diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index d35e187..760172c 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ author:
   twitter: yourname   # eg. daattali
   linkedin: yourname  # eg. daattali
   stackoverflow: yourlink  # eg. "3943160/daattali"
+  instagram: yourname # eg. daattali
  
 # Select which links to show in the footer
 footer-links-active:
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ footer-links-active:
   github: true
   linkedin: false
   stackoverflow: false
+  instagram: false
 
 # How to display the link to the website in the footer
 # Remove this if you don't want a link in the footer
diff --git a/_includes/footer.html b/_includes/footer.html
index 575c63a..2b21321 100644
--- a/_includes/footer.html
+++ b/_includes/footer.html
@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@
               </span>
             </a>
           </li>
+          {% endif %}
+      {% if site.author.instagram and site.footer-links-active.instagram %}
+          <li>
+            <a href="https://www.instagram.com/{{ site.author.instagram }}" title="Instagram">
+              <span class="fa-stack fa-lg">
+                <i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i>
+                <i class="fa fa-instagram fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i>
+              </span>
+            </a>
+          </li>
           {% endif %}
 		  {% if site.footer-links-active.rss %}
 		  <li>