diff --git a/_includes/footer.html b/_includes/footer.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b073ce6d57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/footer.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<hr/>
+<p>Contribute to this site by <a href="https://github.com/git/git.github.io/fork">forking it on GitHub!<a/></p>
diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
index 2887d3b7e6..f3ea1f602e 100644
--- a/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
               {{ content }}
 
               <div class="footer">
-                <!-- nothing yet -->
+                {% include footer.html %}
               </div>
             </div>