diff --git a/lib/jekyll/post.rb b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
index 8ebe92b5..13217bf0 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/post.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ module Jekyll
         :i_month     => date.strftime("%m").to_i.to_s,
         :categories  => (categories || []).map { |c| c.to_s }.join('/'),
         :short_month => date.strftime("%b"),
+        :short_year  => date.strftime("%y"),
         :y_day       => date.strftime("%j"),
         :output_ext  => output_ext
       }
diff --git a/site/docs/permalinks.md b/site/docs/permalinks.md
index c38ad945..155432bd 100644
--- a/site/docs/permalinks.md
+++ b/site/docs/permalinks.md
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ permalink is defined as `/:categories/:year/:month/:day/:title.html`.
         <p>Day from the Post’s filename without leading zeros.</p>
       </td>
     </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td>
+        <p><code>short_year</code></p>
+      </td>
+      <td>
+        <p>Year from the Post’s filename without the century.</p>
+      </td>
+    </tr>
     <tr>
       <td>
         <p><code>title</code></p>