diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 3e90d7e..f7b8426 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ author:
   xing: yourname      # eg. daattali
   stackoverflow: yourlink  # eg. "3943160/daattali"
   instagram: yourname # eg. daattali
+  youtube: yourlink # eg. user/daattali or channel/daatali
 
 # Select which links to show in the footer
 footer-links-active:
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ footer-links-active:
   xing: false
   stackoverflow: false
   instagram: false
+  youtube: false
 
 # Select which share links to show in posts
 share-links-active:
diff --git a/_includes/footer.html b/_includes/footer.html
index 3d38489..cbf7f9d 100644
--- a/_includes/footer.html
+++ b/_includes/footer.html
@@ -82,6 +82,16 @@
               </span>
             </a>
           </li>
+          {% endif %}
+      {% if site.author.youtube and site.footer-links-active.youtube %}
+          <li>
+            <a href="https://www.youtube.com/{{ site.author.youtube }}" title="YouTube">
+              <span class="fa-stack fa-lg">
+                <i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x"></i>
+                <i class="fa fa-youtube fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i>
+              </span>
+            </a>
+          </li>
           {% endif %}
 		  {% if site.footer-links-active.rss %}
 		  <li>
@@ -91,14 +101,14 @@
 				<i class="fa fa-rss fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i>
 			  </span>
 			</a>
-		  </li>		
-          {% endif %}		  
+		  </li>
+          {% endif %}
         </ul>
         <p class="copyright text-muted">
 		  {{ site.author.name }}
 		  &nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;
 		  {{ site.time | date: '%Y' }}
-		  
+
 		  {% if site.url-pretty %}
 		  &nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;
 		  <a href="{{ site.url }}">{{ site.url-pretty }}</a>