diff --git a/pelican/contents.py b/pelican/contents.py
index 594cd3b5..620fa304 100644
--- a/pelican/contents.py
+++ b/pelican/contents.py
@@ -390,7 +390,8 @@ class Content(object):
             return self.content
 
         return truncate_html_words(self.content,
-                                   self.settings['SUMMARY_MAX_LENGTH'])
+                                   self.settings['SUMMARY_MAX_LENGTH'],
+                                   self.settings['SUMMARY_END_MARKER'])
 
     @property
     def summary(self):
diff --git a/pelican/settings.py b/pelican/settings.py
index 0cdcefc7..7d80ba90 100644
--- a/pelican/settings.py
+++ b/pelican/settings.py
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     'ARTICLE_PERMALINK_STRUCTURE': '',
     'TYPOGRIFY': False,
     'TYPOGRIFY_IGNORE_TAGS': [],
+    'SUMMARY_END_MARKER': '…',
     'SUMMARY_MAX_LENGTH': 50,
     'PLUGIN_PATHS': [],
     'PLUGINS': None,