diff --git a/doc/org.md b/doc/org.md
index 9d8ffea8b..8e147c5a9 100644
--- a/doc/org.md
+++ b/doc/org.md
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ Pandoc recognizes some export options not used by Emacs Org.
 - HEADER-INCLUDES: like HTML_HEAD and, LATEX_HEADER, but treats
   the option's value as normal text with markup.
 
+- INSTITUTE: Affiliation of the author; the value is read as text
+  with markup and is stored in the `institute` metadata field. The
+  field is included by default on the title slide of beamer
+  presentations.
+
 
 Citations
 =========
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Meta.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Meta.hs
index fdb7abe7c..3e77b3f42 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Meta.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Meta.hs
@@ -73,20 +73,26 @@ metaKey = T.toLower <$> many1Char (noneOf ": \n\r")
 
 exportSettingHandlers :: PandocMonad m => Map Text (OrgParser m ())
 exportSettingHandlers = Map.fromList
-  [ ("result"     , fmap pure anyLine `parseThen` discard)        -- RESULT is never an export setting
-  , ("author"     , lineOfInlines   `parseThen` collectLines "author")
-  , ("keywords"   , lineOfInlines   `parseThen` collectLines "keywords")
-  , ("date"       , lineOfInlines   `parseThen` setField "date")
-  , ("description", lineOfInlines   `parseThen` collectLines "description")
-  , ("title"      , lineOfInlines   `parseThen` collectLines "title")
-  , ("nocite"     , lineOfInlines   `parseThen` collectAsList "nocite")
+  [ ("result"     , fmap pure anyLine `parseThen` discard)
+    -- Common settings
+  , ("author"     , lineOfInlines `parseThen` collectLines "author")
+  , ("date"       , lineOfInlines `parseThen` setField "date")
+  , ("description", lineOfInlines `parseThen` collectLines "description")
+  , ("keywords"   , lineOfInlines `parseThen` collectLines "keywords")
+  , ("title"      , lineOfInlines `parseThen` collectLines "title")
+    -- LaTeX
   , ("latex_class", fmap pure anyLine `parseThen` setField "documentclass")
   , ("latex_class_options", (pure . T.filter (`notElem` ("[]" :: String)) <$> anyLine)
                             `parseThen` setField "classoption")
   , ("latex_header", metaExportSnippet "latex" `parseThen`
                      collectAsList "header-includes")
+    -- HTML
   , ("html_head"  , metaExportSnippet "html" `parseThen`
                     collectAsList "header-includes")
+    -- pandoc-specific
+  , ("nocite"         , lineOfInlines `parseThen` collectLines "nocite")
+  , ("header-includes", lineOfInlines `parseThen` collectLines "header-includes")
+  , ("institute"      , lineOfInlines `parseThen` collectLines "institute")
   ]
 
 parseThen :: PandocMonad m
diff --git a/test/Tests/Readers/Org/Meta.hs b/test/Tests/Readers/Org/Meta.hs
index 3852e676d..c811f2363 100644
--- a/test/Tests/Readers/Org/Meta.hs
+++ b/test/Tests/Readers/Org/Meta.hs
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ tests =
           inclList = MetaList [MetaInlines (toList html)]
           meta = setMeta "header-includes" inclList nullMeta
       in Pandoc meta mempty
+
+    , "Institute" =:
+      "#+INSTITUTE: ACME Inc." =?>
+      Pandoc (setMeta "institute" ("ACME Inc." :: Inlines) nullMeta) mempty
     ]
 
   , "Properties drawer" =: