diff --git a/doc/ext/notebook.py b/doc/ext/notebook.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..054a9c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/ext/notebook.py
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+__all__ = ['python_to_notebook', 'Notebook']
+
+import json
+import copy
+import warnings
+
+
+# Skeleton notebook in JSON format
+skeleton_nb = """{
+    "metadata": {
+    "name":""
+    },
+    "nbformat": 3,
+    "nbformat_minor": 0,
+    "worksheets": [
+        {
+            "cells": [
+            {
+                "cell_type": "code",
+                "collapsed": false,
+                "input": [
+                    "%matplotlib inline"
+                ],
+                "language": "python",
+                "metadata": {},
+                "outputs": []
+            }
+            ],
+          "metadata": {}
+        }
+    ]
+}"""
+
+
+class Notebook(object):
+    """
+    Notebook object for building an IPython notebook cell-by-cell.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        # cell type code
+        self.cell_code = {
+            'cell_type': 'code',
+            'collapsed': False,
+            'input': [
+                '# Code Goes Here'
+            ],
+            'language': 'python',
+            'metadata': {},
+            'outputs': []
+        }
+
+        # cell type markdown
+        self.cell_md = {
+            'cell_type': 'markdown',
+            'metadata': {},
+            'source': [
+                'Markdown Goes Here'
+            ]
+        }
+
+        self.template = json.loads(skeleton_nb)
+        self.cell_type = {'input': self.cell_code, 'source': self.cell_md}
+        self.valuetype_to_celltype = {'code': 'input', 'markdown': 'source'}
+
+    def add_cell(self, value, cell_type='code'):
+        """Add a notebook cell.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        value : str
+            Cell content.
+        cell_type : {'code', 'markdown'}
+            Type of content (default is 'code').
+
+        """
+        if cell_type in ['markdown', 'code']:
+            key = self.valuetype_to_celltype[cell_type]
+            cells = self.template['worksheets'][0]['cells']
+            cells.append(copy.deepcopy(self.cell_type[key]))
+            # assign value to the last cell
+            cells[-1][key] = value
+        else:
+            warnings.warn('Ignoring unsupported cell type (%s)' % cell_type)
+
+    def json(self):
+        """Return a JSON representation of the notebook.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        str
+            JSON notebook.
+
+        """
+        return json.dumps(self.template, indent=2)
+
+
+def test_notebook_basic():
+    nb = Notebook()
+    assert(json.loads(nb.json()) == json.loads(skeleton_nb))
+
+
+def test_notebook_add():
+    nb = Notebook()
+
+    str1 = 'hello world'
+    str2 = 'f = lambda x: x * x'
+
+    nb.add_cell(str1, cell_type='markdown')
+    nb.add_cell(str2, cell_type='code')
+
+    d = json.loads(nb.json())
+    cells = d['worksheets'][0]['cells']
+    values = [c['input'] if c['cell_type'] == 'code' else c['source']
+              for c in cells]
+
+    assert values[1] == str1
+    assert values[2] == str2
+
+    assert cells[1]['cell_type'] == 'markdown'
+    assert cells[2]['cell_type'] == 'code'
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import numpy.testing as npt
+    npt.run_module_suite()
diff --git a/doc/ext/plot2rst.py b/doc/ext/plot2rst.py
index 3b26aeb9..258a6929 100644
--- a/doc/ext/plot2rst.py
+++ b/doc/ext/plot2rst.py
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ from skimage import io
 from skimage import transform
 from skimage.util.dtype import dtype_range
 
+from notebook import Notebook
+
+from docutils.core import publish_parts
+
 
 LITERALINCLUDE = """
 .. literalinclude:: {src_name}
@@ -94,6 +98,13 @@ CODE_LINK = """
 
 """
 
+NOTEBOOK_LINK = """
+
+**IPython Notebook:** :download:`download <{0}>`
+(generated using ``skimage`` |version|)
+
+"""
+
 TOCTREE_TEMPLATE = """
 .. toctree::
    :hidden:
@@ -305,16 +316,20 @@ def write_example(src_name, src_dir, rst_dir, cfg):
 
     image_dir = rst_dir.pjoin('images')
     thumb_dir = image_dir.pjoin('thumb')
+    notebook_dir = rst_dir.pjoin('notebook')
     image_dir.makedirs()
     thumb_dir.makedirs()
+    notebook_dir.makedirs()
 
     base_image_name = os.path.splitext(src_name)[0]
     image_path = image_dir.pjoin(base_image_name + '_{0}.png')
 
     basename, py_ext = os.path.splitext(src_name)
     rst_path = rst_dir.pjoin(basename + cfg.source_suffix)
+    notebook_path = notebook_dir.pjoin(basename + '.ipynb')
 
-    if _plots_are_current(src_path, image_path) and rst_path.exists:
+    if _plots_are_current(src_path, image_path) and rst_path.exists and \
+        notebook_path.exists:
         return
 
     blocks = split_code_and_text_blocks(example_file)
@@ -341,8 +356,11 @@ def write_example(src_name, src_dir, rst_dir, cfg):
         example_rst += LITERALINCLUDE.format(**code_info)
 
     example_rst += CODE_LINK.format(src_name)
+    ipnotebook_name = src_name.replace('.py', '.ipynb')
+    ipnotebook_name = './notebook/' + ipnotebook_name
+    example_rst += NOTEBOOK_LINK.format(ipnotebook_name)
 
-    f = open(rst_path,'w')
+    f = open(rst_path, 'w')
     f.write(example_rst)
     f.flush()
 
@@ -359,6 +377,24 @@ def write_example(src_name, src_dir, rst_dir, cfg):
         else:
             shutil.copy(cfg.plot2rst_default_thumb, thumb_path)
 
+    # Export example to IPython notebook
+    nb = Notebook()
+
+    for (cell_type, _, content) in blocks:
+        content = content.rstrip('\n')
+
+        if cell_type == 'code':
+            nb.add_cell(content, cell_type='code')
+        else:
+            content = content.replace('"""', '')
+            content = '\n'.join([line for line in content.split('\n') if
+                                 not line.startswith('.. image')])
+            html = publish_parts(content, writer_name='html')['html_body']
+            nb.add_cell(html, cell_type='markdown')
+
+    with open(notebook_path, 'w') as f:
+        f.write(nb.json())
+
 
 def save_thumbnail(image, thumb_path, shape):
     """Save image as a thumbnail with the specified shape.