diff --git a/layouts/_default/baseof.html b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
index dc1850a3b..6798adbdf 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/baseof.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
     {{ template "_internal/twitter_cards.html" . }}
     <!------ ADD PAGE SPECIFIC HEADERS ------->
     {{ block "header" . }} {{ end }}
-
+    {{ with .Params.relcanonical }}
+      {{ partial "misc/canonical.html" . }}
+    {{ end }}
     <!--================= add analytics if enabled =========================-->
     {{- partial "analytics.html" . -}}
     <script>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/misc/canoncial.html b/layouts/partials/misc/canoncial.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c676f8e08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/misc/canoncial.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<link rel="canonical" href="{{ . | relLangURL }}" itemprop="url" />