diff --git a/bin/jekyll b/bin/jekyll
index 1f3cc567..97b3e225 100755
--- a/bin/jekyll
+++ b/bin/jekyll
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ opts = OptionParser.new do |opts|
   opts.on("--permalink [TYPE]", "Use 'date' (default) for YYYY/MM/DD") do |style|
     options['permalink'] = style unless style.nil?
   end
+  
+  opts.on("--paginate [POSTS_PER_PAGE]", "Paginate a blog's posts") do |per_page|
+    begin
+      options['paginate'] = per_page.to_i
+      raise ArgumentError if options['paginate'] == 0
+    rescue
+      puts 'you must specify a number of posts by page bigger than 0'
+      exit 0
+    end
+  end
 
   opts.on("--version", "Display current version") do
     puts "Jekyll " + Jekyll.version