diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index f12fbcb..e13e299 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 		// Sets the run context to one level up instead of the .devcontainer folder.
 		"context": "..",
 		// Update the 'dockerFile' property if you aren't using the standard 'Dockerfile' filename.
-		"dockerfile": "../Dockerfile"
+		"dockerfile": "../Dockerfile",
+		"args": {
+			"INSTALL_GIT": "true"
+		}
 	},
 
 	// Features to add to the dev container. More info: https://containers.dev/features.
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f9c0bef..0072d9e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@ FROM python:3.13-slim-bullseye
 
 USER root
 
+ARG INSTALL_GIT=false
+RUN if [ "$INSTALL_GIT" = "true" ]; then \
+    apt-get update && apt-get install -y git && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*; \
+    fi
+
 # Runtime dependency
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     ffmpeg \
- && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN pip install markitdown
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b51415..d2314c3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ contact [opencode@microsoft.com](mailto:opencode@microsoft.com) with any additio
 
 ### How to Contribute
 
-You can help by looking at issues or helping review PRs. Any issue or PR is welcome, but we have also marked some as 'open for contribution' and 'open for reviewing' to help faciliate community contributions. These are ofcourse just suggestions and you are welcome to contribute in any way you like.
+You can help by looking at issues or helping review PRs. Any issue or PR is welcome, but we have also marked some as 'open for contribution' and 'open for reviewing' to help facilitate community contributions. These are ofcourse just suggestions and you are welcome to contribute in any way you like.
 
 
 <div align="center">
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e34db1c..9c113ad 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "pdfminer.six",
   "puremagic",
   "pydub",
+  "olefile",
   "youtube-transcript-api",
   "SpeechRecognition",
   "pathvalidate",
diff --git a/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py b/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
index 1247b9d..50c83b4 100644
--- a/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
+++ b/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from warnings import warn, resetwarnings, catch_warnings
 
 import mammoth
 import markdownify
+import olefile
 import pandas as pd
 import pdfminer
 import pdfminer.high_level
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from charset_normalizer import from_path
 
 # Optional Transcription support
+IS_AUDIO_TRANSCRIPTION_CAPABLE = False
 try:
     # Using warnings' catch_warnings to catch
     # pydub's warning of ffmpeg or avconv missing
@@ -1100,6 +1102,79 @@ class ImageConverter(MediaConverter):
         return response.choices[0].message.content
 
 
+class OutlookMsgConverter(DocumentConverter):
+    """Converts Outlook .msg files to markdown by extracting email metadata and content.
+
+    Uses the olefile package to parse the .msg file structure and extract:
+    - Email headers (From, To, Subject)
+    - Email body content
+    """
+
+    def convert(
+        self, local_path: str, **kwargs: Any
+    ) -> Union[None, DocumentConverterResult]:
+        # Bail if not a MSG file
+        extension = kwargs.get("file_extension", "")
+        if extension.lower() != ".msg":
+            return None
+
+        try:
+            msg = olefile.OleFileIO(local_path)
+            # Extract email metadata
+            md_content = "# Email Message\n\n"
+
+            # Get headers
+            headers = {
+                "From": self._get_stream_data(msg, "__substg1.0_0C1F001F"),
+                "To": self._get_stream_data(msg, "__substg1.0_0E04001F"),
+                "Subject": self._get_stream_data(msg, "__substg1.0_0037001F"),
+            }
+
+            # Add headers to markdown
+            for key, value in headers.items():
+                if value:
+                    md_content += f"**{key}:** {value}\n"
+
+            md_content += "\n## Content\n\n"
+
+            # Get email body
+            body = self._get_stream_data(msg, "__substg1.0_1000001F")
+            if body:
+                md_content += body
+
+            msg.close()
+
+            return DocumentConverterResult(
+                title=headers.get("Subject"), text_content=md_content.strip()
+            )
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise FileConversionException(
+                f"Could not convert MSG file '{local_path}': {str(e)}"
+            )
+
+    def _get_stream_data(
+        self, msg: olefile.OleFileIO, stream_path: str
+    ) -> Union[str, None]:
+        """Helper to safely extract and decode stream data from the MSG file."""
+        try:
+            if msg.exists(stream_path):
+                data = msg.openstream(stream_path).read()
+                # Try UTF-16 first (common for .msg files)
+                try:
+                    return data.decode("utf-16-le").strip()
+                except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                    # Fall back to UTF-8
+                    try:
+                        return data.decode("utf-8").strip()
+                    except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                        # Last resort - ignore errors
+                        return data.decode("utf-8", errors="ignore").strip()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        return None
+
+
 class ZipConverter(DocumentConverter):
     """Converts ZIP files to markdown by extracting and converting all contained files.
 
@@ -1310,6 +1385,7 @@ class MarkItDown:
         self.register_page_converter(IpynbConverter())
         self.register_page_converter(PdfConverter())
         self.register_page_converter(ZipConverter())
+        self.register_page_converter(OutlookMsgConverter())
 
     def convert(
         self, source: Union[str, requests.Response, Path], **kwargs: Any
diff --git a/tests/test_files/test_outlook_msg.msg b/tests/test_files/test_outlook_msg.msg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05b087b
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/test_files/test_outlook_msg.msg differ
diff --git a/tests/test_markitdown.py b/tests/test_markitdown.py
index dfe3250..1ac9041 100644
--- a/tests/test_markitdown.py
+++ b/tests/test_markitdown.py
@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ DOCX_TEST_STRINGS = [
     "AutoGen: Enabling Next-Gen LLM Applications via Multi-Agent Conversation",
 ]
 
+MSG_TEST_STRINGS = [
+    "# Email Message",
+    "**From:** test.sender@example.com",
+    "**To:** test.recipient@example.com",
+    "**Subject:** Test Email Message",
+    "## Content",
+    "This is the body of the test email message",
+]
+
 DOCX_COMMENT_TEST_STRINGS = [
     "314b0a30-5b04-470b-b9f7-eed2c2bec74a",
     "49e168b7-d2ae-407f-a055-2167576f39a1",
@@ -244,6 +253,10 @@ def test_markitdown_local() -> None:
     result = markitdown.convert(os.path.join(TEST_FILES_DIR, "test_mskanji.csv"))
     validate_strings(result, CSV_CP932_TEST_STRINGS)
 
+    # Test MSG (Outlook email) processing
+    result = markitdown.convert(os.path.join(TEST_FILES_DIR, "test_outlook_msg.msg"))
+    validate_strings(result, MSG_TEST_STRINGS)
+
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
     skip_exiftool,