diff --git a/exampleSite/config.toml b/exampleSite/config.toml
index 8ace530b..3691a704 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config.toml
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ disqusShortname = ''
   # When building for production it will be minified.
   # The file `custom.js` is loaded on each page (before body tag ends).
   dateFormat = "January 2, 2006" # default date format used on various pages
-  # See https://gohugo.io/functions/format/#hugo-date-and-time-templating-reference for available date formats
+  # See https://gohugo.io/functions/format/#hugo-date-and-time-templating-reference for available date formats.
+  rssFeedDescription = "summary" # available options: 1) summary 2) full
+  # summary - includes a short summary of the blog post in the RSS feed. Generated using Hugo .Summary .
+  # full - includes full blog post in the RSS feed. Generated using Hugo .Content .
+  # By default (or if nothing is specified), summary is used.
 
 [params.author]
   avatar = "avatar.jpg" # put the file in assets folder; also ensure that image has same height and width
diff --git a/layouts/_default/rss.xml b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2aed73e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<!-- Taken from Hugo default RSS template: https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/blob/master/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/_default/rss.xml -->
+{{- $pctx := . -}}
+{{- if .IsHome -}}{{ $pctx = .Site }}{{- end -}}
+{{- $pages := slice -}}
+{{- if or $.IsHome $.IsSection -}}
+{{- $pages = $pctx.RegularPages -}}
+{{- else -}}
+{{- $pages = $pctx.Pages -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- $limit := .Site.Config.Services.RSS.Limit -}}
+{{- if ge $limit 1 -}}
+{{- $pages = $pages | first $limit -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- $rssFeedDescription := .Site.Params.rssFeedDescription | default "summary" -}}
+{{- printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>" | safeHTML }}
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+  <channel>
+    <title>{{ if eq  .Title  .Site.Title }}{{ .Site.Title }}{{ else }}{{ with .Title }}{{.}} on {{ end }}{{ .Site.Title }}{{ end }}</title>
+    <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
+    <description>Recent content {{ if ne  .Title  .Site.Title }}{{ with .Title }}in {{.}} {{ end }}{{ end }}on {{ .Site.Title }}</description>
+    <generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator>
+    <language>{{ site.Language.LanguageCode }}</language>{{ with .Site.Author.email }}
+    <managingEditor>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</managingEditor>{{end}}{{ with .Site.Author.email }}
+    <webMaster>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</webMaster>{{end}}{{ with .Site.Copyright }}
+    <copyright>{{.}}</copyright>{{end}}{{ if not .Date.IsZero }}
+    <lastBuildDate>{{ .Date.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</lastBuildDate>{{ end }}
+    {{- with .OutputFormats.Get "RSS" -}}
+    {{ printf "<atom:link href=%q rel=\"self\" type=%q />" .Permalink .MediaType | safeHTML }}
+    {{- end -}}
+    {{ range $pages }}
+    <item>
+      <title>{{ .Title }}</title>
+      <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
+      <pubDate>{{ .Date.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</pubDate>
+      {{ with .Site.Author.email }}<author>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</author>{{end}}
+      <guid>{{ .Permalink }}</guid>
+      {{ if eq $rssFeedDescription "summary"}}
+      <description>{{ .Summary | html }}</description>
+      {{ else if (eq $rssFeedDescription "full")}}
+      <description>{{ .Content | html }}</description>
+      {{ else }} {{ errorf "Error in RSS feed generation %q" .Path }}
+      {{ end }}
+    </item>
+    {{ end }}
+  </channel>
+</rss>