diff --git a/components/config/src/config/mod.rs b/components/config/src/config/mod.rs
index 322116677..b41ccc27f 100644
--- a/components/config/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/components/config/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -658,10 +658,30 @@ anchors = "off"
 
         let config = Config::parse(config_str).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(config.slugify.paths, SlugifyStrategy::On);
+        assert_eq!(config.slugify.paths_keep_dates, false);
         assert_eq!(config.slugify.taxonomies, SlugifyStrategy::Safe);
         assert_eq!(config.slugify.anchors, SlugifyStrategy::Off);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn slugify_paths_keep_dates() {
+        let config_str = r#"
+title = "My site"
+base_url = "example.com"
+
+[slugify]
+paths_keep_dates = true
+taxonomies = "off"
+anchors = "safe"
+        "#;
+
+        let config = Config::parse(config_str).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(config.slugify.paths, SlugifyStrategy::On);
+        assert_eq!(config.slugify.paths_keep_dates, true);
+        assert_eq!(config.slugify.taxonomies, SlugifyStrategy::Off);
+        assert_eq!(config.slugify.anchors, SlugifyStrategy::Safe);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn cannot_overwrite_theme_mapping_with_invalid_type() {
         let config_str = r#"
diff --git a/components/config/src/config/slugify.rs b/components/config/src/config/slugify.rs
index c22065b34..1a67376c2 100644
--- a/components/config/src/config/slugify.rs
+++ b/components/config/src/config/slugify.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use utils::slugs::SlugifyStrategy;
 #[serde(default)]
 pub struct Slugify {
     pub paths: SlugifyStrategy,
+    pub paths_keep_dates: bool,
     pub taxonomies: SlugifyStrategy,
     pub anchors: SlugifyStrategy,
 }
diff --git a/components/content/src/page.rs b/components/content/src/page.rs
index 57d9812f8..7501a4c62 100644
--- a/components/content/src/page.rs
+++ b/components/content/src/page.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@ impl Page {
         };
 
         if let Some(ref caps) = RFC3339_DATE.captures(&file_path_for_slug) {
-            slug_from_dated_filename = Some(caps.name("slug").unwrap().as_str().to_string());
+            if !config.slugify.paths_keep_dates {
+                slug_from_dated_filename = Some(caps.name("slug").unwrap().as_str().to_string());
+            }
             if page.meta.date.is_none() {
                 page.meta.date = Some(caps.name("datetime").unwrap().as_str().to_string());
                 page.meta.date_to_datetime();
diff --git a/docs/content/documentation/content/page.md b/docs/content/documentation/content/page.md
index 0f018e04c..18d0a8cb9 100644
--- a/docs/content/documentation/content/page.md
+++ b/docs/content/documentation/content/page.md
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ create a **page** at `[base_url]/about`).
 If the file is given any name _other_ than `index.md` or `_index.md`, then it will
 create a page with that name (without the `.md`). For example, naming a file in the root of your
 content directory `about.md` would create a page at `[base_url]/about`.
+
 Another exception to this rule is that a filename starting with a datetime (YYYY-mm-dd or [an RFC3339 datetime](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt)) followed by
 an underscore (`_`) or a dash (`-`) will use that date as the page date, unless already set
 in the front matter. The page name will be anything after `_`/`-`, so the file `2018-10-10-hello-world.md` will
 be available at `[base_url]/hello-world`. Note that the full RFC3339 datetime contains colons, which is not a valid
 character in a filename on Windows.
+This behavior can be disabled by setting `slugify.paths_keep_date` to `true` (the default is `false`). Note that a `_` separating the date would be slugified into a `-` with the default value for `slugify.paths` of `"on"`.
 
 As you can see, creating an `about.md` file is equivalent to creating an
 `about/index.md` file. The only difference between the two methods is that creating
diff --git a/docs/content/documentation/getting-started/configuration.md b/docs/content/documentation/getting-started/configuration.md
index f8f2d473f..92675197c 100644
--- a/docs/content/documentation/getting-started/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/content/documentation/getting-started/configuration.md
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ external_level = "error"
 paths = "on"
 taxonomies = "on"
 anchors = "on"
+# Whether to remove date prefixes for page path slugs.
+# For example, content/posts/2016-10-08_a-post-with-dates.md => posts/a-post-with-dates
+# When true, content/posts/2016-10-08_a-post-with-dates.md => posts/2016-10-08-a-post-with-dates
+paths_keep_dates = false
 
 [search]
 # Whether to include the title of the page/section in the index