diff --git a/org/footnote.go b/org/footnote.go
index 91cbff7..147ddcd 100644
--- a/org/footnote.go
+++ b/org/footnote.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type Footnotes struct {
 type FootnoteDefinition struct {
 	Name     string
 	Children []Node
+	Inline   bool
 }
 
 var footnoteDefinitionRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^\[fn:([\w-]+)\]\s+(.+)`)
@@ -33,6 +34,6 @@ func (d *Document) parseFootnoteDefinition(i int, parentStop stopFn) (int, Node)
 			d.tokens[i].kind == "headline" || d.tokens[i].kind == "footnoteDefinition"
 	}
 	consumed, nodes := d.parseMany(i, stop)
-	d.Footnotes.Definitions[name] = FootnoteDefinition{name, nodes}
+	d.Footnotes.Definitions[name] = FootnoteDefinition{name, nodes, false}
 	return consumed, nil
 }
diff --git a/org/html.go b/org/html.go
index 97b8d35..41af658 100644
--- a/org/html.go
+++ b/org/html.go
@@ -44,19 +44,8 @@ func (w *HTMLWriter) emptyClone() *HTMLWriter {
 }
 
 func (w *HTMLWriter) before(d *Document) {}
-
 func (w *HTMLWriter) after(d *Document) {
-	fs := d.Footnotes
-	if len(fs.Definitions) == 0 {
-		return
-	}
-	w.WriteString(`<div id="footnotes">` + "\n")
-	w.WriteString(`<h1 class="footnotes-title">` + fs.Title + `</h1>` + "\n")
-	w.WriteString(`<div class="footnote-definitions">` + "\n")
-	for _, name := range fs.Order {
-		w.writeNodes(fs.Definitions[name])
-	}
-	w.WriteString("</div>\n</div>\n")
+	w.writeFootnotes(d)
 }
 
 func (w *HTMLWriter) writeNodes(ns ...Node) {
@@ -141,6 +130,19 @@ func (w *HTMLWriter) writeFootnoteDefinition(f FootnoteDefinition) {
 	w.WriteString("</div>\n")
 }
 
+func (w *HTMLWriter) writeFootnotes(d *Document) {
+	fs := d.Footnotes
+	if len(fs.Definitions) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	w.WriteString(`<div id="footnotes">` + "\n")
+	w.WriteString(`<h1 class="footnotes-title">` + fs.Title + `</h1>` + "\n")
+	w.WriteString(`<div class="footnote-definitions">` + "\n")
+	for _, name := range fs.Order {
+		w.writeNodes(fs.Definitions[name])
+	}
+	w.WriteString("</div>\n</div>\n")
+}
 func (w *HTMLWriter) writeHeadline(h Headline) {
 	w.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("<h%d>", h.Lvl))
 	w.writeNodes(h.Title...)
diff --git a/org/inline.go b/org/inline.go
index 004969d..2b78cd4 100644
--- a/org/inline.go
+++ b/org/inline.go
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ type Emphasis struct {
 	Content []Node
 }
 
-type FootnoteLink struct{ Name string }
+type FootnoteLink struct {
+	Name       string
+	Definition *FootnoteDefinition
+}
 
 type RegularLink struct {
 	Protocol    string
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ func (d *Document) parseRegularLinkOrFootnoteReference(input string, start int)
 func (d *Document) parseFootnoteReference(input string, start int) (int, Node) {
 	if m := footnoteRegexp.FindStringSubmatch(input[start:]); m != nil {
 		name, definition := m[1], m[3]
-		seen := false
+		seen, link := false, FootnoteLink{name, nil}
 		for _, otherName := range d.Footnotes.Order {
 			if name == otherName {
 				seen = true
@@ -114,9 +117,10 @@ func (d *Document) parseFootnoteReference(input string, start int) (int, Node) {
 			d.Footnotes.Order = append(d.Footnotes.Order, name)
 		}
 		if definition != "" {
-			d.Footnotes.Definitions[name] = FootnoteDefinition{name, d.parseInline(definition)}
+			link.Definition = &FootnoteDefinition{name, d.parseInline(definition), true}
+			d.Footnotes.Definitions[name] = *link.Definition
 		}
-		return len(m[0]), FootnoteLink{name}
+		return len(m[0]), link
 	}
 	return 0, nil
 }
diff --git a/org/org.go b/org/org.go
index 7e0f53f..866881c 100644
--- a/org/org.go
+++ b/org/org.go
@@ -33,14 +33,7 @@ func NewOrgWriter() *OrgWriter {
 
 func (w *OrgWriter) before(d *Document) {}
 func (w *OrgWriter) after(d *Document) {
-	fs := d.Footnotes
-	if len(fs.Definitions) == 0 {
-		return
-	}
-	w.WriteString("* " + fs.Title + "\n")
-	for _, name := range fs.Order {
-		w.writeNodes(fs.Definitions[name])
-	}
+	w.writeFootnotes(d)
 }
 
 func (w *OrgWriter) emptyClone() *OrgWriter {
@@ -146,6 +139,19 @@ func (w *OrgWriter) writeBlock(b Block) {
 	w.WriteString(w.indent + "#+END_" + b.Name + "\n")
 }
 
+func (w *OrgWriter) writeFootnotes(d *Document) {
+	fs := d.Footnotes
+	if len(fs.Definitions) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	w.WriteString("* " + fs.Title + "\n")
+	for _, name := range fs.Order {
+		if fnDefinition := fs.Definitions[name]; !fnDefinition.Inline {
+			w.writeNodes(fnDefinition)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func (w *OrgWriter) writeFootnoteDefinition(f FootnoteDefinition) {
 	w.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("[fn:%s] ", f.Name))
 	w.writeNodes(f.Children...)
@@ -228,7 +234,12 @@ func (w *OrgWriter) writeLinebreak(l Linebreak) {
 }
 
 func (w *OrgWriter) writeFootnoteLink(l FootnoteLink) {
-	w.WriteString("[fn:" + l.Name + "]")
+	w.WriteString("[fn:" + l.Name)
+	if l.Definition != nil {
+		w.WriteString(":")
+		w.writeNodes(l.Definition.Children...)
+	}
+	w.WriteString("]")
 }
 
 func (w *OrgWriter) writeRegularLink(l RegularLink) {
diff --git a/org/testdata/example.html b/org/testdata/example.html
index 1f10157..9786b14 100644
--- a/org/testdata/example.html
+++ b/org/testdata/example.html
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 <ul>
 <li>normal footnote reference <sup class="footnote-reference"><a href="#footnote-1">1</a></sup></li>
 <li>further references to the same footnote should not <sup class="footnote-reference"><a href="#footnote-1">1</a></sup> render duplicates in the footnote list</li>
-<li>also inline footnotes are supported via <code class="verbatim">fn:2:inline definition</code>. But we won&#39;t test that because it would cause the output to look different from the input </li>
+<li>inline footnotes are also supported via <sup class="footnote-reference"><a href="#footnote-2">2</a></sup>. </li>
 </ul>
 <div id="footnotes">
 <h1 class="footnotes-title">Footnotes</h1>
@@ -74,5 +74,8 @@
 <sup id="footnote-1">1</sup>
 <p>Foobar</p>
 </div>
+<div class="footnote-definition">
+<sup id="footnote-2">2</sup>
+the inline footnote definition</div>
 </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/org/testdata/example.org b/org/testdata/example.org
index 3460855..789cdac 100644
--- a/org/testdata/example.org
+++ b/org/testdata/example.org
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ this one is cheating a little as tags are ALWAYS printed right aligned to a give
 ** Footnotes
 - normal footnote reference [fn:1]
 - further references to the same footnote should not [fn:1] render duplicates in the footnote list
-- also inline footnotes are supported via =fn:2:inline definition=. But we won't test that because it would
-  cause the output to look different from the input
+- inline footnotes are also supported via [fn:2:the inline footnote definition].
 
 * Footnotes
 [fn:1] Foobar