diff --git a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/BlogParser.scala b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/BlogParser.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..68e709a339b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/BlogParser.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package dotty.tools.scaladoc.site
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature
+import java.io.File
+import scala.beans.{BooleanBeanProperty, BeanProperty}
+import scala.util.Try
+
+case class BlogConfig(
+  @BeanProperty input: String,
+  @BeanProperty output: String,
+  @BooleanBeanProperty hidden: Boolean
+):
+  def this() = this(null, null, false)
+
+object BlogParser:
+  def readYml(content: File | String): BlogConfig =
+    val mapper = ObjectMapper(YAMLFactory())
+      .findAndRegisterModules()
+
+    content match
+      case f: File =>
+        val ymlFile = f.toPath.resolve("blog.yml").toFile
+        if ymlFile.exists then mapper.readValue(ymlFile, classOf[BlogConfig]) else new BlogConfig
+      case s: String => Try(mapper.readValue(s, classOf[BlogConfig])).getOrElse(new BlogConfig)
diff --git a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/StaticSiteContext.scala b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/StaticSiteContext.scala
index de3f511c8e67..7a90a462cba0 100644
--- a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/StaticSiteContext.scala
+++ b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/StaticSiteContext.scala
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ class StaticSiteContext(
   val docsPath = root.toPath.resolve("_docs")
   val blogPath = root.toPath.resolve("_blog")
 
+  def resolveNewBlogPath(stringPath: String): Path =
+    if stringPath.nonEmpty then root.toPath.resolve(stringPath)
+    else blogPath
+
   def relativize(path: Path): Path =
     if args.apiSubdirectory then
       docsPath.relativize(path)
diff --git a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/StaticSiteLoader.scala b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/StaticSiteLoader.scala
index c9ace108c9b2..489720cc5936 100644
--- a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/StaticSiteLoader.scala
+++ b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/StaticSiteLoader.scala
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.io.File
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.nio.file.{ Paths, Path }
 import scala.io._
+import dotty.tools.scaladoc.site.BlogParser
 
 class StaticSiteLoader(val root: File, val args: Scaladoc.Args)(using StaticSiteContext, CompilerContext):
   val ctx: StaticSiteContext = summon[StaticSiteContext]
@@ -114,10 +115,12 @@ class StaticSiteLoader(val root: File, val args: Scaladoc.Args)(using StaticSite
   }
 
   def loadBlog(): Option[LoadedTemplate] = {
+    val blogConfig = BlogParser.readYml(root)
+    val rootPath = Option(blogConfig.input).map(input => ctx.resolveNewBlogPath(input)).getOrElse(ctx.blogPath)
+    val defaultDirectory = Option(blogConfig.output).getOrElse("blog")
+
     type Date = (String, String, String)
-    val rootPath = ctx.blogPath
-    val defaultDirectory = "blog"
-    if (!Files.exists(rootPath)) None
+    if (!Files.exists(rootPath) || blogConfig.hidden) None
     else {
       val indexPageOpt = Seq(
           rootPath.resolve("index.md"),
diff --git a/scaladoc/test/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/BlogParserTest.scala b/scaladoc/test/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/BlogParserTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e27c257c8e4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scaladoc/test/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/BlogParserTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package dotty.tools.scaladoc
+package site
+
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.Assert._
+
+class BlogParserTest:
+
+  private val blogConfig =
+    """input: blog
+      |output: blog
+      |hidden: false
+      |""".stripMargin
+
+  @Test
+  def loadBlog(): Unit = assertEquals(
+    BlogConfig("blog", "blog", false),
+    BlogParser.readYml(blogConfig)
+  )
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