diff --git a/lib/jekyll/post.rb b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
index 81213b3f..0e2af904 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/post.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module Jekyll
       name =~ MATCHER
     end
     
-    attr_accessor :date, :slug, :ext, :categories, :topics
+    attr_accessor :date, :slug, :ext, :categories, :topics, :published
     attr_accessor :data, :content, :output
     
     # Initialize this Post instance.
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ module Jekyll
       
       self.process(name)
       self.read_yaml(@base, name)
+
+			if self.data.has_key?('published') && self.data['published'] == false
+				self.published = false
+			else
+				self.published = true
+			end
       
       if self.categories.empty?
         if self.data.has_key?('category')
diff --git a/test/source/publish_test/_posts/2008-02-02-not-published.textile b/test/source/publish_test/_posts/2008-02-02-not-published.textile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..265b6062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/source/publish_test/_posts/2008-02-02-not-published.textile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+layout: default
+title: Not published!
+published: false
+---
+
+This should *not* be published!
diff --git a/test/source/publish_test/_posts/2008-02-02-publish.textile b/test/source/publish_test/_posts/2008-02-02-publish.textile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5fac7557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/source/publish_test/_posts/2008-02-02-publish.textile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+layout: default
+title: Publish
+---
+
+This should be published.
+
diff --git a/test/test_post.rb b/test/test_post.rb
index 202ea55f..449e5f19 100644
--- a/test/test_post.rb
+++ b/test/test_post.rb
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ class TestPost < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal "<h1>{{ page.title }}</h1>\n<p>Best <strong>post</strong> ever</p>", p.content
   end
 
+  def test_published
+    p = Post.new(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), *%w[source publish_test]), '',  "2008-02-02-publish.textile")
+		assert_equal true, p.published
+  end
+
+  def test_not_published
+    p = Post.new(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), *%w[source publish_test]), '',  "2008-02-02-not-published.textile")
+		assert_equal false, p.published
+  end
+
   def test_yaml_category
     p = Post.new(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), *%w[source]), '',  "2009-01-27-category.textile")
     assert p.categories.include?('foo')
diff --git a/test/test_site.rb b/test/test_site.rb
index 7bcf6dee..4ffb4cdb 100644
--- a/test/test_site.rb
+++ b/test/test_site.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class TestSite < Test::Unit::TestCase
     @s.process
     
     posts = Dir[File.join(@source, "**", "_posts/*")]
-    categories = %w(bar baz category foo z_category).sort
+    categories = %w(bar baz category foo z_category publish_test).sort
 
     assert_equal posts.size, @s.posts.size
     assert_equal categories, @s.categories.keys.sort