diff --git a/pelican/readers.py b/pelican/readers.py
index ae634c80..b5fed611 100644
--- a/pelican/readers.py
+++ b/pelican/readers.py
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ class MarkdownReader(Reader):
             name = name.lower()
             if name == "summary":
                 summary_values = "\n".join(value)
+                # reset the markdown instance to clear any state
+                self._md.reset()
                 summary = self._md.convert(summary_values)
                 output[name] = self.process_metadata(name, summary)
             else:
diff --git a/pelican/tests/content/article_with_markdown_and_footnote.md b/pelican/tests/content/article_with_markdown_and_footnote.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc257d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pelican/tests/content/article_with_markdown_and_footnote.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: Article with markdown containing footnotes
+Date: 2012-10-31
+Summary: Summary with **inline** markup *should* be supported.
+
+This is some content[^1] with some footnotes[^footnote]
+
+[^1]: Numbered footnote
+[^footnote]: Named footnote
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_generators.py b/pelican/tests/test_generators.py
index 13156d3b..fa57322d 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_generators.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_generators.py
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ class TestArticlesGenerator(unittest.TestCase):
              'TestCategory', 'article'],
             ['This is a super article !', 'published', 'yeah', 'article'],
             ['マックOS X 10.8でパイソンとVirtualenvをインストールと設定',
-             'published', '指導書', 'article']
+             'published', '指導書', 'article'],
+            ['Article with markdown containing footnotes', 'published',
+             'Default', 'article']
         ]
         self.assertEqual(sorted(articles_expected), sorted(articles))
 
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_readers.py b/pelican/tests/test_readers.py
index 386c0172..47cb70ee 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_readers.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_readers.py
@@ -143,6 +143,43 @@ class MdReaderTest(unittest.TestCase):
         for key, value in metadata.items():
             self.assertEqual(value, expected[key], key)
 
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(readers.Markdown, "markdown isn't installed")
+    def test_article_with_footnote(self):
+        reader = readers.MarkdownReader({})
+        content, metadata = reader.read(
+            _path('article_with_markdown_and_footnote.md'))
+        expected_content = (
+            '<p>This is some content'
+            '<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1" '
+            'rel="footnote">1</a></sup>'
+            ' with some footnotes'
+            '<sup id="fnref:footnote"><a class="footnote-ref" '
+            'href="#fn:footnote" rel="footnote">2</a></sup></p>\n'
+            
+            '<div class="footnote">\n'
+            '<hr />\n<ol>\n<li id="fn:1">\n'
+            '<p>Numbered footnote&#160;'
+            '<a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" rev="footnote" '
+            'title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">&#8617;</a></p>\n'
+            '</li>\n<li id="fn:footnote">\n'
+            '<p>Named footnote&#160;'
+            '<a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:footnote" rev="footnote" '
+            'title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">&#8617;</a></p>\n'
+            '</li>\n</ol>\n</div>')
+        expected_metadata = {
+            'title': 'Article with markdown containing footnotes',
+            'summary': (
+                '<p>Summary with <strong>inline</strong> markup '
+                '<em>should</em> be supported.</p>'),
+            'date': datetime.datetime(2012, 10, 31),
+            'slug': 'article-with-markdown-containing-footnotes',
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(content, expected_content)
+        for key, value in metadata.items():
+            self.assertEqual(value, expected_metadata[key], key)
+
+
     @unittest.skipUnless(readers.Markdown, "markdown isn't installed")
     def test_article_with_file_extensions(self):
         reader = readers.MarkdownReader({})