diff --git a/hugolib/page.go b/hugolib/page.go
index 8e05ba8f9..56b604407 100644
--- a/hugolib/page.go
+++ b/hugolib/page.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ type File struct {
 type PageMeta struct {
 	WordCount      int
 	FuzzyWordCount int
+	MinRead        int
 }
 
 type Position struct {
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ func ReadFrom(buf io.Reader, name string) (page *Page, err error) {
 func (p *Page) analyzePage() {
 	p.WordCount = TotalWords(p.Plain())
 	p.FuzzyWordCount = int((p.WordCount+100)/100) * 100
+	p.MinRead = int((p.WordCount + 212) / 213)
 }
 
 func (p *Page) permalink() (*url.URL, error) {
diff --git a/hugolib/page_test.go b/hugolib/page_test.go
index b0b844c8d..01737c4ff 100644
--- a/hugolib/page_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/page_test.go
@@ -277,6 +277,10 @@ func TestWordCount(t *testing.T) {
 	if p.FuzzyWordCount != 500 {
 		t.Fatalf("incorrect word count. expected %v, got %v", 500, p.WordCount)
 	}
+
+	if p.MinRead != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("incorrect min read. expected %v, got %v", 3, p.MinRead)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestCreatePage(t *testing.T) {