diff --git a/pelican/readers.py b/pelican/readers.py
index 274f077e..5545c607 100644
--- a/pelican/readers.py
+++ b/pelican/readers.py
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ class Readers(FileStampDataCacher):
         metadata.update(parse_path_metadata(
             source_path=source_path, settings=self.settings,
             process=reader.process_metadata))
+        reader_name = reader.__class__.__name__
+        metadata['reader'] = reader_name.replace('Reader', '').lower()
 
         content, reader_metadata = self.get_cached_data(path, (None, None))
         if content is None:
diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_readers.py b/pelican/tests/test_readers.py
index d853587f..2ec72a94 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_readers.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_readers.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class RstReaderTest(ReaderTest):
             'category': 'yeah',
             'author': 'Alexis Métaireau',
             'title': 'Rst with filename metadata',
+            'reader': 'rst',
         }
         for key, value in page.metadata.items():
             self.assertEqual(value, expected[key], key)
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ class RstReaderTest(ReaderTest):
             'author': 'Alexis Métaireau',
             'title': 'Rst with filename metadata',
             'date': SafeDatetime(2012, 11, 29),
+            'reader': 'rst',
         }
         for key, value in page.metadata.items():
             self.assertEqual(value, expected[key], key)
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ class RstReaderTest(ReaderTest):
             'date': SafeDatetime(2012, 11, 29),
             'slug': 'article_with_filename_metadata',
             'mymeta': 'foo',
+            'reader': 'rst',
         }
         for key, value in page.metadata.items():
             self.assertEqual(value, expected[key], key)