diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/distill_article/resources/default.html b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/distill_article/resources/default.html
index 92b55f8b..0c6c0a43 100644
--- a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/distill_article/resources/default.html
+++ b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/distill_article/resources/default.html
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 
 <div class="d-title">
 <h1>$pagetitle$</h1>
+$if(subtitle)$<p class="subtitle">$subtitle$</p>$endif$
 <!--radix_placeholder_categories-->
 $if(categories)$
 <div class="dt-tags">