diff --git a/bin/pelican b/bin/pelican
index 5de1da29..8c364bc9 100755
--- a/bin/pelican
+++ b/bin/pelican
@@ -31,5 +31,10 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     generator = Generator(args.settings, args.path, args.theme, 
                           args.output, markup)
     clean_output_dir(args.output)
-    generator.run([ArticlesProcessor, PagesProcessor, StaticProcessor])
+
+    processors = [ArticlesProcessor, PagesProcessor, StaticProcessor]
+    if generator.settings['PDF_PROCESSOR']:
+        processors.append(PdfProcessor)
+
+    generator.run(processors)
     print "Enjoy !"
diff --git a/pelican/settings.py b/pelican/settings.py
index 6c5449d1..3c97bd42 100644
--- a/pelican/settings.py
+++ b/pelican/settings.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ _DEFAULT_CONFIG = {'PATH': None,
                    'CATEGORY_FEED': 'feeds/%s.atom.xml',
                    'SITENAME': 'A Pelican Blog',
                    'DISPLAY_PAGES_ON_MENU': True,
+                   'PDF_PROCESSOR': False,
                   }
 
 def read_settings(filename):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bf64c6c6..dba98f2b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if sys.version_info < (2,7):
 
 setup(
     name = "pelican",
-    version = '2.4.1',
+    version = '2.4.2',
     url = 'http://alexis.notmyidea.org/pelican/',
     author = 'Alexis Metaireau',
     author_email = 'alexis@notmyidea.org',