diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/meta.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/meta.py
index cbd9db3f04..b0c43a8182 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/meta.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/meta.py
@@ -182,6 +182,19 @@ def metadata_from_filename(name, pat=None):
             mi.isbn = si
         except (IndexError, ValueError):
             pass
+        try:
+            publisher = match.group('publisher')
+            mi.publisher = publisher
+        except (IndexError, ValueError):
+            pass
+        try:
+            pubdate = match.group('published')
+            if pubdate:
+                from calibre.utils.date import parse_date
+                mi.pubdate = parse_date(pubdate)
+        except:
+            pass
+
     if mi.is_null('title'):
         mi.title = name
     return mi
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/filename_pattern.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/filename_pattern.ui
index 68b3108e06..c8a9b4f6f6 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/filename_pattern.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/filename_pattern.ui
@@ -206,6 +206,46 @@
               </property>
              </widget>
             </item>
+            <item row="5" column="0">
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="label_8">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>Publisher:</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item row="5" column="1">
+             <widget class="QLineEdit" name="publisher">
+              <property name="toolTip">
+               <string>Regular expression (?P&lt;publisher&gt;)</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>No match</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="readOnly">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item row="6" column="0">
+             <widget class="QLabel" name="label_9">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>Published:</string>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item row="6" column="1">
+             <widget class="QLineEdit" name="pubdate">
+              <property name="toolTip">
+               <string>Regular expression (?P&lt;published&gt;)</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="text">
+               <string>No match</string>
+              </property>
+              <property name="readOnly">
+               <bool>true</bool>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
            </layout>
           </widget>
          </widget>
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/widgets.py b/src/calibre/gui2/widgets.py
index ea0509b51a..e5f1c94342 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/widgets.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/widgets.py
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ class FilenamePattern(QWidget, Ui_Form):
         else:
             self.series_index.setText(_('No match'))
 
+        if mi.publisher:
+            self.publisher.setText(mi.publisher)
+
+        if mi.pubdate:
+            self.pubdate.setText(mi.pubdate.strftime('%Y-%m-%d'))
+
         self.isbn.setText(_('No match') if mi.isbn is None else str(mi.isbn))