diff --git a/lib/jekyll/collection.rb b/lib/jekyll/collection.rb
index 73e480dd..b09a7ed9 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/collection.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/collection.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ module Jekyll
         if Utils.has_yaml_header? full_path
           doc = Jekyll::Document.new(full_path, { site: site, collection: self })
           doc.read
-          docs << doc
+          docs << doc if site.publisher.publish?(doc)
         else
           relative_dir = Jekyll.sanitized_path(relative_directory, File.dirname(file_path)).chomp("/.")
           files << StaticFile.new(site, site.source, relative_dir, File.basename(full_path), self)
@@ -183,6 +183,5 @@ module Jekyll
         {}
       end
     end
-
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/site.rb b/lib/jekyll/site.rb
index 58755f9e..38ece4ca 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/site.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/site.rb
@@ -494,6 +494,10 @@ module Jekyll
       override['full_rebuild'] || config['full_rebuild']
     end
 
+    def publisher
+      @publisher ||= Publisher.new(self)
+    end
+
     private
 
     def has_relative_page?
@@ -514,9 +518,5 @@ module Jekyll
       name.gsub!(/(^|\b\s)\s+($|\s?\b)/, '\\1\\2')
       name.gsub(/\s+/, '_')
     end
-
-    def publisher
-      @publisher ||= Publisher.new(self)
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/source/_slides/non-outputted-slide.html b/test/source/_slides/non-outputted-slide.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5eca1568
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/source/_slides/non-outputted-slide.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+  title: Non outputted slide
+  layout: slide
+  published: false
+---
+
+This should not be output
diff --git a/test/test_document.rb b/test/test_document.rb
index 7ba17b04..6ec9bcbe 100644
--- a/test/test_document.rb
+++ b/test/test_document.rb
@@ -241,6 +241,34 @@ class TestDocument < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  context "documents in a collection" do
+    setup do
+      @site = Site.new(Jekyll.configuration({
+        "collections" => {
+          "slides" => {
+            "output" => true
+          }
+        },
+        "source"      => source_dir,
+        "destination" => dest_dir
+      }))
+      @site.process
+      @files = @site.collections["slides"].docs
+    end
+
+    context "without output overrides" do
+      should "be output according to collection defaults" do
+        assert_not_nil @files.find { |doc| doc.relative_path == "_slides/example-slide-4.html" }
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with output overrides" do
+      should "be output according its front matter" do
+        assert_nil @files.find { |doc| doc.relative_path == "_slides/non-outputted-slide.html" }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   context "a static file in a collection" do
     setup do
       @site = Site.new(Jekyll.configuration({