diff --git a/docs/api_examples/template_path/project_templates/nbconvert/templates/classic_clone/index.html.j2 b/docs/api_examples/template_path/project_templates/nbconvert/templates/classic_clone/index.html.j2
index 85f23d09f..23d43537d 100644
--- a/docs/api_examples/template_path/project_templates/nbconvert/templates/classic_clone/index.html.j2
+++ b/docs/api_examples/template_path/project_templates/nbconvert/templates/classic_clone/index.html.j2
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ div#notebook-container{
 {% endblock custom_css %}
 
 <!-- Loading mathjax macro -->
-{{ mathjax() }}
+{{ mathjax(resources.mathjax_url) }}
 
 
 {%- block html_head_css -%}
diff --git a/nbconvert/exporters/html.py b/nbconvert/exporters/html.py
index d415f4afc..61a3fe769 100644
--- a/nbconvert/exporters/html.py
+++ b/nbconvert/exporters/html.py
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ class HTMLExporter(TemplateExporter):
         """
     ).tag(config=True)
 
+    mathjax_url = Unicode(
+        "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.7/latest.js?config=TeX-MML-AM_CHTML-full,Safe",
+        help="""
+        URL to load Mathjax from.
+
+        Defaults to loading from cdnjs.
+        """
+    ).tag(config=True)
+
     jquery_url = Unicode(
         "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.3/jquery.min.js",
         help="""
@@ -169,6 +178,7 @@ def resources_include_url(name):
         resources['include_js'] = resources_include_js
         resources['include_url'] = resources_include_url
         resources['require_js_url'] = self.require_js_url
+        resources['mathjax_url'] = self.mathjax_url
         resources['jquery_url'] = self.jquery_url
         resources['jupyter_widgets_base_url'] = self.jupyter_widgets_base_url
         resources['html_manager_semver_range'] = self.html_manager_semver_range
diff --git a/share/jupyter/nbconvert/templates/classic/index.html.j2 b/share/jupyter/nbconvert/templates/classic/index.html.j2
index 4a313d1fa..3e92fe364 100644
--- a/share/jupyter/nbconvert/templates/classic/index.html.j2
+++ b/share/jupyter/nbconvert/templates/classic/index.html.j2
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ div#notebook-container{
 {% endblock notebook_css %}
 
 {%- block html_head_js_mathjax -%}
-{{ mathjax() }}
+{{ mathjax(resources.mathjax_url) }}
 {%- endblock html_head_js_mathjax -%}
 
 {%- block html_head_css -%}
diff --git a/share/jupyter/nbconvert/templates/lab/index.html.j2 b/share/jupyter/nbconvert/templates/lab/index.html.j2
index 262e08059..d4cb8ecc9 100644
--- a/share/jupyter/nbconvert/templates/lab/index.html.j2
+++ b/share/jupyter/nbconvert/templates/lab/index.html.j2
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ a.anchor-link {
 {% endblock notebook_css %}
 
 {%- block html_head_js_mathjax -%}
-{{ mathjax() }}
+{{ mathjax(resources.mathjax_url) }}
 {%- endblock html_head_js_mathjax -%}
 
 {%- block html_head_css -%}
diff --git a/share/jupyter/nbconvert/templates/reveal/index.html.j2 b/share/jupyter/nbconvert/templates/reveal/index.html.j2
index 07922cc28..777862b98 100644
--- a/share/jupyter/nbconvert/templates/reveal/index.html.j2
+++ b/share/jupyter/nbconvert/templates/reveal/index.html.j2
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ a.anchor-link {
 {% endblock notebook_css %}
 
 {%- block html_head_js_mathjax -%}
-{{ mathjax() }}
+{{ mathjax(resources.mathjax_url) }}
 {%- endblock html_head_js_mathjax -%}
 
 {%- block html_head_css -%}