diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Controllers/BlogAdminController.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Controllers/BlogAdminController.cs
index 6d7bde8ce..aa5cda63c 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Controllers/BlogAdminController.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Controllers/BlogAdminController.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Web.Mvc;
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using Orchard.Blogs.Extensions;
 using Orchard.Blogs.Models;
 using Orchard.Blogs.Services;
@@ -10,6 +12,7 @@ using Orchard.Data;
 using Orchard.Localization;
 using Orchard.Mvc.Results;
 using Orchard.Security;
+using Orchard.Settings;
 using Orchard.UI.Notify;
 
 namespace Orchard.Blogs.Controllers {
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Blogs.Controllers {
         }
 
         private Localizer T { get; set; }
+        protected virtual ISite CurrentSite { get; [UsedImplicitly] private set; }
 
         public ActionResult Create() {
             //TODO: (erikpo) Might think about moving this to an ActionFilter/Attribute
@@ -100,12 +104,17 @@ namespace Orchard.Blogs.Controllers {
                 return new NotFoundResult();
 
             var model = new BlogEditViewModel {
-                Blog = _services.ContentManager.UpdateEditorModel(blog, this)
+                Blog = _services.ContentManager.UpdateEditorModel(blog, this),
             };
 
             if (!ModelState.IsValid)
                 return View(model);
 
+            string setAsHomePage = input["PromoteToHomePage"];
+            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(setAsHomePage) && !setAsHomePage.Equals("false")) {
+                CurrentSite.HomePage = "BlogHomePageProvider;" + model.Blog.Item.Id;
+            }
+
             _notifier.Information(T("Blog information updated"));
 
             return Redirect(Url.BlogsForAdmin());
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj
index 9ad777ca2..a3aed286c 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Permissions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Routing\IsArchiveConstraint.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Routing\IsBlogConstraint.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Services\BlogHomePageProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Services\BlogService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controllers\BlogController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Blog.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Services/BlogHomePageProvider.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Services/BlogHomePageProvider.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3ad68f4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Services/BlogHomePageProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Web.Mvc;
+using Orchard.Blogs.Extensions;
+using Orchard.Blogs.Models;
+using Orchard.Blogs.ViewModels;
+using Orchard.Mvc.Results;
+using Orchard.Services;
+using Orchard.Core.Feeds;
+
+namespace Orchard.Blogs.Services {
+    public class BlogHomePageProvider : IHomePageProvider {
+        private readonly IBlogService _blogService;
+        private readonly IFeedManager _feedManager;
+
+        public BlogHomePageProvider(IOrchardServices services, IBlogService blogService, IFeedManager feedManager) {
+            Services = services;
+            _feedManager = feedManager;
+            _blogService = blogService;
+        }
+
+        public IOrchardServices Services { get; private set; }
+
+        #region Implementation of IHomePageProvider
+
+        public string GetProviderName() {
+            return "BlogHomePageProvider";
+        }
+
+        public ActionResult GetHomePage(int itemId) {
+            Blog blog = _blogService.Get().Where(x => x.Id == itemId).FirstOrDefault();
+
+            if (blog == null)
+                return new NotFoundResult();
+
+            var model = new BlogViewModel {
+                Blog = Services.ContentManager.BuildDisplayModel(blog, "Detail")
+            };
+
+            _feedManager.Register(blog);
+
+            return new ViewResult {
+                ViewName = "~/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Blog/Item.ascx",
+                ViewData = new ViewDataDictionary<BlogViewModel>(model)
+            };
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/ViewModels/BlogEditViewModel.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/ViewModels/BlogEditViewModel.cs
index 8b013decf..ebeae456e 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/ViewModels/BlogEditViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/ViewModels/BlogEditViewModel.cs
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ using Orchard.Mvc.ViewModels;
 namespace Orchard.Blogs.ViewModels {
     public class BlogEditViewModel : AdminViewModel {
         public ContentItemViewModel<Blog> Blog { get; set; }
+        public bool PromoteToHomePage { get; set; }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Views/BlogAdmin/Edit.ascx b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Views/BlogAdmin/Edit.ascx
index 2f5ac0678..d90e5fafe 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Views/BlogAdmin/Edit.ascx
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Views/BlogAdmin/Edit.ascx
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@
 <% using (Html.BeginFormAntiForgeryPost()) { %>
     <%=Html.ValidationSummary() %>
     <%=Html.EditorForItem(m => m.Blog) %>
+    <%=Html.EditorFor(m => m.PromoteToHomePage) %>
+    <label for="PromoteToHomePage" class="forcheckbox"><%=_Encoded("Set as home page") %></label>
     <fieldset><input class="button" type="submit" value="<%=_Encoded("Save") %>" /></fieldset><%
    } %>
\ No newline at end of file