diff --git a/features/permalinks.feature b/features/permalinks.feature
index 14e0d1e3..639b56a1 100644
--- a/features/permalinks.feature
+++ b/features/permalinks.feature
@@ -63,3 +63,23 @@ Feature: Fancy permalinks
     When I run jekyll
     Then the _site directory should exist
     And I should see "Totally custom." in "_site/03-27-2009/custom-permalink-schema.html"
+
+  Scenario: Use per-post permalink
+    Given I have a _posts directory
+    And I have the following post:
+      | title     | date      | permalink       | content |
+      | Some post | 4/14/2013 | /custom/posts/1 | bla bla |
+    When I run jekyll
+    Then the _site directory should exist
+    And the _site/custom/posts/1 directory should exist
+    And I should see "bla bla" in "_site/custom/posts/1/index.html"
+
+  Scenario: Use per-post ending in .html
+    Given I have a _posts directory
+    And I have the following post:
+      | title     | date      | permalink               | content |
+      | Some post | 4/14/2013 | /custom/posts/some.html | bla bla |
+    When I run jekyll
+    Then the _site directory should exist
+    And the _site/custom/posts directory should exist
+    And I should see "bla bla" in "_site/custom/posts/some.html"
diff --git a/features/step_definitions/jekyll_steps.rb b/features/step_definitions/jekyll_steps.rb
index 136f048d..a1a1b797 100644
--- a/features/step_definitions/jekyll_steps.rb
+++ b/features/step_definitions/jekyll_steps.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Given /^I have the following (draft|post)s?(?: (in|under) "([^"]+)")?:$/ do |sta
     path = File.join(before, folder_post, after, filename)
 
     matter_hash = {}
-    %w(title layout tag tags category categories published author path date).each do |key|
+    %w(title layout tag tags category categories published author path date permalink).each do |key|
       matter_hash[key] = post[key] if post[key]
     end
     matter = matter_hash.map { |k, v| "#{k}: #{v}\n" }.join.chomp
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/post.rb b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
index 98ad1c65..bea50b29 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/post.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/post.rb
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ module Jekyll
     def destination(dest)
       # The url needs to be unescaped in order to preserve the correct filename
       path = File.join(dest, CGI.unescape(self.url))
-      path = File.join(path, "index.html") if template[/\.html$/].nil?
+      path = File.join(path, "index.html") if path[/\.html$/].nil?
       path
     end