diff --git a/hugolib/node.go b/hugolib/node.go
index cbc314049..1732cac16 100644
--- a/hugolib/node.go
+++ b/hugolib/node.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ type Node struct {
 	Lastmod     time.Time
 	Sitemap     Sitemap
 	URLPath
+	IsHome        bool
 	paginator     *Pager
 	paginatorInit sync.Once
 	scratch       *Scratch
diff --git a/hugolib/page_test.go b/hugolib/page_test.go
index afbedac90..9a65cff47 100644
--- a/hugolib/page_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/page_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cast"
 	"github.com/spf13/hugo/helpers"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 var EMPTY_PAGE = ""
@@ -368,6 +369,8 @@ func TestCreateNewPage(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Unable to create a page with frontmatter and body content: %s", err)
 	}
+
+	assert.False(t, p.IsHome)
 	checkPageTitle(t, p, "Simple")
 	checkPageContent(t, p, "<p>Simple Page</p>\n")
 	checkPageSummary(t, p, "Simple Page")
diff --git a/hugolib/site.go b/hugolib/site.go
index 10fd5a8c7..1a596bdcf 100644
--- a/hugolib/site.go
+++ b/hugolib/site.go
@@ -1233,6 +1233,7 @@ func (s *Site) RenderSectionLists() error {
 func (s *Site) newHomeNode() *Node {
 	n := s.NewNode()
 	n.Title = n.Site.Title
+	n.IsHome = true
 	s.setURLs(n, "/")
 	n.Data["Pages"] = s.Pages
 	return n
diff --git a/hugolib/site_test.go b/hugolib/site_test.go
index b5d18e710..65ab241b7 100644
--- a/hugolib/site_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/site_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/hugo/target"
 	"github.com/spf13/hugo/tpl"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -419,6 +420,10 @@ func doTest404ShouldAlwaysHaveUglyUrls(t *testing.T, uglyURLs bool) {
 		{filepath.FromSlash("sitemap.xml"), "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"yes\" ?>\n<root>SITEMAP</root>"},
 	}
 
+	for _, p := range s.Pages {
+		assert.False(t, p.IsHome)
+	}
+
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		file, err := hugofs.DestinationFS.Open(test.doc)
 		if err != nil {