diff --git a/layouts/blog/rss.xml b/layouts/blog/rss.xml
index ea6be6fa13e5..0a5f4f71fc49 100644
--- a/layouts/blog/rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/blog/rss.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@
                 <link>{{ .Site.Params.canonicalURL }}{{ .RelPermalink }}</link>
                 <pubDate>{{ .Date.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</pubDate>
                 <guid>{{ .Site.Params.canonicalURL }}{{ .RelPermalink }}</guid>
-                <description>{{ .Content | html }}</description>
+                <description>
+                    {{ if .Params.meta_image }}
+                        &lt;img src=&quot;{{ .Site.Params.canonicalURL }}{{ .RelPermalink }}{{ .Params.meta_image }}&quot; /&gt;
+                    {{ end }}
+                    {{ .Content | html }}
+                </description>
                 {{ range $id := .Params.authors }}
                     {{ $author := index $.Site.Data.team.team $id }}
                     {{ if $author }}