diff --git a/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/generator/paginationModel.rb b/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/generator/paginationModel.rb
index 01a106a..62aec9d 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/generator/paginationModel.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/generator/paginationModel.rb
@@ -248,6 +248,13 @@ def paginate(template, config, site_title, all_posts, all_tags, all_categories,
           end
         end
                
+        intro = nil
+        if intro_file = config['intro']
+          using_posts.delete_if { |post| post.basename =~ /(^|-)#{intro_file}$/ && intro = post }
+          # Override inherited defaults
+          intro.data['layout'] = 'none' if !intro.nil? && !intro.data.has_key?('layout')
+        end
+
         # Calculate the max number of pagination-pages based on the configured per page value
         total_pages = Utils.calculate_number_of_pages(using_posts, config['per_page'])
         
@@ -289,8 +296,10 @@ def paginate(template, config, site_title, all_posts, all_tags, all_categories,
           end
           paginated_page_url = File.join(first_index_page_url, paginated_page_url)
           
+          pager_intro = cur_page_nr == 1 ? intro : nil
+
           # 3. Create the pager logic for this page, pass in the prev and next page numbers, assign pager to in-memory page
-          newpage.pager = Paginator.new( config['per_page'], first_index_page_url, paginated_page_url, using_posts, cur_page_nr, total_pages, indexPageName, indexPageExt)
+          newpage.pager = Paginator.new( config['per_page'], first_index_page_url, paginated_page_url, using_posts, cur_page_nr, total_pages, indexPageName, indexPageExt, pager_intro)
 
           # Create the url for the new page, make sure we prepend any permalinks that are defined in the template page before
           if newpage.pager.page_path.end_with? '/'
diff --git a/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/generator/paginator.rb b/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/generator/paginator.rb
index 77039c6..239613c 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/generator/paginator.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/generator/paginator.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module PaginateV2::Generator
     class Paginator
       attr_reader :page, :per_page, :posts, :total_posts, :total_pages,
         :previous_page, :previous_page_path, :next_page, :next_page_path, :page_path, :page_trail,
-        :first_page, :first_page_path, :last_page, :last_page_path
+        :first_page, :first_page_path, :last_page, :last_page_path, :intro
 
       def page_trail
         @page_trail
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def page_trail=(page_array)
       
       # Initialize a new Paginator.
       #
-      def initialize(config_per_page, first_index_page_url, paginated_page_url, posts, cur_page_nr, num_pages, default_indexpage, default_ext)
+      def initialize(config_per_page, first_index_page_url, paginated_page_url, posts, cur_page_nr, num_pages, default_indexpage, default_ext, intro = nil)
         @page = cur_page_nr
         @per_page = config_per_page.to_i
         @total_pages = num_pages
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ def initialize(config_per_page, first_index_page_url, paginated_page_url, posts,
         @first_page_path = Utils.format_page_number(first_index_page_url, 1, @total_pages)
         @last_page = @total_pages
         @last_page_path = Utils.format_page_number(paginated_page_url, @total_pages, @total_pages)
+
+        @intro = intro
       end
 
       # Convert this Paginator's data to a Hash suitable for use by Liquid.
@@ -81,7 +83,8 @@ def to_liquid
           'first_page_path' => first_page_path,
           'last_page' => last_page,
           'last_page_path' => last_page_path,
-          'page_trail' => page_trail
+          'page_trail' => page_trail,
+          'intro' => intro
         }
       end
       
@@ -108,4 +111,4 @@ def to_liquid
     end #class PageTrail
 
   end # module PaginateV2
-end # module Jekyll
\ No newline at end of file
+end # module Jekyll