diff --git a/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/base.html b/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/base.html
index 7818c235..470762f7 100644
--- a/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/base.html
+++ b/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/base.html
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <html lang="{{ DEFAULT_LANG }}">
 <head>
         <meta charset="utf-8" />
+        <meta name="generator" content="Pelican" />
         <title>{% block title %}{{ SITENAME }}{%endblock%}</title>
         <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ THEME_STATIC_DIR }}/css/{{ CSS_FILE }}" />
         {% if FEED_ALL_ATOM %}
diff --git a/pelican/themes/simple/templates/base.html b/pelican/themes/simple/templates/base.html
index 760ca5da..d2254847 100644
--- a/pelican/themes/simple/templates/base.html
+++ b/pelican/themes/simple/templates/base.html
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         {% block head %}
         <title>{% block title %}{{ SITENAME }}{% endblock title %}</title>
         <meta charset="utf-8" />
+        <meta name="generator" content="Pelican" />
         {% if FEED_ALL_ATOM %}
         <link href="{{ FEED_DOMAIN }}/{{ FEED_ALL_ATOM }}" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="{{ SITENAME }} Full Atom Feed" />
         {% endif %}
