diff --git a/components/content/src/section.rs b/components/content/src/section.rs
index 58567f3..6426eb9 100644
--- a/components/content/src/section.rs
+++ b/components/content/src/section.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use serde::ser::{SerializeStruct, self};
 use config::Config;
 use front_matter::{SectionFrontMatter, split_section_content};
 use errors::{Result, ResultExt};
-use utils::fs::read_file;
+use utils::fs::{read_file, find_related_assets};
 use utils::templates::render_template;
 use utils::site::get_reading_analytics;
 use rendering::{RenderContext, Header, render_content};
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ pub struct Section {
     pub raw_content: String,
     /// The HTML rendered of the page
     pub content: String,
+    /// All the non-md files we found next to the .md file
+    pub assets: Vec<PathBuf>,
     /// All direct pages of that section
     pub pages: Vec<Page>,
     /// All pages that cannot be sorted in this section
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ impl Section {
             components: vec![],
             permalink: "".to_string(),
             raw_content: "".to_string(),
+            assets: vec![],
             content: "".to_string(),
             pages: vec![],
             ignored_pages: vec![],
@@ -79,8 +82,31 @@ impl Section {
     pub fn from_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P, config: &Config) -> Result<Section> {
         let path = path.as_ref();
         let content = read_file(path)?;
+        let mut section = Section::parse(path, &content, config)?;
 
-        Section::parse(path, &content, config)
+        let parent_dir = path.parent().unwrap();
+        let assets = find_related_assets(parent_dir);
+
+        if let Some(ref globset) = config.ignored_content_globset {
+            // `find_related_assets` only scans the immediate directory (it is not recursive) so our
+            // filtering only needs to work against the file_name component, not the full suffix. If
+            // `find_related_assets` was changed to also return files in subdirectories, we could
+            // use `PathBuf.strip_prefix` to remove the parent directory and then glob-filter
+            // against the remaining path. Note that the current behaviour effectively means that
+            // the `ignored_content` setting in the config file is limited to single-file glob
+            // patterns (no "**" patterns).
+            section.assets = assets.into_iter()
+                .filter(|path|
+                    match path.file_name() {
+                        None => true,
+                        Some(file) => !globset.is_match(file)
+                    }
+                ).collect();
+        } else {
+            section.assets = assets;
+        }
+
+        Ok(section)
     }
 
     pub fn get_template_name(&self) -> String {
@@ -146,6 +172,15 @@ impl Section {
     pub fn is_child_page(&self, path: &PathBuf) -> bool {
         self.all_pages_path().contains(path)
     }
+
+    /// Creates a vectors of asset URLs.
+    fn serialize_assets(&self) -> Vec<String> {
+        self.assets.iter()
+            .filter_map(|asset| asset.file_name())
+            .filter_map(|filename| filename.to_str())
+            .map(|filename| self.path.clone() + filename)
+            .collect()
+    }
 }
 
 impl ser::Serialize for Section {
@@ -165,6 +200,8 @@ impl ser::Serialize for Section {
         state.serialize_field("word_count", &word_count)?;
         state.serialize_field("reading_time", &reading_time)?;
         state.serialize_field("toc", &self.toc)?;
+        let assets = self.serialize_assets();
+        state.serialize_field("assets", &assets)?;
         state.end()
     }
 }
@@ -179,6 +216,7 @@ impl Default for Section {
             components: vec![],
             permalink: "".to_string(),
             raw_content: "".to_string(),
+            assets: vec![],
             content: "".to_string(),
             pages: vec![],
             ignored_pages: vec![],
@@ -187,3 +225,69 @@ impl Default for Section {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::io::Write;
+    use std::fs::{File, create_dir};
+
+    use tempfile::tempdir;
+    use globset::{Glob, GlobSetBuilder};
+
+    use config::Config;
+    use super::Section;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn section_with_assets_gets_right_info() {
+        let tmp_dir = tempdir().expect("create temp dir");
+        let path = tmp_dir.path();
+        create_dir(&path.join("content")).expect("create content temp dir");
+        create_dir(&path.join("content").join("posts")).expect("create posts temp dir");
+        let nested_path = path.join("content").join("posts").join("with-assets");
+        create_dir(&nested_path).expect("create nested temp dir");
+        let mut f = File::create(nested_path.join("_index.md")).unwrap();
+        f.write_all(b"+++\n+++\n").unwrap();
+        File::create(nested_path.join("example.js")).unwrap();
+        File::create(nested_path.join("graph.jpg")).unwrap();
+        File::create(nested_path.join("fail.png")).unwrap();
+
+        let res = Section::from_file(
+            nested_path.join("_index.md").as_path(),
+            &Config::default(),
+        );
+        assert!(res.is_ok());
+        let section = res.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(section.assets.len(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(section.permalink, "http://a-website.com/posts/with-assets/");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn section_with_ignored_assets_filters_out_correct_files() {
+        let tmp_dir = tempdir().expect("create temp dir");
+        let path = tmp_dir.path();
+        create_dir(&path.join("content")).expect("create content temp dir");
+        create_dir(&path.join("content").join("posts")).expect("create posts temp dir");
+        let nested_path = path.join("content").join("posts").join("with-assets");
+        create_dir(&nested_path).expect("create nested temp dir");
+        let mut f = File::create(nested_path.join("_index.md")).unwrap();
+        f.write_all(b"+++\nslug=\"hey\"\n+++\n").unwrap();
+        File::create(nested_path.join("example.js")).unwrap();
+        File::create(nested_path.join("graph.jpg")).unwrap();
+        File::create(nested_path.join("fail.png")).unwrap();
+
+        let mut gsb = GlobSetBuilder::new();
+        gsb.add(Glob::new("*.{js,png}").unwrap());
+        let mut config = Config::default();
+        config.ignored_content_globset = Some(gsb.build().unwrap());
+
+        let res = Section::from_file(
+            nested_path.join("_index.md").as_path(),
+            &config,
+        );
+
+        assert!(res.is_ok());
+        let page = res.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(page.assets.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(page.assets[0].file_name().unwrap().to_str(), Some("graph.jpg"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/site/src/lib.rs b/components/site/src/lib.rs
index dd351ef..d2e198b 100644
--- a/components/site/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/site/src/lib.rs
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ impl Site {
 
             section_entries
                 .into_par_iter()
-                .filter(|entry| entry.as_path().file_name().unwrap() == "_index.md")
                 .map(|entry| {
                     let path = entry.as_path();
                     Section::from_file(path, config)
@@ -200,7 +199,6 @@ impl Site {
 
             page_entries
                 .into_par_iter()
-                .filter(|entry| entry.as_path().file_name().unwrap() != "_index.md")
                 .map(|entry| {
                     let path = entry.as_path();
                     Page::from_file(path, config)
@@ -216,7 +214,7 @@ impl Site {
         }
 
         // Insert a default index section if necessary so we don't need to create
-        // a _index.md to render the index page
+        // a _index.md to render the index page at the root of the site
         let index_path = self.index_section_path();
         if let Some(ref index_section) = self.sections.get(&index_path) {
             if self.config.build_search_index && !index_section.meta.in_search_index {
@@ -837,6 +835,12 @@ impl Site {
             }
         }
 
+        // Copy any asset we found previously into the same directory as the index.html
+        for asset in &section.assets {
+            let asset_path = asset.as_path();
+            copy(&asset_path, &output_path.join(asset_path.file_name().unwrap()))?;
+        }
+
         if render_pages {
             section
                 .pages
diff --git a/docs/content/documentation/content/overview.md b/docs/content/documentation/content/overview.md
index c2e30d1..969e966 100644
--- a/docs/content/documentation/content/overview.md
+++ b/docs/content/documentation/content/overview.md
@@ -40,18 +40,34 @@ While not shown in the example, sections can be nested indefinitely.
 ## Assets colocation
 
 The `content` directory is not limited to markup files though: it's natural to want to co-locate a page and some related
-assets.
+assets, for instance images or spreadsheets. Gutenberg supports that pattern out of the box for both sections and pages.
+
+Any non-markdown file you add in the page/section folder will be copied alongside the generated page when building the site,
+which allows us to use a relative path to access them.
+
+For pages to use assets colocation, they should not be placed directly in their section folder (such as `latest-experiment.md`), but as an `index.md` file
+in a dedicated folder (`latest-experiment/index.md`), like so:
 
-Gutenberg supports that pattern out of the box: create a folder, add a `index.md` file and as many non-markdown files as you want.
-Those assets will be copied in the same folder when building the site which allows you to use a relative path to access them.
 
 ```bash
-└── with-assets
-    ├── index.md
-    └── yavascript.js
+└── research
+    ├── latest-experiment
+    │   ├── index.md
+    │   └── yavascript.js
+    ├── _index.md
+    └── research.jpg
+```
+
+In this setup, you may access `research.jpg` from your 'research' section,
+and `yavascript.js` from your 'latest-experiment' directly within the Markdown:
+
+```markdown
+Check out the complete program [here](yavascript.js). It's **really cool free-software**!
 ```
 
-By default, this page will get the folder name (`with-assets` in this case) as its slug.
+By default, this page will get the folder name as its slug. So its permalink would be in the form of `https://example.com/research/latest-experiment/`
+
+### Excluding files from assets
 
 It is possible to ignore selected asset files using the
 [ignored_content](./documentation/getting-started/configuration.md) setting in the config file.
diff --git a/docs/content/documentation/content/page.md b/docs/content/documentation/content/page.md
index 7d61c27..733f412 100644
--- a/docs/content/documentation/content/page.md
+++ b/docs/content/documentation/content/page.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ content directory `about.md` would also create a page at `[base_url]/about`.
 As you can see, creating an `about.md` file is exactly equivalent to creating an
 `about/index.md` file.  The only difference between the two methods is that creating
 the `about` folder allows you to use asset colocation, as discussed in the
-[Overview](./documentation/content/overview.md) section of this documentation.
+[Overview](./documentation/content/overview.md#assets-colocation) section of this documentation.
 
 ## Front-matter
 
diff --git a/docs/content/documentation/content/section.md b/docs/content/documentation/content/section.md
index 7baba79..74c32e0 100644
--- a/docs/content/documentation/content/section.md
+++ b/docs/content/documentation/content/section.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ not have any content or metadata.  If you would like to add content or metadata,
 `_index.md` file at the root of the `content` folder and edit it just as you would edit any other
 `_index.md` file; your `index.html` template will then have access to that content and metadata.
 
+Any non-Markdown file in the section folder is added to the `assets` collection of the section, as explained in the [Content Overview](./documentation/content/overview.md#assets-colocation). These files are then available from the Markdown using relative links.
+
 ## Front-matter
 
 The `_index.md` file within a folder defines the content and metadata for that section.  To set
diff --git a/docs/content/documentation/templates/pages-sections.md b/docs/content/documentation/templates/pages-sections.md
index 297c95b..bb4d754 100644
--- a/docs/content/documentation/templates/pages-sections.md
+++ b/docs/content/documentation/templates/pages-sections.md
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ word_count: Number;
 reading_time: Number;
 // See the Table of contents section below for more details
 toc: Array<Header>;
+// Paths of colocated assets, relative to the content directory
+assets: Array<String>;
 ```
 
 ## Table of contents