diff --git a/lib/plugins/helper/toc.js b/lib/plugins/helper/toc.js
index 51d0ef33e0..8dbc2a50f7 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/helper/toc.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/helper/toc.js
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ function tocHelper(str, options = {}) {
 
   const $ = cheerio.load(str);
   const headingsMaxDepth = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(options, 'max_depth') ? options.max_depth : 6;
-  const headingsSelector = ['h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5', 'h6'].slice(0, headingsMaxDepth).join(',');
+  const headingsMinDepth = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(options, 'min_depth') ? options.min_depth : 1;
+  const headingsSelector = ['h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5', 'h6'].slice(headingsMinDepth - 1, headingsMaxDepth).join(',');
   const headings = $(headingsSelector);
 
   if (!headings.length) return '';
diff --git a/test/scripts/helpers/toc.js b/test/scripts/helpers/toc.js
index 02c2cd17f6..593a99f4aa 100644
--- a/test/scripts/helpers/toc.js
+++ b/test/scripts/helpers/toc.js
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ describe('toc', () => {
     options = Object.assign({
       class: 'toc',
       list_number: true,
+      min_depth: 1,
       max_depth: 6
     }, options);
 
     const className = options.class;
     const listNumber = options.list_number;
+    const minDepth = options.min_depth;
     const maxDepth = options.max_depth;
 
     const resultTitle_1_1_1 = [
@@ -147,6 +149,15 @@ describe('toc', () => {
     genResult(options).should.eql(toc(html, options));
   });
 
+
+  it('min_depth', () => {
+    const options = {
+      min_depth: 5
+    };
+
+    genResult(options).should.eql(toc(html, options));
+  });
+
   it('max_depth', () => {
     const options = {
       max_depth: 2