diff --git a/docs/default-theme-config/README.md b/docs/default-theme-config/README.md
index 0d64c59ba9..9333215f6f 100644
--- a/docs/default-theme-config/README.md
+++ b/docs/default-theme-config/README.md
@@ -232,6 +232,24 @@ $borderColor = #eaecef
 $codeBgColor = #282c34
 ```
 
+## Custom Page Class
+
+Sometimes, you may need to add a unique class for a specific page so that you can target content on that page only in custom CSS. You can add a class to the theme container div with `pageClass` in `YAML front matter`:
+
+``` yaml
+---
+pageClass: custom-page-class
+---
+```
+
+Then you can write CSS targeting that page only:
+
+``` css
+.theme-container.custom-page-class {
+  /* page-specific rules */
+}
+```
+
 ## Custom Layout for Specific Pages
 
 By default the content of each `*.md` file is rendered in a `<div class="page">` container, along with the sidebar, auto-generated edit links and prev/next links. If you wish to use a completely custom component in place of the page (while only keeping the navbar), you can again specify the component to use using `YAML front matter`:
diff --git a/lib/default-theme/Layout.vue b/lib/default-theme/Layout.vue
index 50562340f9..e1ec1a427a 100644
--- a/lib/default-theme/Layout.vue
+++ b/lib/default-theme/Layout.vue
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <template>
   <div class="theme-container"
-    :class="{
-      'no-navbar': !shouldShowNavbar,
-      'sidebar-open': isSidebarOpen,
-      'no-sidebar': !shouldShowSidebar
-    }"
+    :class="pageClasses"
     @touchstart="onTouchStart"
     @touchend="onTouchEnd">
     <Navbar v-if="shouldShowNavbar" @toggle-sidebar="toggleSidebar"/>
@@ -63,6 +59,17 @@ export default {
         this.$route,
         this.$site
       )
+    },
+    pageClasses() {
+      const userPageClass = this.$page.frontmatter.pageClass
+      return [
+        {
+          'no-navbar': !this.shouldShowNavbar,
+          'sidebar-open': this.isSidebarOpen,
+          'no-sidebar': !this.shouldShowSidebar,
+        },
+        userPageClass
+      ]
     }
   },