diff --git a/docs/content/templates/functions.md b/docs/content/templates/functions.md
index 84767b224..6ba0a8963 100644
--- a/docs/content/templates/functions.md
+++ b/docs/content/templates/functions.md
@@ -450,12 +450,15 @@ Used in the [highlight shortcode](/extras/highlighting/).
 
 
 ### humanize
-Humanize returns the humanized version of a string with the first letter capitalized.
+Humanize returns the humanized version of an argument with the first letter capitalized.
+If the input is either an int64 value or the string representation of an integer, humanize returns the number with the proper ordinal appended.
 
 e.g.
 ```
 {{humanize "my-first-post"}} → "My first post"
 {{humanize "myCamelPost"}} → "My camel post"
+{{humanize "52"}} → "52nd"
+{{humanize 103}} → "103rd"
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/tpl/template_funcs.go b/tpl/template_funcs.go
index b34300ab2..b8896a9cd 100644
--- a/tpl/template_funcs.go
+++ b/tpl/template_funcs.go
@@ -1696,8 +1696,12 @@ func countRunes(content interface{}) (int, error) {
 	return counter, nil
 }
 
-// humanize returns the humanized form of a single word.
+// humanize returns the humanized form of a single parameter.
+// If the parameter is either an integer or a string containing an integer
+// value, the behavior is to add the appropriate ordinal.
 // Example:  "my-first-post" -> "My first post"
+// Example:  "103" -> "103rd"
+// Example:  52 -> "52nd"
 func humanize(in interface{}) (string, error) {
 	word, err := cast.ToStringE(in)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1708,6 +1712,11 @@ func humanize(in interface{}) (string, error) {
 		return "", nil
 	}
 
+	_, ok := in.(int)           // original param was literal int value
+	_, err = strconv.Atoi(word) // original param was string containing an int value
+	if ok == true || err == nil {
+		return inflect.Ordinalize(word), nil
+	}
 	return inflect.Humanize(word), nil
 }
 
diff --git a/tpl/template_funcs_test.go b/tpl/template_funcs_test.go
index f0d123c0f..1dcae066c 100644
--- a/tpl/template_funcs_test.go
+++ b/tpl/template_funcs_test.go
@@ -1801,11 +1801,16 @@ func TestHighlight(t *testing.T) {
 func TestInflect(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, this := range []struct {
 		inflectFunc func(i interface{}) (string, error)
-		in          string
+		in          interface{}
 		expected    string
 	}{
 		{humanize, "MyCamel", "My camel"},
 		{humanize, "", ""},
+		{humanize, "103", "103rd"},
+		{humanize, "41", "41st"},
+		{humanize, 103, "103rd"},
+		{humanize, int64(92), "92nd"},
+		{humanize, "5.5", "5.5"},
 		{pluralize, "cat", "cats"},
 		{pluralize, "", ""},
 		{singularize, "cats", "cat"},