diff --git a/lib/jekyll.rb b/lib/jekyll.rb
index 733796cc..c909c3d1 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll.rb
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ module Jekyll
   autoload :ThemeAssetsReader,   "jekyll/readers/theme_assets_reader"
   autoload :LogAdapter,          "jekyll/log_adapter"
   autoload :Page,                "jekyll/page"
+  autoload :PageWithoutAFile,    "jekyll/page_without_a_file"
   autoload :PluginManager,       "jekyll/plugin_manager"
   autoload :Publisher,           "jekyll/publisher"
   autoload :Reader,              "jekyll/reader"
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/page_without_a_file.rb b/lib/jekyll/page_without_a_file.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d30af51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/jekyll/page_without_a_file.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Jekyll
+  # A Jekyll::Page subclass to handle processing files without reading it to
+  # determine the page-data and page-content based on Front Matter delimiters.
+  #
+  # The class instance is basically just a bare-bones entity with just
+  # attributes "dir", "name", "path", "url" defined on it.
+  class PageWithoutAFile < Page
+    def read_yaml(*)
+      @data ||= {}
+    end
+
+    def inspect
+      "#<Jekyll:PageWithoutAFile @name=#{name.inspect}>"
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/fixtures/physical.html b/test/fixtures/physical.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8913980a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/physical.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+title: Physical file
+permalink: /physical/
+---
+
+A physical file entity
diff --git a/test/test_page_without_a_file.rb b/test/test_page_without_a_file.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1fa9c04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_page_without_a_file.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "helper"
+
+class TestPageWithoutAFile < JekyllUnitTest
+  def setup_page(*args, base: source_dir, klass: PageWithoutAFile)
+    dir, file = args
+    if file.nil?
+      file = dir
+      dir = ""
+    end
+    klass.new(@site, base, dir, file)
+  end
+
+  def render_and_write
+    @site.render
+    @site.cleanup
+    @site.write
+  end
+
+  context "A PageWithoutAFile" do
+    setup do
+      clear_dest
+      @site = Site.new(Jekyll.configuration({
+        "source"            => source_dir,
+        "destination"       => dest_dir,
+        "skip_config_files" => true,
+      }))
+    end
+
+    context "with default site configuration" do
+      setup do
+        @page = setup_page("properties.html")
+      end
+
+      should "not have page-content and page-data defined within it" do
+        assert_equal "pages", @page.type.to_s
+        assert_nil @page.content
+        assert_empty @page.data
+      end
+
+      should "have basic attributes defined in it" do
+        regular_page = setup_page("properties.html", :klass => Page)
+        basic_attrs = %w(dir name path url)
+        attrs = {
+          "content"   => "All the properties.\n",
+          "dir"       => "/",
+          "excerpt"   => nil,
+          "foo"       => "bar",
+          "layout"    => "default",
+          "name"      => "properties.html",
+          "path"      => "properties.html",
+          "permalink" => "/properties/",
+          "published" => nil,
+          "title"     => "Properties Page",
+          "url"       => "/properties.html",
+        }
+        attrs.each do |prop, value|
+          # assert the props being accessible in a Jekyll::Page instance
+          assert_equal "All the properties.\n", regular_page["content"]
+          assert_equal "properties.html", regular_page["name"]
+
+          # assert differences with Jekyll::PageWithoutAFile instance
+          if basic_attrs.include?(prop)
+            assert_equal @page[prop], value, "For <page[\"#{prop}\"]>:"
+          else
+            assert_nil @page[prop]
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with site-wide permalink configuration" do
+      setup do
+        @site.permalink_style = :title
+      end
+
+      should "generate page url accordingly" do
+        page = setup_page("properties.html")
+        assert_equal "/properties", page.url
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with default front matter configuration" do
+      setup do
+        @site.config["defaults"] = [
+          {
+            "scope"  => {
+              "path" => "",
+              "type" => "pages",
+            },
+            "values" => {
+              "layout" => "default",
+              "author" => "John Doe",
+            },
+          },
+        ]
+
+        @page = setup_page("info.md")
+      end
+
+      should "respect front matter defaults" do
+        assert_nil @page.data["title"]
+        assert_equal "John Doe", @page.data["author"]
+        assert_equal "default", @page.data["layout"]
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with a path outside site.source" do
+      should "not access its contents" do
+        base = "../../../"
+        page = setup_page("pwd", :base => base)
+
+        assert_equal "pwd", page.path
+        assert_nil page.content
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "while processing" do
+      setup do
+        clear_dest
+        @site.config["title"] = "Test Site"
+        @page = setup_page("physical.html", :base => test_dir("fixtures"))
+      end
+
+      should "recieve content provided to it" do
+        assert_nil @page.content
+
+        @page.content = "{{ site.title }}"
+        assert_equal "{{ site.title }}", @page.content
+      end
+
+      should "not be processed and written to disk at destination" do
+        @page.content = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet"
+        @page.data["permalink"] = "/virtual-about/"
+
+        render_and_write
+
+        refute_exist dest_dir("physical")
+        refute_exist dest_dir("virtual-about")
+        refute File.exist?(dest_dir("virtual-about", "index.html"))
+      end
+
+      should "be processed and written to destination when passed as "\
+        "an entry in 'site.pages' array" do
+        @page.content = "{{ site.title }}"
+        @page.data["permalink"] = "/virtual-about/"
+
+        @site.pages << @page
+        render_and_write
+
+        refute_exist dest_dir("physical")
+        assert_exist dest_dir("virtual-about")
+        assert File.exist?(dest_dir("virtual-about", "index.html"))
+        assert_equal "Test Site", File.read(dest_dir("virtual-about", "index.html"))
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end