diff --git a/lib/exe/xmlrpc.php b/lib/exe/xmlrpc.php
index 36205fbf888d8605ca2fc53ad66d2af1341014b9..2ebe477573ddf7210e7d3faab7a29cfb9b610106 100644
--- a/lib/exe/xmlrpc.php
+++ b/lib/exe/xmlrpc.php
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ class dokuwiki_xmlrpc_server extends IXR_IntrospectionServer {
      */
     function putPage($id, $text, $params) {
         global $TEXT;
+        global $lang;
 
         $id    = cleanID($id);
         $TEXT  = trim($text);
@@ -199,10 +200,20 @@ class dokuwiki_xmlrpc_server extends IXR_IntrospectionServer {
         if(checklock($id))
             return new IXR_Error(1, 'The page is currently locked');
 
-        //spam check
+        // SPAM check
         if(checkwordblock()) 
             return new IXR_Error(1, 'Positive wordblock check');
 
+        // autoset summary on new pages
+        if(!page_exists($id) && empty($sum)) {
+            $sum = $lang['created'];
+        }
+
+        // autoset summary on deleted pages
+        if(page_exists($id) && empty($TEXT) && empty($sum)) {
+            $sum = $lang['deleted'];
+        }
+
         lock($id);
 
         saveWikiText($id,$TEXT,$sum,$minor);