diff --git a/History.txt b/History.txt
index b9ab515f..c8691f7a 100644
--- a/History.txt
+++ b/History.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     * Inclusion/exclusion of future dated posts (#59)
     * Generation for a specific time (#59)
     * site.time allocated on render not per site_payload invocation (#59)
+    * pages now present in the site payload and can be used through the site.pages variable
   * Bug Fixes
     * Render highlighted code for non markdown/textile pages (#116)
     * Expand source to full path so includes work anywhere (#101)
diff --git a/features/create_sites.feature b/features/create_sites.feature
index 6ae7a08a..8517e28d 100644
--- a/features/create_sites.feature
+++ b/features/create_sites.feature
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ Feature: Create sites
 
   Scenario: Basic site with layouts, pages, posts and files
     Given I have a _layouts directory
-    And I have a page layout that contains "Page Layout: {{ site.posts.size }}"
-    And I have a post layout that contains "Post Layout: {{ content }}"
-    And I have an "index.html" page with layout "page" that contains "site index page"
+    And I have a page layout that contains "Page {{ page.title }}: {{ content }}"
+    And I have a post layout that contains "Post {{ page.title }}: {{ content }}"
+    And I have an "index.html" page with layout "page" that contains "Site contains {{ site.pages.size }} pages and {{ site.posts.size }} posts"
     And I have a blog directory
-    And I have a "blog/index.html" page with layout "page" that contains "category index page"
+    And I have a "blog/index.html" page with layout "page" that contains "blog category index page"
     And I have an "about.html" file that contains "No replacement {{ site.posts.size }}"
     And I have an "another_file" file that contains ""
     And I have a _posts directory
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ Feature: Create sites
       | entry4    | 6/27/2009 | post    | content for entry4.                    |
     When I run jekyll
     Then the _site directory should exist
-    And I should see "Page Layout: 4" in "_site/index.html"
+    And I should see "Page : Site contains 2 pages and 4 posts" in "_site/index.html"
     And I should see "No replacement \{\{ site.posts.size \}\}" in "_site/about.html"
     And I should see "" in "_site/another_file"
-    And I should see "Page Layout: 4" in "_site/blog/index.html"
-    And I should see "Post Layout: <p>content for entry1.</p>" in "_site/2009/03/27/entry1.html"
-    And I should see "Post Layout: <p>content for entry2.</p>" in "_site/2009/04/27/entry2.html"
-    And I should see "Post Layout: <p>content for entry3.</p>" in "_site/category/2009/05/27/entry3.html"
-    And I should see "Post Layout: <p>content for entry4.</p>" in "_site/category/2009/06/27/entry4.html"
+    And I should see "Page : blog category index page" in "_site/blog/index.html"
+    And I should see "Post entry1: <p>content for entry1.</p>" in "_site/2009/03/27/entry1.html"
+    And I should see "Post entry2: <p>content for entry2.</p>" in "_site/2009/04/27/entry2.html"
+    And I should see "Post entry3: <p>content for entry3.</p>" in "_site/category/2009/05/27/entry3.html"
+    And I should see "Post entry4: <p>content for entry4.</p>" in "_site/category/2009/06/27/entry4.html"
 
   Scenario: Basic site with include tag
     Given I have a _includes directory
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/page.rb b/lib/jekyll/page.rb
index 188288f7..c7101179 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/page.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/page.rb
@@ -80,10 +80,19 @@ module Jekyll
     #
     # Returns nothing
     def render(layouts, site_payload)
-      payload = {"page" => self.data}.deep_merge(site_payload)
+      payload = {
+        "page" => self.to_liquid
+      }.deep_merge(site_payload)
+
       do_layout(payload, layouts)
     end
 
+    def to_liquid
+      self.data.deep_merge({
+        "url"        => self.url,
+        "content"    => self.content })
+    end
+
     # Write the generated page file to the destination directory.
     #   +dest_prefix+ is the String path to the destination dir
     #   +dest_suffix+ is a suffix path to the destination dir
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/post.rb b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
index 5ba5f16c..cfec6c2e 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/post.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
@@ -167,12 +167,10 @@ module Jekyll
     # Returns nothing
     def render(layouts, site_payload)
       # construct payload
-      payload =
-      {
+      payload = {
         "site" => { "related_posts" => related_posts(site_payload["site"]["posts"]) },
         "page" => self.to_liquid
-      }
-      payload = payload.deep_merge(site_payload)
+      }.deep_merge(site_payload)
 
       do_layout(payload, layouts)
     end
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/site.rb b/lib/jekyll/site.rb
index 286d02dc..2e3d9c98 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/site.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/site.rb
@@ -230,11 +230,13 @@ module Jekyll
     #
     # Returns {"site" => {"time" => <Time>,
     #                     "posts" => [<Post>],
+    #                     "pages" => [<Page>],
     #                     "categories" => [<Post>]}
     def site_payload
       {"site" => self.config.merge({
           "time"       => self.time,
           "posts"      => self.posts.sort { |a,b| b <=> a },
+          "pages"      => self.pages,
           "categories" => post_attr_hash('categories'),
           "tags"       => post_attr_hash('tags')})}
     end
diff --git a/test/source/sitemap.xml b/test/source/sitemap.xml
index 96b38a14..8d9f0fcd 100644
--- a/test/source/sitemap.xml
+++ b/test/source/sitemap.xml
@@ -3,21 +3,21 @@ layout: nil
 ---
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <urlset 
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd" xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">	
-  
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd" xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"> 
+
   <url>
-		<loc>http://example.com</loc>
-		<lastmod>{{ site.time | date_to_xmlschema }}</lastmod>
-		<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
-		<priority>1.0</priority>
-	</url>
-	
-	{% for post in site.posts %}
-	<url>
-		<loc>http://example.com/{{ post.url }}/</loc>
-		<lastmod>{{ site.time }}</lastmod>
-		<changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
-		<priority>0.2</priority>
-	</url>
-	{% endfor %}
-</urlset>
\ No newline at end of file
+    <loc>http://example.com</loc>
+    <lastmod>{{ site.time | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}</lastmod>
+    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
+    <priority>1.0</priority>
+  </url>
+
+  {% for post in site.posts %}
+  <url>
+    <loc>http://example.com/{{ post.url }}/</loc>
+    <lastmod>{{ post.date | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}</lastmod>
+    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
+    <priority>0.2</priority>
+  </url>
+  {% endfor %}
+</urlset>