diff --git a/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_generation.rb b/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_generation.rb
index d642d57..337d377 100644
--- a/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_generation.rb
+++ b/lib/github_changelog_generator/generator/generator_generation.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
       sort_tags_by_date(@filtered_tags)
       fetch_issues_and_pr
 
-      log = "#{@options[:header]}\n\n"
+      log = ''
+      log += @options[:frontmatter] if @options[:frontmatter]
+      log += "#{@options[:header]}\n\n"
 
       if @options[:unreleased_only]
         log += generate_log_between_tags(filtered_tags[0], nil)
diff --git a/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser.rb b/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser.rb
index 2f16d9b..f1440f0 100644
--- a/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/github_changelog_generator/parser.rb
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ module GitHubChangelogGenerator
         opts.on("--header-label [LABEL]", "Setup custom header label. Default is \"# Change Log\"") do |v|
           options[:header] = v
         end
+        opts.on("--front-matter [JSON]", "Add YAML front matter. Formatted as JSON because it's easier to add on the command line") do |v|
+          options[:frontmatter] = JSON.parse(v).to_yaml + "---\n"
+        end
         opts.on("--pr-label [LABEL]", "Setup custom label for pull requests section. Default is \"**Merged pull requests:**\"") do |v|
           options[:merge_prefix] = v
         end