diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 497650e6..4aeb089e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Master
 ===
 
+* Give file metadata (such as frontmatter) precedence over path meta. #552
 * Add `sass_assets_paths` option for arbitrary sass partial locations.
 * Don't catch CoffeeScript errors when in build mode.
 * Extract load_paths so they aren't locked into the binary
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb
index 6529f56e..fde75080 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ module Middleman::CoreExtensions
             %w(layout layout_engine).each do |opt|
               data[opt.to_sym] = fmdata[opt] unless fmdata[opt].nil?
             end
-          
+            
             { :options => data, :page => fmdata }
           end
         end
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/resource.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/resource.rb
index c7236c74..ff0af91b 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/resource.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/resource.rb
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ module Middleman
       # Get the metadata for both the current source_file and the current path
       # @return [Hash]
       def metadata
-        result = store.metadata_for_file(source_file).dup
-
-        path_meta = store.metadata_for_path(path).dup
-        if path_meta.has_key?(:blocks)
-          result[:blocks] << path_meta.delete(:blocks)
+        result = store.metadata_for_path(path).dup
+        
+        file_meta = store.metadata_for_file(source_file).dup
+        if file_meta.has_key?(:blocks)
+          result[:blocks] << file_meta.delete(:blocks)
         end
-        result.deep_merge!(path_meta)
+        result.deep_merge!(file_meta)
 
         local_meta = @local_metadata.dup
         if local_meta.has_key?(:blocks)
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ module Middleman
         return File.open(source_file).read unless template?
 
         relative_source = Pathname(source_file).relative_path_from(Pathname(app.root))
-        
+
         instrument "render.resource", :path => relative_source  do
           md   = metadata.dup
           opts = md[:options].deep_merge(opts)