diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index c1667a4..62e8a1b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ HtmlWebpackPlugin.prototype.emitHtml = function(compilation, htmlTemplateContent
   } catch(e) {
     compilation.errors.push(new Error('HtmlWebpackPlugin: template error ' + e));
   }
+  // Append/Inject link and script elements into an existing html file
+  if (this.options.append) {
+    html = this.appendAssetsToHtml(html, templateParams, this.options.append);
+  }
   compilation.assets[outputFilename] = {
     source: function() {
       return html;
@@ -126,6 +130,51 @@ HtmlWebpackPlugin.prototype.htmlWebpackPluginAssets = function(compilation, webp
   return assets;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Inject the assets into the given html string
+ */
+HtmlWebpackPlugin.prototype.appendAssetsToHtml = function(html, templateParams, chunks) {
+  var assets = templateParams.htmlWebpackPlugin.files;
+  // If chunks is set to true append all chunks
+  if (chunks === true) {
+    chunks = Object.keys(assets.chunks);
+  }
+  // Gather all css and script files
+  var styles = [];
+  var scripts = [];
+  chunks.forEach(function(chunkName) {
+    styles = styles.concat(assets.chunks[chunkName].css);
+    scripts.push(assets.chunks[chunkName].entry);
+  });
+  // Turn script files into script tags
+  scripts = scripts.map(function(scriptPath) {
+    return '<script src="' + scriptPath + '?' + templateParams.hash + '"></script>';
+  });
+  // Turn css files into link tags
+  styles = styles.map(function(stylePath) {
+    return '<link href="' + stylePath + '?' + templateParams.hash + '" rel="stylesheet">';
+  });
+  // Append scripts
+  html = html.replace(/(<\/body>)/i, function (match, start) {
+    return scripts.join('') + match;
+  });
+  // Append styles
+  html = html.replace(/(<\/head>)/i, function (match, start) {
+    return styles.join('') + match;
+  });
+  // Append manifest
+  if (assets.manifest) {
+    html = html.replace(/(<html.*)(>)/i, function (match, start, end) {
+      // Don't append a manifest if a manifest was already specified
+      if (match.test(/\smanifest\s*=/)) {
+        return match;
+      }
+      return start + ' manifest="' + assets.manifest + '?' + templateParams.hash + '"' + end;
+    });
+  }
+  return html;
+};
+
 /**
  * A helper to support the templates written for html-webpack-plugin <= 1.1.0
  */
diff --git a/spec/HtmlWebpackPluginSpec.js b/spec/HtmlWebpackPluginSpec.js
index 0bea99b..02a93cb 100644
--- a/spec/HtmlWebpackPluginSpec.js
+++ b/spec/HtmlWebpackPluginSpec.js
@@ -85,6 +85,57 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function() {
     ['<script src="app_bundle.js'], null, done);
   });
 
+  it('allows you to append the assets to a given html file', function (done) {
+    testHtmlPlugin({
+      entry: {
+        util: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/util.js'),
+        app: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/index.js')
+      },
+      output: {
+        path: OUTPUT_DIR,
+        filename: '[name]_bundle.js'
+      },
+      plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+        append: true,
+        template: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/test.html')
+      })]
+    }, ['<script src="util_bundle.js?%hash%"', '<script src="app_bundle.js?%hash%"'], null, done);
+  });
+
+  it('allows you to append the assets to a html string', function (done) {
+    testHtmlPlugin({
+      entry: {
+        util: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/util.js'),
+        app: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/index.js')
+      },
+      output: {
+        path: OUTPUT_DIR,
+        filename: '[name]_bundle.js'
+      },
+      plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+        append: ['util', 'app'],
+        templateContent: fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/test.html'), 'utf8')
+      })]
+    }, ['<script src="util_bundle.js?%hash%"', '<script src="app_bundle.js?%hash%"'], null, done);
+  });
+
+  it('allows you to append a specified asset to a given html file', function (done) {
+    testHtmlPlugin({
+      entry: {
+        util: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/util.js'),
+        app: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/index.js')
+      },
+      output: {
+        path: OUTPUT_DIR,
+        filename: '[name]_bundle.js'
+      },
+      plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+        append: ['app'],
+        template: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/test.html')
+      })]
+    }, ['<script src="app_bundle.js?%hash%"'], null, done);
+  });
+
   it('allows you to use the deprecated assets object', function (done) {
     testHtmlPlugin({
         entry: {
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/plain.html b/spec/fixtures/plain.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f2ea29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/plain.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+  <meta charset="utf-8">
+  <title>Example Plain file</title>
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+</head>
+<body>
+</body>
+</html>
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