  .content__reading-time {
+    font-size: var(--font-step--1);
+    color: oklch(var(--color-footer-text));
+  }
 }
 
 .headerlink {
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/nginx/installing-nginx-open-source.md b/exampleSite/content/nginx/installing-nginx-open-source.md
index 0c6f3c6f..4db5bb66 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/nginx/installing-nginx-open-source.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/nginx/installing-nginx-open-source.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ doctypes:
 title: Installing NGINX Open Source
 toc: true
 weight: 200
+nd-reading-time: true
 ---
 
 ![hero-graphic](/hero-graphic.webp)
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 93145bcc..58c54c94 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
         {{ partial "banner" .}}
 
         <h1>{{ .Title }}</h1>
+        <div class="content__reading-time">
+        {{ if index .Params "nd-reading-time" }}
+            {{ printf "~%d min read" .ReadingTime }}
+        {{ end }}
+        </div>
 
         {{ $content | safeHTML }}