diff --git a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/menubar.js b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/menubar.js
index e09cf23..fee79d6 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/menubar.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/menubar.js
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         this.element.find('#select_next').click(function () {
             IPython.notebook.select_next();
         });
+        this.element.find('#edit_nb_metadata').click(function () {
+            IPython.notebook.edit_metadata();
+        });
+        
         // View
         this.element.find('#toggle_header').click(function () {
             $('div#header').toggle();
diff --git a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/notebook.js b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/notebook.js
index 88891ac..390c829 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/notebook.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/notebook.js
@@ -437,6 +437,14 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         this.element.animate({scrollTop:0}, 0);
     };
 
+    // Edit Notebook metadata
+
+    Notebook.prototype.edit_metadata = function () {
+        var that = this;
+        IPython.dialog.edit_metadata(this.metadata, function (md) {
+            that.metadata = md;
+        }, 'Notebook');
+    };
 
     // Cell indexing, retrieval, etc.
 
diff --git a/IPython/html/templates/notebook.html b/IPython/html/templates/notebook.html
index f35a3c3..0ee4706 100644
--- a/IPython/html/templates/notebook.html
+++ b/IPython/html/templates/notebook.html
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ class="notebook_app"
                 <li class="divider"></li>
                 <li id="select_previous"><a href="#">Select Previous Cell</a></li>
                 <li id="select_next"><a href="#">Select Next Cell</a></li>
+                <li class="divider"></li>
+                <li id="edit_nb_metadata"><a href="#">Edit Notebook Metadata</a></li>
             </ul>
         </li>
         <li class="dropdown"><a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">View</a>