diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b0a052..d1a8cac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ This template defines some new variables to control the appearance of the result
 
     LaTeX command to change the font size for code blocks. The available values are `\tiny`, `\scriptsize`, `\footnotesize`, `\small`, `\normalsize`, `\large`, `\Large`, `\LARGE`, `\huge` and `\Huge`. This option will change the font size for default code blocks using the verbatim environment and for code blocks generated with listings.
 
+  - `draft` (defaults to none)
+
+    Displays the text provided as watermak on each page. Useful to express that a document is work in progress, a draft.
+
 ## Required LaTeX Packages
 
 LaTeX manages addons and additional functionality in so called packages. You
diff --git a/eisvogel.tex b/eisvogel.tex
index 742b0f5..a1df5d9 100644
--- a/eisvogel.tex
+++ b/eisvogel.tex
@@ -963,6 +963,15 @@ $endif$
 $endif$
 $endif$
 
+%
+% Define draft watermark
+%
+$if(draft)$
+\usepackage{draftwatermark}
+\SetWatermarkText{$draft$}
+\SetWatermarkScale{.5}
+$endif$
+
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