diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c137ca5..923dfb5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
 
 - `GOOGLE_ANALYTICS` your UA-XYZ code
 
-- `USER_LOGO_URL` you don't need to replace the logo placeholder, instead put your logo in content/images/your_logo.png and make this point to `SITEURL + '/static/images/your_logo.png'`
+- `GOOGLE_PLUS_URL` A link to your Google+ profile. Used for the [Google Authorship](http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features/authorship/index.html) feature.
+
+- `USER_LOGO_URL` you don't need to replace the logo placeholder, just change this to point to another image. Can be local or remote.`
 
 - `DISQUS_SITENAME` set this to enable disqus comments in articles
 
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index e600560..39bd2a1 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
   <meta name="author" content="{{ AUTHOR }}">
   <meta name="description" content="Posts and writings by {{ AUTHOR }}">
 
+  {% if GOOGLE_PLUS_URL %}
+  <link rel="author" href="{{ GOOGLE_PLUS_URL }}?rel=author">
+  {% endif %}
+
   {% if FEED_ALL_ATOM %}
   <link href="{{ FEED_DOMAIN }}/{{ FEED_ALL_ATOM }}" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="{{ SITENAME }} Full Atom Feed" />
   {% endif %}