diff --git a/lib/jekyll/command.rb b/lib/jekyll/command.rb
index 957e9825..62a532f6 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/command.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/command.rb
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ module Jekyll
         c.option 'force_polling', '--force_polling', 'Force watch to use polling'
         c.option 'lsi',     '--lsi', 'Use LSI for improved related posts'
         c.option 'show_drafts',  '-D', '--drafts', 'Render posts in the _drafts folder'
+        c.option 'unpublished', '--unpublished', 'Render posts that were marked as unpublished'
         c.option 'quiet',   '-q', '--quiet', 'Silence output.'
         c.option 'verbose', '-V', '--verbose', 'Print verbose output.'
       end
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb b/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb
index 091bebc4..93dc5193 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ module Jekyll
       'limit_posts'   => 0,
       'lsi'           => false,
       'future'        => true,           # remove and make true just default
+      'unpublished'   => false,
 
       'relative_permalinks' => true,     # backwards-compatibility with < 1.0
                                          # will be set to false once 2.0 hits
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/site.rb b/lib/jekyll/site.rb
index 8497dd10..60093e8f 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/site.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/site.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module Jekyll
   class Site
     attr_accessor :config, :layouts, :posts, :pages, :static_files,
                   :exclude, :include, :source, :dest, :lsi, :highlighter,
-                  :permalink_style, :time, :future, :safe, :plugins, :limit_posts,
+                  :permalink_style, :time, :future, :unpublished, :safe, :plugins, :limit_posts,
                   :show_drafts, :keep_files, :baseurl, :data, :file_read_opts, :gems,
                   :plugin_manager
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module Jekyll
     def initialize(config)
       self.config = config.clone
 
-      %w[safe lsi highlighter baseurl exclude include future show_drafts limit_posts keep_files gems].each do |opt|
+      %w[safe lsi highlighter baseurl exclude include future unpublished show_drafts limit_posts keep_files gems].each do |opt|
         self.send("#{opt}=", config[opt])
       end