diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index 0b3b7034..282ce912 100644
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Setting name (default value)                        what does it do?
 `DEFAULT_CATEGORY` (``'misc'``)                     The default category to fallback on.
 `DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT` (``'%a %d %B %Y'``)           The default date format you want to use.
 `DEFAULT_LANG` (``'en'``)                           The default language to use.
+`DEFAULT_METADATA` (``()``)                         A list containing the default metadata for 
+                                                    each content (articles, pages, etc.)
 `DEFAULT_ORPHANS` (0)                               The minimum number of articles allowed on the
                                                     last page. Use this when you don't want to
                                                     have a last page with very few articles.
diff --git a/pelican/contents.py b/pelican/contents.py
index dc6bfceb..886cfdb2 100644
--- a/pelican/contents.py
+++ b/pelican/contents.py
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ class Page(object):
         self.translations = []
 
         self.status = "published"  # default value
-        for key, value in metadatas.items():
+
+        local_metadata = dict(settings['DEFAULT_METADATA'])
+        local_metadata.update(metadatas)
+        for key, value in local_metadata.items():
             setattr(self, key.lower(), value)
 
         if not hasattr(self, 'author'):
diff --git a/pelican/settings.py b/pelican/settings.py
index 76a2d3e9..c42a8bb0 100644
--- a/pelican/settings.py
+++ b/pelican/settings.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ _DEFAULT_CONFIG = {'PATH': None,
                    'WITH_PAGINATION': False,
                    'DEFAULT_PAGINATION': 5,
                    'DEFAULT_ORPHANS': 0,
+                   'DEFAULT_METADATA': (),
                   }
 
 def read_settings(filename):
diff --git a/samples/content/cat1/article1.rst b/samples/content/cat1/article1.rst
index 4789543b..1148a8f9 100644
--- a/samples/content/cat1/article1.rst
+++ b/samples/content/cat1/article1.rst
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ Article 1
 #########
 
 :date: 2011-02-17
+:yeah: oh yeah !
 
 Article 1
diff --git a/samples/pelican.conf.py b/samples/pelican.conf.py
index 07c49d01..20eb1605 100755
--- a/samples/pelican.conf.py
+++ b/samples/pelican.conf.py
@@ -24,4 +24,7 @@ SOCIAL = (('twitter', 'http://twitter.com/ametaireau'),
           ('lastfm', 'http://lastfm.com/user/akounet'),
           ('github', 'http://github.com/ametaireau'),)
 
+# global metadata to all the contents
+DEFAULT_METADATA = (('yeah', 'it is'),)
+
 STATIC_PATHS = ["pictures",]