diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1faf7ee..084dc8a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Since *feeds* is a list you can add additional feeds to watch if you want.
         template: "dot com: {title} {url}"
       - url: https://example.org/feed/
         template: "dot org: {title} {url}"
+        generator: wordpress
 
 
 ## Special Handling for Different Feed Generators
@@ -60,6 +61,14 @@ Since *feeds* is a list you can add additional feeds to watch if you want.
 generators. For example detecting the entries perma-link. Currently
 only Wordpress is handled, but others may follow.
 
+If a feed does not provide a proper *generator* entry, you can set it
+by adding a `generator:` value to the feed's configuration. See the
+seconds one in the example above.
+
+You can check whether feed provides a *generator* entry like this:
+
+  feediverse --verbose --dry-run feedverse-test.rc | grep generator
+
 
 ## Why?
 
diff --git a/feediverse.py b/feediverse.py
index afbc6a4..1e7ea2b 100755
--- a/feediverse.py
+++ b/feediverse.py
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ def main():
 
     for feed in config['feeds']:
         for entry in get_feed(feed['url'], config['updated'],
-                              config['include_images']):
+                              config['include_images'],
+                              generator=feed.get('generator')):
             if args.verbose:
                 print(entry)
             if args.dry_run:
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ def detect_generator(feed):
         return "wordpress"
     return None
 
-def get_feed(feed_url, last_update, include_images):
+def get_feed(feed_url, last_update, include_images, generator=None):
     new_entries = 0
     feed = feedparser.parse(feed_url)
     if last_update:
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ def get_feed(feed_url, last_update, include_images):
     else:
         entries = feed.entries
     entries.sort(key=lambda e: e.published_parsed)
-    generator = detect_generator(feed)
+    generator = generator or detect_generator(feed)
     for entry in entries:
         new_entries += 1
         yield get_entry(entry, include_images, generator)
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ def get_entry(entry, include_images, generator=None):
         'hashtags': ' '.join(hashtags),
         'updated': dateutil.parser.parse(entry['updated']),
         'images': collect_images(entry, generator) if include_images else [],
+        '__generator__': generator,
     }
 
 def setup(config_file):