diff --git a/docs/plugins.rst b/docs/plugins.rst
index 83ef264c..94b22bca 100644
--- a/docs/plugins.rst
+++ b/docs/plugins.rst
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ finalized                       pelican object                  invoked after al
                                                                 usefull for custom post processing actions, such as:
                                                                 - minifying js/css assets.
                                                                 - notify/ping search engines with an updated sitemap.
+generator_init                  generator                       invoked in the Generator.__init__
 article_generate_context        article_generator, metadata
 article_generator_init          article_generator               invoked in the ArticlesGenerator.__init__
 article_generator_finalized     article_generator               invoked at the end of ArticlesGenerator.generate_context
diff --git a/pelican/generators.py b/pelican/generators.py
index 00b0d6d3..43cec021 100644
--- a/pelican/generators.py
+++ b/pelican/generators.py
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ class Generator(object):
         custom_filters = self.settings.get('JINJA_FILTERS', {})
         self.env.filters.update(custom_filters)
 
+        signals.generator_init.send(self)
+
     def get_template(self, name):
         """Return the template by name.
         Use self.theme to get the templates to use, and return a list of
diff --git a/pelican/signals.py b/pelican/signals.py
index 73e718b5..dd5724dc 100644
--- a/pelican/signals.py
+++ b/pelican/signals.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from blinker import signal
 
 initialized = signal('pelican_initialized')
 finalized = signal('pelican_finalized')
+generator_init = signal('generator_init')
 article_generate_context = signal('article_generate_context')
 article_generator_init = signal('article_generator_init')
 article_generator_finalized = signal('article_generate_finalized')