diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f467f1..5f33c2c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ SOCIAL = (('twitter', 'https://twitter.com/myprofile'),
 ```
 
 If you have new links add them to SOCIAL. The Name has to be the name of the corresponding FontAwesome icon.
+If ``SHOW_SOCIAL_ON_INDEX_PAGE_HEADER`` is set to True social icons will be
+shown under site sub-title on the index page.
 
 ### External feed URL
 
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index 880b8f8..7627c34 100755
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@
                             <hr class="small">
                             <span class="subheading">{{ SITESUBTITLE }}</span>
                         {% endif %}
+                        {% if SOCIAL and SHOW_SOCIAL_ON_INDEX_PAGE_HEADER %}
+                            <ul class="list-inline text-center">
+                            {% for name,link in SOCIAL %}
+                                <li>
+                                    <a href="{{ link }}">
+                                        <span class="fa-stack fa-lg">
+                                            <i class="fa fa-{{ name|lower }} fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i>
+                                        </span>
+                                    </a>
+                                </li>
+                            {% endfor %}
+                            </ul>
+                        {% endif %}
                     </div>
                 </div>
             </div>