diff --git a/lib/Plerd.pm b/lib/Plerd.pm
index 80b1f0d..f093a44 100644
--- a/lib/Plerd.pm
+++ b/lib/Plerd.pm
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ use Moose;
 use MooseX::Types::URI qw(Uri);
 use Template;
 use Path::Class::Dir;
+use File::Path;
 use DateTime;
 use DateTime::Format::W3CDTF;
 use URI;
+use File::Find;
+use File::Copy;
 use Carp;
 use Try::Tiny;
 
@@ -30,6 +33,11 @@ has 'template_path' => (
     isa => 'Str',
 );
 
+has 'asset_path' => (
+    is => 'ro',
+    isa => 'Str',
+);
+
 has 'publication_path' => (
     is => 'ro',
     isa => 'Str',
@@ -107,6 +115,12 @@ has 'source_directory' => (
     lazy_build => 1,
 );
 
+has 'asset_directory' => (
+    is => 'ro',
+    isa => 'Path::Class::Dir',
+    lazy_build => 1,
+);
+
 has 'template_directory' => (
     is => 'ro',
     isa => 'Path::Class::Dir',
@@ -223,7 +237,7 @@ sub BUILD {
     my $self = shift;
 
     unless ( $self->path ) {
-        for my $subdir_type ( qw( source template publication database ) ) {
+        for my $subdir_type ( qw( source template publication database asset ) ) {
             try {
                 my $method = "${subdir_type}_directory";
                 my $dir = $self->$method;
@@ -245,6 +259,10 @@ sub publish_all {
         $post->publish;
     }
 
+    if (-d $self->asset_directory) {
+        $self->publish_assets;
+    }
+
     $self->publish_archive_page;
 
     $self->publish_recent_page;
@@ -257,6 +275,12 @@ sub publish_all {
     $self->clear_post_url_index_hash;
 }
 
+sub publish_assets {
+    my $self = shift;
+
+    find(sub { $self->_publish_asset($File::Find::name) if -f }, $self->asset_directory);
+}
+
 sub publish_recent_page {
     my $self = shift;
 
@@ -325,6 +349,34 @@ sub _publish_feed {
     ) || $self->_throw_template_exception( $self->$template_file_method );
 }
 
+sub _publish_asset {
+    my $self = shift;
+
+    my ($asset) = @_;
+
+    my $pub_dir = Path::Class::File->new(
+        $self->publication_directory
+    );
+
+    my $asset_dir = Path::Class::File->new($self->asset_directory);
+
+    my $new_asset = Path::Class::File->new(
+        $self->publication_directory,
+        substr $asset, length $asset_dir
+    );
+
+
+    # Create directories if they dont exist
+    my @new_asset_split = grep { $_ ne '' } (split "/", substr $new_asset, length $pub_dir);
+    pop @new_asset_split;
+    if (@new_asset_split > 0) {
+        my $missing_directory = Path::Class::File->new($self->publication_directory, join "/", @new_asset_split);
+        File::Path::make_path($missing_directory);
+    }
+
+    copy($asset, $new_asset);
+}
+
 sub publish_archive_page {
     my $self = shift;
 
@@ -396,6 +448,12 @@ sub _build_template_directory {
     return $self->_build_subdirectory( 'template_path', 'templates' );
 }
 
+sub _build_asset_directory {
+    my $self = shift;
+
+    return $self->_build_subdirectory( 'asset_path', 'assets' );
+}
+
 sub _build_template {
     my $self = shift;
 
diff --git a/lib/Plerd/Init.pm b/lib/Plerd/Init.pm
index e96f556..62d8139 100644
--- a/lib/Plerd/Init.pm
+++ b/lib/Plerd/Init.pm
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ sub populate_directory ( $$ ) {
     my %file_content = file_content( $dir );
 
     try {
-        foreach ( qw( docroot source templates log run db conf ) ) {
+        foreach ( qw( docroot source templates log run db conf assets ) ) {
             my $subdir = Path::Class::Dir->new( $dir, $_ );
             mkdir $subdir or die "Can't create subdir $subdir: $!";
         }
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ image_alt: "My Cool Blog's logo -- a photograph of Fido, the author's gray tabby
 # database_path:    /opt/plerd/db
 # run_path:         /tmp/plerd/run
 # log_path:         /var/log/plerd/
+# asset_path:       /home/me/Dropbox/plerd/assets
 EOF
 );
 return %file_content;
diff --git a/t/basic.t b/t/basic.t
index cb27d0f..c931ed2 100644
--- a/t/basic.t
+++ b/t/basic.t
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ my $alt_config_plerd = Plerd->new(
     source_path       => "$FindBin::Bin/source",
     publication_path  => "$FindBin::Bin/docroot",
     template_path     => "$FindBin::Bin/templates",
+    asset_path        => "$FindBin::Bin/assets",
     database_path     => "$FindBin::Bin/db",
     title             => 'Test Blog',
     author_name       => 'Nobody',