diff --git a/_includes/head.html b/_includes/head.html
index 7848045415..c9ba6260ed 100644
--- a/_includes/head.html
+++ b/_includes/head.html
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
   </title>
 
   <meta name="description" content="{{ page.excerpt | default: site.description | strip_html | normalize_whitespace | truncate: 160 | escape }}">
+  <meta property="og:type" content="article" />
+  <meta property="og:url" content="{{ site.url }}{{ page.url }}" />
+  <meta property="og:title" content="{{ page.title | escape }}" />
+  <meta property="og:description" content="{{ page.excerpt | default: site.description | strip_html | normalize_whitespace | truncate: 160 | escape }}" />
+  <meta property="og:image" content="{{ site.url }}{{ page.background }}" />
+  <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200" />
+  <meta property="og:image:height" content="300" />
+  <meta property="og:site_name" content="{{ site.title }}" />
 
   <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lora:400,700,400italic,700italic' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
   <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300italic,400italic,600italic,700italic,800italic,400,300,600,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>