diff --git a/lib/jekyll/draft.rb b/lib/jekyll/draft.rb
index a381d8e4..c28b7c2f 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/draft.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/draft.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ module Jekyll
       name =~ MATCHER
     end
 
+    # Get the full path to the directory containing the draft files
+    def get_base(source, dir)
+      return File.join(source, dir, '_drafts')
+    end
+
     # Extract information from the post filename.
     #
     # name - The String filename of the post file.
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/post.rb b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
index 1386c6ef..2a5bdafa 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/post.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ module Jekyll
     # Returns the new Post.
     def initialize(site, source, dir, name)
       @site = site
-      @base = File.join(source, dir)
+      @base = self.get_base(source, dir)
       @name = name
 
       self.categories = dir.split('/').reject { |x| x.empty? }
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ module Jekyll
       end
     end
 
+    # Get the full path to the directory containing the post files
+    def get_base(source, dir)
+      return File.join(source, dir, '_posts')
+    end
+
     # Read the YAML frontmatter.
     #
     # base - The String path to the dir containing the file.
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/site.rb b/lib/jekyll/site.rb
index 16e9ad40..5d1bfd70 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/site.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/site.rb
@@ -177,9 +177,7 @@ module Jekyll
     #
     # Returns nothing.
     def read_posts(dir)
-      dir = File.join(dir, '_posts')
-
-      base = File.join(self.source, dir)
+      base = File.join(self.source, dir, '_posts')
       return unless File.exists?(base)
       entries = Dir.chdir(base) { filter_entries(Dir['**/*']) }
 
@@ -204,9 +202,7 @@ module Jekyll
     #
     # Returns nothing.
     def read_drafts(dir)
-      dir = File.join(dir, '_drafts')
-
-      base = File.join(self.source, dir)
+      base = File.join(self.source, dir, '_drafts')
       return unless File.exists?(base)
       entries = Dir.chdir(base) { filter_entries(Dir['**/*']) }
 
diff --git a/test/test_site.rb b/test/test_site.rb
index e0f90c44..c698a887 100644
--- a/test/test_site.rb
+++ b/test/test_site.rb
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class TestSite < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
 
     should "read posts" do
-      @site.read_posts('', '_posts')
+      @site.read_posts('')
       posts = Dir[source_dir('_posts', '*')]
       assert_equal posts.size - 1, @site.posts.size
     end
diff --git a/test/test_tags.rb b/test/test_tags.rb
index 286b1817..816fd809 100644
--- a/test/test_tags.rb
+++ b/test/test_tags.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class TestTags < Test::Unit::TestCase
     site = Site.new(Jekyll.configuration)
 
     if override['read_posts']
-      site.read_posts('', '_posts')
+      site.read_posts('')
     end
 
     info = { :filters => [Jekyll::Filters], :registers => { :site => site } }