diff --git a/tpl/template_embedded.go b/tpl/template_embedded.go
index bb946a515..9b5194941 100644
--- a/tpl/template_embedded.go
+++ b/tpl/template_embedded.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func (t *GoHtmlTemplate) EmbedTemplates() {
 
 	// Add SEO & Social metadata
 	t.AddInternalTemplate("", "opengraph.html", `<meta property="og:title" content="{{ .Title }}" />
-<meta property="og:description" content="{{ with .Description }}{{ . }}{{ else }}{{if .IsPage}}{{ .Summary }}{{ end }}{{ end }}" />
+<meta property="og:description" content="{{ with .Description }}{{ . }}{{ else }}{{if .IsPage}}{{ .Summary }}{{ else }}{{ with .Site.Params.description }}{{ . }}{{ end }}{{ end }}{{ end }}" />
 <meta property="og:type" content="{{ if .IsPage }}article{{ else }}website{{ end }}" />
 <meta property="og:url" content="{{ .Permalink }}" />
 {{ with .Params.images }}{{ range first 6 . }}
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func (t *GoHtmlTemplate) EmbedTemplates() {
 
 <!-- Twitter Card data -->
 <meta name="twitter:title" content="{{ .Title }}"/>
-<meta name="twitter:description" content="{{ if .Description }}{{ .Description }}{{ else }}{{if .IsPage}}{{ .Summary }}{{ end }}{{ end }}"/>
+<meta name="twitter:description" content="{{ with .Description }}{{ . }}{{ else }}{{if .IsPage}}{{ .Summary }}{{ else }}{{ with .Site.Params.description }}{{ . }}{{ end }}{{ end }}{{ end }}"/>
 {{ with .Site.Social.twitter }}<meta name="twitter:site" content="@{{ . }}"/>{{ end }}
 {{ with .Site.Social.twitter_domain }}<meta name="twitter:domain" content="{{ . }}"/>{{ end }}
 {{ range .Site.Authors }}
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func (t *GoHtmlTemplate) EmbedTemplates() {
 
 	t.AddInternalTemplate("", "schema.html", `{{ with .Site.Social.GooglePlus }}<link rel="publisher" href="{{ . }}"/>{{ end }}
 <meta itemprop="name" content="{{ .Title }}">
-<meta itemprop="description" content="{{ with .Description }}{{ . }}{{ else }}{{if .IsPage}}{{ .Summary }}{{ end }}{{ end }}">
+<meta itemprop="description" content="{{ with .Description }}{{ . }}{{ else }}{{if .IsPage}}{{ .Summary }}{{ else }}{{ with .Site.Params.description }}{{ . }}{{ end }}{{ end }}{{ end }}">
 
 {{if .IsPage}}{{ $ISO8601 := "2006-01-02T15:04:05-07:00" }}{{ if not .PublishDate.IsZero }}
 <meta itemprop="datePublished" content="{{ .PublishDate.Format $ISO8601 | safeHtml }}" />{{ end }}