diff --git a/pymdownx/snippets.py b/pymdownx/snippets.py
index 305c7c0aa..7c2c19ceb 100644
--- a/pymdownx/snippets.py
+++ b/pymdownx/snippets.py
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ def download(self, url):
                     continue
                 raise SnippetMissingError(f"Cannot download snippet '{url}' (HTTP Error {e.code})") from e
 
+    def post_process_snippet(self, s_lines, snippet):
+        """Override to post-process the snippet's content."""
+        return s_lines
 
     def parse_snippets(self, lines, file_name=None, is_url=False, is_section=False):
         """Parse snippets snippet."""
@@ -390,6 +393,10 @@ def parse_snippets(self, lines, file_name=None, is_url=False, is_section=False):
                         elif section:
                             s_lines = self.extract_section(section, s_lines)
 
+                    # call the post-process hook
+                    if s_lines:
+                        s_lines = self.post_process_snippet(s_lines, snippet)
+
                     # Process lines looking for more snippets
                     new_lines.extend(
                         [