diff --git a/core/client/views/blog.js b/core/client/views/blog.js
index 9818ce2ae9..b52e8a8691 100644
--- a/core/client/views/blog.js
+++ b/core/client/views/blog.js
@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@
         activeId: null,
 
         events: {
-            'click .post-controls .post-edit' : 'editPost'
+            'click .post-controls .post-edit' : 'editPost',
+            'click .featured' : 'toggleFeatured',
+            'click .unfeatured' : 'toggleFeatured'
         },
 
         initialize: function (options) {
@@ -199,6 +201,33 @@
             window.location = '/ghost/editor/' + this.model.get('id') + '/';
         },
 
+        toggleFeatured: function (e) {
+            var self = this,
+                featured = !self.model.get('featured'),
+                featuredEl = $(e.currentTarget),
+                model = this.collection.get(this.activeId);
+
+            model.save({
+                featured: featured
+            }, {
+                success : function (model, response, options) {
+                    featuredEl.removeClass("featured unfeatured").addClass(featured ? "featured" : "unfeatured");
+                    Ghost.notifications.addItem({
+                        type: 'success',
+                        message: "Post successfully marked as " + (featured ? "featured" : "not featured") + ".",
+                        status: 'passive'
+                    });
+                },
+                error : function (model, xhr) {
+                    Ghost.notifications.addItem({
+                        type: 'error',
+                        message: Ghost.Views.Utils.getRequestErrorMessage(xhr),
+                        status: 'passive'
+                    });
+                }
+            });
+        },
+
         templateName: "preview",
 
         render: function () {
@@ -220,4 +249,4 @@
 
     });
 
-}());
\ No newline at end of file
+}());
diff --git a/core/test/functional/admin/content_test.js b/core/test/functional/admin/content_test.js
index 485ab2a02a..5edd70b0a9 100644
--- a/core/test/functional/admin/content_test.js
+++ b/core/test/functional/admin/content_test.js
@@ -65,4 +65,41 @@ CasperTest.begin('Infinite scrolling', 1, function suite(test) {
     casper.thenOpen(url + 'ghost/content/', function testTitleAndUrl() {
         test.assertTitle('Ghost Admin', 'Ghost admin has no title');
     });
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
+
+CasperTest.begin("Posts can be marked as featured", 4, function suite(test) {
+    // Create a sample post
+    casper.thenOpen(url + 'ghost/editor/', function testTitleAndUrl() {
+        test.assertTitle('Ghost Admin', 'Ghost admin has no title');
+    });
+
+    casper.then(function createTestPost() {
+        casper.sendKeys('#entry-title', testPost.title);
+        casper.writeContentToCodeMirror(testPost.html);
+    });
+
+    casper.thenClick('.js-publish-button');
+
+    casper.waitForResource(/posts/, function checkPostWasCreated() {
+        test.assertExists('.notification-success', 'got success notification');
+    });
+
+    // Begin test
+    casper.thenOpen(url + "ghost/content/", function testTitleAndUrl() {
+        test.assertTitle("Ghost Admin", "Ghost admin has no title");
+    });
+
+    // Mark as featured
+    casper.waitForSelector('.unfeatured' , function() {
+       this.click('.unfeatured');
+    });
+
+    // Mark as not featured
+    casper.waitForSelector('.featured' , function() {
+       this.click('.featured');
+    });
+
+    casper.waitForResource(/posts/, function checkPostWasMarkedAsFeatured() {
+        test.assertExists('.notification-success', 'got success notification');
+    });
+});