diff --git a/code/BlogEntry.php b/code/BlogEntry.php
index 878b792..abe4468 100644
--- a/code/BlogEntry.php
+++ b/code/BlogEntry.php
@@ -151,6 +151,21 @@ class BlogEntry extends Page {
 	function EditURL() {
 		return $this->getParent()->Link('post') . '/' . $this->ID . '/';
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Check to see if trackbacks are enabled.
+	 */
+	function TrackBacksEnabled() {
+		return $this->getParent()->TrackBacksEnabled;
+	}
+	
+	function trackbackping() {
+		if($this->TrackBacksEnabled()) {
+			return $this->extInstance('TrackBackDecorator')->trackbackping();
+		} else {
+			Director::redirect($this->Link());
+		}
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Call this to enable WYSIWYG editing on your blog entries.
diff --git a/code/BlogHolder.php b/code/BlogHolder.php
index afb3a2f..a3fe938 100644
--- a/code/BlogHolder.php
+++ b/code/BlogHolder.php
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ class BlogHolder extends Page {
 	static $icon = "blog/images/blogholder";
 	
 	static $db = array(
-		"LandingPageFreshness" => "Varchar",
-		"Name" => "Varchar"
+		'LandingPageFreshness' => 'Varchar',
+		'Name' => 'Varchar',
+		'TrackBacksEnabled' => 'Boolean'
 	);
 	
 	static $has_one = array(
@@ -31,10 +32,6 @@ class BlogHolder extends Page {
 		'BlogEntry'
 	);
 	
-	static $defaults = array(
-		"LandingPageFreshness" => "3 MONTH",
-	);
-	
 	function getCMSFields() {
 		$fields = parent::getCMSFields();
 		$fields->removeFieldFromTab("Root.Content.Main","Content");
@@ -54,8 +51,10 @@ class BlogHolder extends Page {
 			"9 MONTH" => "Last 9 months' entries",
 			"10 MONTH" => "Last 10 months' entries",
 			"11 MONTH" => "Last 11 months' entries",
-			"12 MONTH" => "Last year's entries",
+			"12 MONTH" => "Last year's entries"
 		)));
+		
+		$fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Content.Main', new CheckboxField('TrackBacksEnabled', 'Enable TrackBacks'));
 	
 		return $fields;
 	}
diff --git a/templates/Layout/BlogEntry.ss b/templates/Layout/BlogEntry.ss
index d5c2bfb..cc37068 100644
--- a/templates/Layout/BlogEntry.ss
+++ b/templates/Layout/BlogEntry.ss
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 	
 	<% if CurrentMember %><p><a href="$EditURL" id="editpost" title="<% _t('EDITTHIS', 'Edit this post') %>"><% _t('EDITTHIS', 'Edit this post') %></a> | <a href="$Link(unpublishPost)" id="unpublishpost"><% _t('UNPUBLISHTHIS', 'Unpublish this post') %></a></p><% end_if %>
 	
-	<% include TrackBacks %>
+	<% if TrackBacksEnabled %>
+		<% include TrackBacks %>
+	<% end_if %>
 	$PageComments
 </div>