diff --git a/sphinxext/opengraph/__init__.py b/sphinxext/opengraph/__init__.py
index a4bc48d..c02ffd6 100644
--- a/sphinxext/opengraph/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinxext/opengraph/__init__.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def get_tags(
     # type tag
     tags["og:type"] = config["ogp_type"]
 
-    if os.getenv("READTHEDOCS") and config["ogp_site_url"] is None:
+    if os.getenv("READTHEDOCS") and not config["ogp_site_url"]:
         # readthedocs uses html_baseurl for sphinx > 1.8
         parse_result = urlparse(config["html_baseurl"])
 
@@ -193,7 +193,9 @@ def html_page_context(
 
 
 def setup(app: Sphinx) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    app.add_config_value("ogp_site_url", None, "html")
+    # ogp_site_url="" allows relative by default, even though it's not
+    # officially supported by OGP.
+    app.add_config_value("ogp_site_url", "", "html")
     app.add_config_value("ogp_description_length", DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH, "html")
     app.add_config_value("ogp_image", None, "html")
     app.add_config_value("ogp_image_alt", None, "html")
diff --git a/tests/test_options.py b/tests/test_options.py
index b814ca7..c61f9a1 100644
--- a/tests/test_options.py
+++ b/tests/test_options.py
@@ -279,3 +279,15 @@ def test_rtd_invalid(app: Sphinx, monkeypatch):
 
     with pytest.raises(Exception):
         app.build()
+
+
+# Test no breakage with no configuration
+@pytest.mark.sphinx("html", testroot="rtd-default")
+def test_no_configuration_html(og_meta_tags):
+    assert get_tag_content(og_meta_tags, "type") == "website"
+
+
+# Test no breakage with no configuration
+@pytest.mark.sphinx("dirhtml", testroot="rtd-default")
+def test_no_configuration_dirhtml(og_meta_tags):
+    assert get_tag_content(og_meta_tags, "type") == "website"