diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 55438af..2da8a04 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /_site
 /tmp
 /spec/examples.txt
+vendor/bundle
+.bundle
 /Gemfile.lock
 *.gem
 spec/fixtures/site/.jekyll-cache/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/jekyll-relative-links/generator.rb b/lib/jekyll-relative-links/generator.rb
index d4b3f00..bf4ece6 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll-relative-links/generator.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll-relative-links/generator.rb
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ def replace_relative_links!(document)
         link.path = url
         replacement_text(link)
       end
+
+      replace_relative_links_excerpt!(document)
     rescue ArgumentError => e
       raise e unless e.to_s.start_with?("invalid byte sequence in UTF-8")
     end
@@ -165,5 +167,9 @@ def excluded?(document)
     def global_entry_filter
       @global_entry_filter ||= Jekyll::EntryFilter.new(site)
     end
+
+    def replace_relative_links_excerpt!(document)
+      document.data["excerpt"] = Jekyll::Excerpt.new(document) if document.data["excerpt"]
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/site/_posts/2016-01-01-test.md b/spec/fixtures/site/_posts/2016-01-01-test.md
index 59f76f8..a24b30e 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/site/_posts/2016-01-01-test.md
+++ b/spec/fixtures/site/_posts/2016-01-01-test.md
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 ---
+excerpt_separator: <!--more-->
 ---
 
 # Some post
 
 [Another Page](../another-page.md)
 
+<!--more-->
+
 [Page with permalink](../page-with-permalink.md)
 
 [Reference link][reference]
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/site/subdir/_posts/2016-01-01-test.md b/spec/fixtures/site/subdir/_posts/2016-01-01-test.md
index 8428b4d..1cf761e 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/site/subdir/_posts/2016-01-01-test.md
+++ b/spec/fixtures/site/subdir/_posts/2016-01-01-test.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+excerpt_separator: <!--more-->
 ---
 
 # Some post
@@ -6,3 +7,7 @@
 [Another Page](../../another-page.md)
 
 [Another Post](../../_posts/2016-01-01-test.md)
+
+<!--more-->
+
+Foobar
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/jekyll-relative-links/generator_spec.rb b/spec/jekyll-relative-links/generator_spec.rb
index 02fd985..b2eba10 100644
--- a/spec/jekyll-relative-links/generator_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jekyll-relative-links/generator_spec.rb
@@ -233,7 +233,11 @@
         expect(post.content).to include("[Another Page](/another-page.html)")
       end
 
-      it "converts relative links with permalinks from posts pages " do
+      it "converts relative links from posts to pages in the excerpt" do
+        expect(post.excerpt.content).to include("[Another Page](/another-page.html)")
+      end
+
+      it "converts relative links with permalinks from posts to pages " do
         expect(post.content).to include("[Page with permalink](/page-with-permalink/)")
       end
 
@@ -263,6 +267,10 @@
         it "converts relative links from posts to posts" do
           expect(subdir_post.content).to include("[Another Post](/2016/01/01/test.html)")
         end
+
+        it "converts relative links from posts to posts in the excerpt" do
+          expect(subdir_post.excerpt.content).to include("[Another Post](/2016/01/01/test.html)")
+        end
       end
 
       context "items (with output)" do