diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f5ad5bc2..baf9f1df 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ gh-pages/
 site/_site/
 coverage
 .ruby-version
+.ruby-gemset
 .sass-cache
 tmp/*
 .jekyll-metadata
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/excerpt.rb b/lib/jekyll/excerpt.rb
index 41d4976c..347be217 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/excerpt.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/excerpt.rb
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ module Jekyll
     #
     # Returns excerpt String
     def extract_excerpt(post_content)
-      separator     = site.config['excerpt_separator']
-      head, _, tail = post_content.to_s.partition(separator)
+      head, _, tail = post_content.to_s.partition(post.excerpt_separator)
 
       "" << head << "\n\n" << tail.scan(/^\[[^\]]+\]:.+$/).join("\n")
     end
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/post.rb b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
index 09ffbd44..dddcd2f2 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/post.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ module Jekyll
     ATTRIBUTES_FOR_LIQUID = EXCERPT_ATTRIBUTES_FOR_LIQUID + %w[
       content
       excerpt
+      excerpt_separator
     ]
 
     # Post name validator. Post filenames must be like:
@@ -118,6 +119,14 @@ module Jekyll
       data.fetch('title') { titleized_slug }
     end
 
+    # Public: the Post excerpt_separator, from the YAML Front-Matter or site default
+    #         excerpt_separator value
+    #
+    # Returns the post excerpt_separator
+    def excerpt_separator
+      (data['excerpt_separator'] || site.config['excerpt_separator']).to_s
+    end
+
     # Turns the post slug into a suitable title
     def titleized_slug
       slug.split('-').select {|w| w.capitalize! || w }.join(' ')
@@ -307,7 +316,7 @@ module Jekyll
     end
 
     def generate_excerpt?
-      !(site.config['excerpt_separator'].to_s.empty?)
+      !excerpt_separator.empty?
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/site/_docs/posts.md b/site/_docs/posts.md
index b1508c3e..ccdd76ad 100644
--- a/site/_docs/posts.md
+++ b/site/_docs/posts.md
@@ -169,6 +169,16 @@ your `excerpt_separator` to `""`.
 
 Also, as with any output generated by Liquid tags, you can pass the `| strip_html` flag to remove any html tags in the output. This is particularly helpful if you wish to output a post excerpt as a `meta="description"` tag within the post `head`, or anywhere else having html tags along with the content is not desirable.
 
+Additionally you are able to specify per-post `excerpt_separator` value if it is required just only the the selected post. Just specify the `excerpt_separator` with the same way as `excerpt` in the post's YAML head:
+
+    ---
+    excerpt_separator: <!--more-->
+    ---
+
+    Excerpt
+    <!--more-->
+    Out-of-excerpt
+
 ## Highlighting code snippets
 
 Jekyll also has built-in support for syntax highlighting of code snippets using
diff --git a/test/source/_posts/2015-01-08-post-excerpt-separator.markdown b/test/source/_posts/2015-01-08-post-excerpt-separator.markdown
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8b7ddd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/source/_posts/2015-01-08-post-excerpt-separator.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+layout: ~
+title:  Post Excerpt Separator
+excerpt_separator: "\n---\n"
+---
+
+First paragraph with [link ref][link].
+
+Second paragraph
+
+---
+
+Third paragraph
+
+[link]: http://www.jekyllrb.com/
diff --git a/test/test_generated_site.rb b/test/test_generated_site.rb
index 0b157e85..03669b90 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 44, @site.posts.size
+      assert_equal 45, @site.posts.size
     end
 
     should "insert site.posts into the index" do
diff --git a/test/test_post.rb b/test/test_post.rb
index f03c5d49..f1448e12 100644
--- a/test/test_post.rb
+++ b/test/test_post.rb
@@ -422,6 +422,22 @@ class TestPost < Test::Unit::TestCase
           end
         end
 
+        context "with page's excerpt_separator setting" do
+          setup do
+            file = "2015-01-08-post-excerpt-separator.markdown"
+
+            @post.process(file)
+            @post.read_yaml(@source, file)
+            @post.transform
+          end
+
+          should "respect given separator" do
+            assert @post.excerpt.include?("First paragraph"), "contains first paragraph"
+            assert @post.excerpt.include?("Second paragraph"), "contains second paragraph"
+            assert !@post.excerpt.include?("Third paragraph"), "does not contains third paragraph"
+          end
+        end
+
         context "with custom excerpt" do
           setup do
             file = "2013-04-11-custom-excerpt.markdown"