4 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/Hakyll/Core/Metadata.hs b/src/Hakyll/Core/Metadata.hs
index a330636..a123c18 100644
--- a/src/Hakyll/Core/Metadata.hs
+++ b/src/Hakyll/Core/Metadata.hs
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ makePatternDependency pattern = do
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- | Returns a list of all directory-wise metadata files, subdir first, global last
 metadataFiles :: Identifier -> [Identifier]
-metadataFiles = go . takeDirectory . toFilePath where
+metadataFiles identifier = local : go (takeDirectory $ toFilePath identifier) where
     go "." = [fromFilePath "metadata"]
     go dir = fromFilePath (dir </> "metadata") : go (takeDirectory dir)
+    local = fromFilePath $ toFilePath identifier ++ ".metadata"
 
diff --git a/src/Hakyll/Core/Provider/Metadata.hs b/src/Hakyll/Core/Provider/Metadata.hs
index a54b84a..889291f 100644
--- a/src/Hakyll/Core/Provider/Metadata.hs
+++ b/src/Hakyll/Core/Provider/Metadata.hs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ loadMetadata p identifier = do
 
     gmd <- loadGlobalMetadata p identifier
 
-    return (M.unions [md, emd, gmd], body)
+    return (M.unions [md, gmd], body)
   where
     normal = setVersion Nothing identifier
     fp     = resourceFilePath p identifier
@@ -154,11 +154,13 @@ loadGlobalMetadata p fp = liftM M.fromList $ loadgm fp where
         concatMap snd . filter (flip matches fp . fromGlob . normalise . combine dir . fst)
 
 namedMetadata :: Parser [(String, [(String, String)])]
-namedMetadata = P.many namedMetadataBlock
+namedMetadata = liftA2 (:) (namedMetadataBlock False) $ P.many $ namedMetadataBlock True
 
-namedMetadataBlock :: Parser (String, [(String, String)])
-namedMetadataBlock = do
-    name      <- P.many1 (P.char '-') *> P.many inlineSpace *> P.manyTill P.anyChar newline
+namedMetadataBlock :: Bool -> Parser (String, [(String, String)])
+namedMetadataBlock isNamed = do
+    name      <- if isNamed
+        then P.many1 (P.char '-') *> P.many inlineSpace *> P.manyTill P.anyChar newline
+        else pure "**"
     metadata' <- metadata
     P.skipMany P.space
     return (name, metadata')
diff --git a/src/Hakyll/Core/Rules/Default.hs b/src/Hakyll/Core/Rules/Default.hs
index ccca1bd..fee78c5 100644
--- a/src/Hakyll/Core/Rules/Default.hs
+++ b/src/Hakyll/Core/Rules/Default.hs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ internalRules :: Rules ()
 internalRules  = do
     match "metadata" $ compile $ makeItem ()
     match "**/metadata" $ compile $ makeItem ()
+    match "**.metadata" $ compile $ makeItem ()
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 addMetadataDependencies :: Compiler ()
diff --git a/tests/data/posts/metadata b/tests/data/posts/metadata
index e5cd153..4a1be71 100644
--- a/tests/data/posts/metadata
+++ b/tests/data/posts/metadata
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ a1: 3
 a2: 3
 a3: 3
 
+--- nonexistent
+a3: 0