diff --git a/lib/gollum/frontend/views/page.rb b/lib/gollum/frontend/views/page.rb
index 84246a9d..d232c646 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/frontend/views/page.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum/frontend/views/page.rb
@@ -79,6 +79,17 @@ module Precious
       def mathjax
         @mathjax
       end
+
+      # Access to embedded metadata.
+      #
+      # Examples
+      #
+      #   {{#metadata}}{{name}}{{/metadata}}
+      #
+      # Returns Hash.
+      def metadata
+        @page.metadata
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/gollum/markup.rb b/lib/gollum/markup.rb
index aec95c81..2d6ba686 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/markup.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum/markup.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ module Gollum
 
   class Markup
     attr_accessor :toc
+    attr_reader   :metadata
+
     # Initialize a new Markup object.
     #
     # page - The Gollum::Page.
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ module Gollum
       @wsdmap  = {}
       @premap  = {}
       @toc = nil
+      @metadata = nil
     end
 
     # Render the content with Gollum wiki syntax on top of the file's own
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ module Gollum
         @wiki.sanitizer
 
       data = @data.dup
+      data = extract_metadata(data)
       data = extract_code(data)
       data = extract_tex(data)
       data = extract_wsd(data)
@@ -565,6 +569,29 @@ module Gollum
       data
     end
 
+    #########################################################################
+    #
+    # Metadata
+    #
+    #########################################################################
+
+    # Extract metadata for data and build metadata table. Metadata
+    # is content found between `<!-- ---` and `-->` markers, and must
+    # be a valid YAML mapping.
+    #
+    # Returns the String of formatted data with metadata removed.
+    def extract_metadata(data)
+      @metadata ||= {}
+      data.gsub(/\<\!--+\s+---(.*?)--+\>/m) do
+        yaml = @wiki.sanitizer.clean($1)
+        hash = YAML.load(yaml)
+        if Hash === hash
+          @metadata.update(hash)
+        end
+        ''
+      end
+    end
+
     # Hook for getting the formatted value of extracted tag data.
     #
     # type - Symbol value identifying what type of data is being extracted.
diff --git a/lib/gollum/page.rb b/lib/gollum/page.rb
index 5c8f6ff6..aae9ca32 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/page.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum/page.rb
@@ -217,6 +217,14 @@ module Gollum
       markup_class.toc
     end
 
+    # Public: Embedded metadata.
+    #
+    # Returns Hash of metadata.
+    def meta_data()
+      formatted_data if markup_class.metadata == nil
+      markup_class.metadata
+    end
+
     # Public: The format of the page.
     #
     # Returns the Symbol format of the page. One of:
diff --git a/test/test_markup.rb b/test/test_markup.rb
index cfd78fd2..a0013bf9 100644
--- a/test/test_markup.rb
+++ b/test/test_markup.rb
@@ -517,6 +517,57 @@ np.array([[2,2],[1,3]],np.float)
     assert_not_nil rendered.match(output)
   end
 
+  #########################################################################
+  #
+  # Metadata Blocks
+  #
+  #########################################################################
+
+  test "metadata blocks" do
+    content = "a\n\n<!-- ---\ntags: [foo, bar]\n-->\n\nb"
+    output = "<p>a</p>\n\n<p>b</p>"
+    result = {'tags'=>['foo','bar']}
+
+    index = @wiki.repo.index
+    index.add("Bilbo-Baggins.md", content)
+    index.commit("Add metadata")
+
+    page = @wiki.page("Bilbo Baggins")
+    rendered = Gollum::Markup.new(page).render
+    assert_equal output, rendered 
+    assert_equal result, page.meta_data
+  end
+
+  test "metadata blocks with newline" do
+    content = "a\n\n<!--\n---\ntags: [foo, bar]\n-->\n\nb"
+    output = "<p>a</p>\n\n<p>b</p>"
+    result = {'tags'=>['foo','bar']}
+
+    index = @wiki.repo.index
+    index.add("Bilbo-Baggins.md", content)
+    index.commit("Add metadata")
+
+    page = @wiki.page("Bilbo Baggins")
+    rendered = Gollum::Markup.new(page).render
+    assert_equal output, rendered 
+    assert_equal result, page.meta_data
+  end
+
+  test "metadata sanitation" do
+    content = "a\n\n<!-- ---\nfoo: <script>alert('');</script>\n-->\n\nb"
+    output = "<p>a</p>\n\n<p>b</p>"
+    result = {'foo'=>nil}
+
+    index = @wiki.repo.index
+    index.add("Bilbo-Baggins.md", content)
+    index.commit("Add metadata")
+
+    page = @wiki.page("Bilbo Baggins")
+    rendered = Gollum::Markup.new(page).render
+    assert_equal output, rendered 
+    assert_equal result, page.meta_data
+  end
+
   #########################################################################
   #
   # Various