diff --git a/data/templates/default.latex b/data/templates/default.latex
index 11726c0e3..25fc26107 100644
--- a/data/templates/default.latex
+++ b/data/templates/default.latex
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ $if(colorlinks)$
 $else$
   hidelinks,
 $endif$
-}
+  pdfcreator={LaTeX via pandoc}}
 \urlstyle{same} % disable monospaced font for URLs
 $if(verbatim-in-note)$
 \VerbatimFootnotes % allows verbatim text in footnotes
diff --git a/test/lhs-test.latex b/test/lhs-test.latex
index fe3020054..fd8b13973 100644
--- a/test/lhs-test.latex
+++ b/test/lhs-test.latex
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 \IfFileExists{bookmark.sty}{\usepackage{bookmark}}{\usepackage{hyperref}}
 \hypersetup{
   hidelinks,
-}
+  pdfcreator={LaTeX via pandoc}}
 \urlstyle{same} % disable monospaced font for URLs
 \usepackage{color}
 \usepackage{fancyvrb}
diff --git a/test/lhs-test.latex+lhs b/test/lhs-test.latex+lhs
index 7f0eaf32c..3b5a7d330 100644
--- a/test/lhs-test.latex+lhs
+++ b/test/lhs-test.latex+lhs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 \IfFileExists{bookmark.sty}{\usepackage{bookmark}}{\usepackage{hyperref}}
 \hypersetup{
   hidelinks,
-}
+  pdfcreator={LaTeX via pandoc}}
 \urlstyle{same} % disable monospaced font for URLs
 \usepackage{listings}
 \newcommand{\passthrough}[1]{#1}
diff --git a/test/writer.latex b/test/writer.latex
index 6db1aa90e..079434e3e 100644
--- a/test/writer.latex
+++ b/test/writer.latex
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   pdftitle={Pandoc Test Suite},
   pdfauthor={John MacFarlane; Anonymous},
   hidelinks,
-}
+  pdfcreator={LaTeX via pandoc}}
 \urlstyle{same} % disable monospaced font for URLs
 \VerbatimFootnotes % allows verbatim text in footnotes
 \usepackage{graphicx,grffile}
diff --git a/test/writers-lang-and-dir.latex b/test/writers-lang-and-dir.latex
index c765f358a..d1696bb48 100644
--- a/test/writers-lang-and-dir.latex
+++ b/test/writers-lang-and-dir.latex
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 \IfFileExists{bookmark.sty}{\usepackage{bookmark}}{\usepackage{hyperref}}
 \hypersetup{
   hidelinks,
-}
+  pdfcreator={LaTeX via pandoc}}
 \urlstyle{same} % disable monospaced font for URLs
 \setlength{\emergencystretch}{3em} % prevent overfull lines
 \providecommand{\tightlist}{%