diff --git a/archetypes/post.md b/archetypes/post.md
index f1f3e58..9aee58e 100644
--- a/archetypes/post.md
+++ b/archetypes/post.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ date: {{ .Date }}
 description: ""
 categories: []
 featuredImage: ""
+featuredImageDescription: ""
 dropCap: true
 displayInMenu: false
 displayInList: true
diff --git a/layouts/_default/li.html b/layouts/_default/li.html
index e617772..7f1f563 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/li.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/li.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   href="{{ .Permalink }}" class="card blog-card" rel="bookmark" >
     {{ if isset .Params "featuredimage" }}
     <div class="card-img-container">
-      <img src="{{.Params.featuredimage | absURL }}" class="card-img">
+      <img src="{{.Params.featuredimage | absURL }}" class="card-img" {{ if isset .Params "featuredimagedescription" }}alt="{{.Params.featuredimagedescription}}"{{end}}>
     </div>
     {{ end }}
   <article class="card-body">
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 116d9a5..d5d7619 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         </header>
         {{ if isset .Params "featuredimage" }}
         <figure class="post-figure">
-          <img src="{{.Params.featuredimage | absURL }}">
+          <img src="{{.Params.featuredimage | absURL }}" {{ if isset .Params "featuredimagedescription" }}alt="{{.Params.featuredimagedescription}}"{{end}}>
         </figure>
         {{ end }}
         {{ .Content }}