diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 821db30..85e4e81 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
     the date on updated posts will be prefixed with `Updated on` string
     modifications from the same day are ignored
   - add read time indicator
+  - add basic post metadata to posts single view
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 5393b66..7adc599 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -16,6 +16,24 @@
             {{ end }}
 
             <h1>{{ partial "title" . }}</h1>
+            <div class="gblog-post__meta">
+                <span class="no-wrap">
+                    <svg class="icon date"><use xlink:href="#date"></use></svg>
+                    <span class="gblog-post__tag">
+                        <time datetime="{{ .Lastmod.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00" | safeHTML }}">
+                            {{ if ne (.Lastmod.Format "2006-01-02") (.Date.Format "2006-01-02") }}
+                                Updated on
+                            {{ end }}
+                            {{ .Lastmod.Format "Jan 2, 2006" }}
+                        </time>
+                    </span>
+                </span>
+
+                <span class="no-wrap">
+                    <svg class="icon timer"><use xlink:href="#timer"></use></svg>
+                    <span class="gblog-post__tag">{{ .ReadingTime }} min</span>
+                </span>
+            </div>
         </header>
 
         <section class="gblog-markdown">
diff --git a/src/sass/_base.scss b/src/sass/_base.scss
index 3b19948..b6eb0cb 100644
--- a/src/sass/_base.scss
+++ b/src/sass/_base.scss
@@ -288,6 +288,14 @@ img {
     }
   }
 
+  &__meta {
+    padding-bottom: $padding-16;
+
+    .icon {
+      font-size: 1.2em;
+    }
+  }
+
   &__figure {
     padding: $padding-4 $padding-4 0 $padding-4;
     margin: $padding-16 0;