diff --git a/_includes/post-meta.html b/_includes/post-meta.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..351811f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/post-meta.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{% capture read_time %}
+  {{ post.content | number_of_words | divided_by: 180 }}
+{% endcapture %}
+<p class="post-meta">
+  <time datetime="{{ post.date | date_to_xmlschema }}" itemprop="datePublished">{{ post.date | date: "%b %-d, %Y" }}</time> &bull;
+  {% if read_time != '0' %}
+    {{ read_time }}
+  {% else %}
+    1
+  {% endif %} min read
+</p>
diff --git a/_layouts/post.html b/_layouts/post.html
index 0f2d483..fed93b3 100644
--- a/_layouts/post.html
+++ b/_layouts/post.html
@@ -4,7 +4,17 @@
 <article class="post" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting">
 
   <header class="post-header">
-    <p class="post-meta"><time datetime="{{ page.date | date_to_xmlschema }}" itemprop="datePublished">{{ page.date | date: "%b %-d, %Y" }}</time>{% if page.author %} • <span itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">{{ page.author }}</span></span>{% endif %}</p>
+    {% capture read_time %}
+      {{ page.content | number_of_words | divided_by: 180 }}
+    {% endcapture %}
+    <p class="post-meta">
+      <time datetime="{{ page.date | date_to_xmlschema }}" itemprop="datePublished">{{ page.date | date: "%b %-d, %Y" }}</time> &bull;
+      {% if read_time != '0' %}
+        {{ read_time }}
+      {% else %}
+        1
+      {% endif %} min read
+    </p>
     <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="name headline">{{ page.title }}</h1>
   </header>
 
diff --git a/blog/index.html b/blog/index.html
index 915fe1d..3ca3404 100644
--- a/blog/index.html
+++ b/blog/index.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ <h1 class="page-heading">Blog</h1>
 <div class="post-list">
   {% for post in site.posts %}
     <section>
-      <span class="post-meta">{{ post.date | date: "%b %-d, %Y" }}</span>
+      {% include post-meta.html %}
 
       <div class="post-snippet">
         <h2>{{ post.title }}</h2>
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index b3c7be7..7120e4f 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ <h2>I make websites.</h2>
 </section>
 <section class="posts">
   {% for post in site.posts limit:1 %}
-      <p class="post-meta">{{ post.date | date: "%b %-d, %Y" }}</p>
-      <h2>{{ post.title }}</h2>
+    {% include post-meta.html %}
+    <h2>{{ post.title }}</h2>
     {{ post.excerpt }}
     <p class="buttons"><a href="{{ post.url | prepend: site.baseurl }}" class="button">read more</a> or <a href="/blog" class="button secondary">visit blog</a></p>
   {% endfor %}