diff --git a/README b/README
index 8e2907b..6661a96 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ Setup instructions:
    should only be used for testing - for production you need to use a
    proper web server.
 
+4. You may wish to customise layerindex/about.html to suit your
+   installation.
+
 
 Usage
 -----
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 63919c2..246dbd5 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ TODO:
 
 - we might consider adding a link to the all layers and all recipes tables from the layer details page
 
-* Need an "About" section descriptibing what the site is for
 * Need an admin contact in footer
 * Some columns are a bit crushed
 * Description is not formatted nicely on detail page
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ TODO:
  * Last update date
 * Usage links in list page?
 * Layer submission interface design
+* Style/extend about page
 * Recipe info page
 * Captcha for layer submission interface?
 * Touch up publishing interface
diff --git a/base.html b/base.html
index 5ace14f..87d0605 100644
--- a/base.html
+++ b/base.html
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@
     <div id="footer">
         {% block footer %}
         <hr />
+        <div class="footer">
+            <a href="{% url about %}">about this site</a>
+        </div>
+
         {% endblock %}
     </div>
 
diff --git a/layerindex/about.html b/layerindex/about.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ecee75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layerindex/about.html
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% load i18n %}
+
+<!--
+{% block title %}OpenEmbedded metadata index - About{% endblock %}
+-->
+
+{% block content %}
+<p>This website indexes layers for the <a href="http://www.openembedded.org">OpenEmbedded</a> build system, suitable for use on top of OpenEmbedded-Core and distributions based upon it, providing additional recipes, machine support and/or distro policy configuration.</p>
+
+<p>If you have a layer for use with OpenEmbedded that you wish to share with others, please <a href="{% url submit_layer %}">submit it</a>!</p>
+
+<p>The code is Open Source and can be found on <a href="http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/layerindex-web/">git.yoctoproject.org</a>.</p>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block footer %}
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/layerindex/static/css/additional.css b/layerindex/static/css/additional.css
index 7071418..10c870e 100644
--- a/layerindex/static/css/additional.css
+++ b/layerindex/static/css/additional.css
@@ -48,4 +48,8 @@ bs-docs-example:after {
     margin: 15px 0;
     padding: 39px 19px 14px;
     position: relative;
+}
+
+.footer {
+    text-align: center;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/layerindex/urls.py b/layerindex/urls.py
index e05e23b..c1b06b4 100644
--- a/layerindex/urls.py
+++ b/layerindex/urls.py
@@ -44,4 +44,5 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
             context_object_name='recipe_list',
             template_name='layerindex/rawrecipes.txt'),
             name='recipe_list_raw'),
+    url(r'^about$', 'layerindex.views.about', name="about"),
 )
diff --git a/layerindex/views.py b/layerindex/views.py
index da0d2b6..88e38f3 100644
--- a/layerindex/views.py
+++ b/layerindex/views.py
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ def submit_layer(request):
 def submit_layer_thanks(request):
     return render(request, 'layerindex/submitthanks.html')
 
+def about(request):
+    return render(request, 'layerindex/about.html')
+
 def publish(request, name):
     if not (request.user.is_authenticated() and request.user.has_perm('layerindex.publish_layer')):
         raise PermissionDenied