diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/root.html b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/root.html
index c1f2c777f1d..c4c7e86e9b1 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/root.html
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/root.html
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     <head>
         <meta content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=5" name="viewport">
         <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
+        <meta name="description" content="The Mayan EDMS is a free, open-source document management system for managing documents within an organization.">
         <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="{{ LANGUAGE_CODE }}" />
         <title>
             {% block base_title %}
