diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.md b/ReleaseNotes.md
index b2a3d7c93..641dd9b3c 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ All existing plugins must be recompiled with referencing only Pretzel.Logic.
 - [#253](https://github.com/Code52/pretzel/pull/253) - Run on Mono contributed by Thiago 'Jedi' Abreu ([thiagoabreu](https://github.com/thiagoabreu))
 - [#259](https://github.com/Code52/pretzel/pull/259) - Changed date guessing heuristic to use last modification time of posts instead of current time, if no better data is available. contributed by Gábor Gergely ([kodfodrasz](https://github.com/kodfodrasz))
 - [#260](https://github.com/Code52/pretzel/pull/260) - Refactor logging contributed by Gábor Gergely ([kodfodrasz](https://github.com/kodfodrasz))
+- [#274](https://github.com/Code52/pretzel/pull/274) - Added option to only use categories found in posts's frontmatter by Thomas Freudenberg ([thoemmi](https://github.com/thoemmi))
 
 ## Fixes
 - [#198](https://github.com/Code52/pretzel/issues/198) - Liquid tag/filter with underscore doesn't works in markdown files
diff --git a/src/Pretzel.Logic/Templating/Context/SiteContextGenerator.cs b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Templating/Context/SiteContextGenerator.cs
index 9c7c022a7..ec03df975 100644
--- a/src/Pretzel.Logic/Templating/Context/SiteContextGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Templating/Context/SiteContextGenerator.cs
@@ -290,10 +290,12 @@ private List<string> ResolveCategories(SiteContext context, IDictionary<string,
         {
             var categories = new List<string>();
 
-            var postPath = page.File.Replace(context.SourceFolder, string.Empty);
-            string rawCategories = postPath.Replace(fileSystem.Path.GetFileName(page.File), string.Empty).Replace("_posts", string.Empty);
-            categories.AddRange(rawCategories.Split(new[] { '/', '\\' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries));
-
+            if (!IsOnlyFrontmatterCategories(context))
+            {
+                var postPath = page.File.Replace(context.SourceFolder, string.Empty);
+                string rawCategories = postPath.Replace(fileSystem.Path.GetFileName(page.File), string.Empty).Replace("_posts", string.Empty);
+                categories.AddRange(rawCategories.Split(new[] { '/', '\\' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries));
+            }
             if (header.ContainsKey("categories") && header["categories"] is IEnumerable<string>)
             {
                 categories.AddRange((IEnumerable<string>)header["categories"]);
@@ -306,6 +308,16 @@ private List<string> ResolveCategories(SiteContext context, IDictionary<string,
             return categories;
         }
 
+        private static bool IsOnlyFrontmatterCategories(SiteContext context)
+        {
+            object onlyFrontmatterCategories;
+            if (!context.Config.TryGetValue("only_frontmatter_categories", out onlyFrontmatterCategories))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            return onlyFrontmatterCategories is bool && (bool) onlyFrontmatterCategories;
+        }
+
         private string GetFilePathForPage(SiteContext context, string file)
         {
             return Path.Combine(context.OutputFolder, MapToOutputPath(context, file));
diff --git a/src/Pretzel.Tests/Templating/Context/SiteContextGeneratorTests.cs b/src/Pretzel.Tests/Templating/Context/SiteContextGeneratorTests.cs
index b780e6865..8df436851 100644
--- a/src/Pretzel.Tests/Templating/Context/SiteContextGeneratorTests.cs
+++ b/src/Pretzel.Tests/Templating/Context/SiteContextGeneratorTests.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public void site_context_generator_finds_posts()
             // assert
             Assert.Equal(1, siteContext.Posts.Count);
         }
-        
+
         [Fact]
         public void posts_do_not_include_pages()
         {
@@ -997,6 +997,20 @@ public void permalink_with_folder_categories()
             Assert.Equal(outputPath, firstPost.Url);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void permalink_with_folder_categories_frontmatter_only()
+        {
+            fileSystem.AddFile(@"C:\TestSite\_config.yml", new MockFileData(@"only_frontmatter_categories: true"));
+            fileSystem.AddFile(@"C:\TestSite\foo\bar\_posts\2015-03-09-SomeFile.md", new MockFileData(@"---
+categories: [cat1, cat2]
+---# Title"));
+            var outputPath = "/cat1/cat2/2015/03/09/SomeFile.html";
+            // act
+            var siteContext = generator.BuildContext(@"C:\TestSite", @"C:\TestSite\_site", false);
+            var firstPost = siteContext.Posts.First();
+            Assert.Equal(outputPath, firstPost.Url);
+        }
+
         [InlineData("date", "/cat1/cat2/2015/03/09/foobar-baz.html", "cat1,cat2")]
         [InlineData("date", "/2015/03/09/foobar-baz.html", "")]
         [InlineData("/:dashcategories/:year/:month/:day/:title.html", "/cat1-cat2/2015/03/09/foobar-baz.html", "cat1,cat2")]
diff --git a/src/Pretzel.Tests/Templating/Jekyll/LiquidEngineTests.cs b/src/Pretzel.Tests/Templating/Jekyll/LiquidEngineTests.cs
index 45e4e99b1..1a59dcbb3 100644
--- a/src/Pretzel.Tests/Templating/Jekyll/LiquidEngineTests.cs
+++ b/src/Pretzel.Tests/Templating/Jekyll/LiquidEngineTests.cs
@@ -1653,6 +1653,49 @@ public void The_first_alphabetically_category_must_appear_in_the_content()
             }
         }
 
+        public class Given_Posts_Folder_Is_In_Another_Folder_With_Frontmatter_Only_Categories : BakingEnvironment<LiquidEngine>
+        {
+            private SiteContext Context;
+            private const string ContentWithCategory = "---\r\n category: mycategory \r\n permalink: /:categories/:year/:month/:day/:title.html \r\n---\r\n{{ site.categories[0].name }}";
+            private const string ExpectedPageContent = "<p>mycategory</p>";
+
+            public override LiquidEngine Given()
+            {
+                return new LiquidEngine();
+            }
+
+            public override void When()
+            {
+                FileSystem.AddFile(@"C:\website\_config.yml", new MockFileData(@"only_frontmatter_categories: true"));
+                FileSystem.AddFile(@"C:\website\oh\my\_posts\2015-02-02-post.md", new MockFileData(ContentWithCategory));
+                var generator = GetSiteContextGenerator(FileSystem);
+                Context = generator.BuildContext(@"C:\website\", @"C:\website\_site\", false);
+                Subject.FileSystem = FileSystem;
+                Subject.Process(Context);
+            }
+
+            [Fact]
+            public void Layout_With_Bad_Header_Should_Not_Throw_Exception()
+            {
+                Assert.Equal(Context.Posts.Count, 1);
+                var categories = Context.Posts[0].Categories.ToList();
+                Assert.Equal(categories.Count, 1);
+                Assert.Equal(categories[0], "mycategory");
+            }
+
+            [Fact]
+            public void The_permalink_should_use_all_categories()
+            {
+                Assert.True(FileSystem.File.Exists(@"C:\website\_site\mycategory\2015\02\02\post.html"));
+            }
+
+            [Fact]
+            public void The_first_alphabetically_category_must_appear_in_the_content()
+            {
+                Assert.Equal(ExpectedPageContent, FileSystem.File.ReadAllText(@"C:\website\_site\mycategory\2015\02\02\post.html").RemoveWhiteSpace());
+            }
+        }
+
         public class Given_Engine_Has_Custom_Tag : BakingEnvironment<LiquidEngine>
         {
             private const string PageContent = "---\r\n \r\n---\r\n{% custom %}";