diff --git a/Parser.js b/Parser.js
index 1275118..0cfe344 100644
--- a/Parser.js
+++ b/Parser.js
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ var colorFuncs = [
 var copyFuncs = {
     "textord": [
         "textord",
+        "\\$",
         "\\angle",
         "\\infty",
         "\\prime",
diff --git a/katex.js b/katex.js
index 82b6f54..757b801 100644
--- a/katex.js
+++ b/katex.js
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ var charLookup = {
     "-": "\u2212",
     "`": "\u2018",
     "\\ ": "\u00a0",
+    "\\$": "$",
     "\\angle": "\u2220",
     "\\cdot": "\u22c5",
     "\\circ": "\u2218",