diff --git a/lib/jekyll/tags/post_url.rb b/lib/jekyll/tags/post_url.rb
index dd02d3bf..6814c3ca 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/tags/post_url.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/tags/post_url.rb
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@ module Jekyll
       attr_accessor :date, :slug
 
       def initialize(name)
-        who, cares, date, slug = *name.match(MATCHER)
-        @slug = slug
+        all, path, date, slug = *name.sub(/^\//, "").match(MATCHER)
+        @slug = path ? path + slug : slug
         @date = Time.parse(date)
       end
 
       def ==(other)
-        slug == other.slug &&
+        path = other.name.split("/")[0...-1].join("/")
+        otherslug = path != "" ? path + '/' + other.slug : other.slug
+        slug == otherslug &&
           date.year  == other.date.year &&
           date.month == other.date.month &&
           date.day   == other.date.day
diff --git a/test/source/_posts/es/2008-11-21-nested.textile b/test/source/_posts/es/2008-11-21-nested.textile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6140a46e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/source/_posts/es/2008-11-21-nested.textile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+layout: default
+title: Nested
+---
+
+url: {{ page.url }}
+date: {{ page.date }}
+id: {{ page.id }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_generated_site.rb b/test/test_generated_site.rb
index 0861ee93..cb8b5486 100644
--- a/test/test_generated_site.rb
+++ b/test/test_generated_site.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class TestGeneratedSite < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
 
     should "ensure post count is as expected" do
-      assert_equal 32, @site.posts.size
+      assert_equal 33, @site.posts.size
     end
 
     should "insert site.posts into the index" do
diff --git a/test/test_site.rb b/test/test_site.rb
index e8eb104d..f59c0ea9 100644
--- a/test/test_site.rb
+++ b/test/test_site.rb
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class TestSite < Test::Unit::TestCase
       @site.read_posts('')
       posts = Dir[source_dir('_posts', '*')]
       posts.delete_if { |post| File.directory?(post) }
-      assert_equal posts.size - 1, @site.posts.size
+      assert_equal posts.size, @site.posts.size
     end
 
     should "deploy payload" do
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class TestSite < Test::Unit::TestCase
       posts.delete_if { |post| File.directory?(post) }
       categories = %w(bar baz category foo z_category publish_test win).sort
 
-      assert_equal posts.size, @site.posts.size
+      assert_equal posts.size + 1, @site.posts.size
       assert_equal categories, @site.categories.keys.sort
       assert_equal 4, @site.categories['foo'].size
     end
diff --git a/test/test_tags.rb b/test/test_tags.rb
index 0ba6b647..09dd1003 100644
--- a/test/test_tags.rb
+++ b/test/test_tags.rb
@@ -204,6 +204,27 @@ CONTENT
     end
   end
 
+  context "simple page with nested post linking" do
+    setup do
+      content = <<CONTENT
+---
+title: Post linking
+---
+
+{% post_url es/2008-11-21-nested %}
+CONTENT
+      create_post(content, {'permalink' => 'pretty', 'source' => source_dir, 'destination' => dest_dir, 'read_posts' => true})
+    end
+
+    should "not cause an error" do
+      assert_no_match /markdown\-html\-error/, @result
+    end
+
+    should "have the url to the \"complex\" post from 2008-11-21" do
+      assert_match %r{/2008/11/21/nested/}, @result
+    end
+  end
+
   context "gist tag" do
     context "simple" do
       setup do