diff --git a/lib/gollum/page.rb b/lib/gollum/page.rb
index cf28da60..fde50f7c 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/page.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum/page.rb
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ module Gollum
     #
     # Returns the footer Page or nil if none exists.
     def footer
+      return nil if page_match('_Footer', self.name)
+
       dirs = self.path.split('/')
       dirs.pop
       while !dirs.empty?
diff --git a/test/test_page.rb b/test/test_page.rb
index 4bd2ddcd..018437a9 100644
--- a/test/test_page.rb
+++ b/test/test_page.rb
@@ -92,4 +92,9 @@ context "Page" do
     assert_equal "Ones does not simply **walk** into Mordor!\n", footer.raw_data
     assert_equal "Mordor/_Footer.md", footer.path
   end
+
+  test "footer itself" do
+    footer = @wiki.page("_Footer")
+    assert_nil footer.footer
+  end
 end
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