lib/PublicInbox/WWW.pm | 11 +++++++++++
 t/plack.t              |  2 ++
 t/psgi_v2.t            |  3 +++

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/WWW.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/WWW.pm
index 3ce7cc2a7b6ddb2ef74616898e60accd3f92b0ae..02b5ded32e9a2950508ef39ef5d7697603eebf1b 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/WWW.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/WWW.pm
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ 	} elsif ($path_info =~ m!$INBOX_RE/(?:atom\.xml|new\.atom)\z!o) {
 		invalid_inbox($ctx, $1) || get_atom($ctx);
 	} elsif ($path_info =~ m!$INBOX_RE/new\.html\z!o) {
 		invalid_inbox($ctx, $1) || get_new($ctx);
+	} elsif ($path_info =~ m!$INBOX_RE/description\z!o) {
+		get_description($ctx, $1);
 	} elsif ($path_info =~ m!$INBOX_RE/(?:(?:git/)?([0-9]+)(?:\.git)?/)?
 				($PublicInbox::GitHTTPBackend::ANY)\z!ox) {
 		my ($epoch, $path) = ($2, $3);
@@ -619,6 +621,15 @@ 	my $h = [ 'Content-Length', bytes::length($css),
 		'Content-Type', 'text/css' ];
 	PublicInbox::GitHTTPBackend::cache_one_year($h);
 	[ 200, $h, [ $css ] ];
+}
+
+sub get_description {
+	my ($ctx, $inbox) = @_;
+	invalid_inbox($ctx, $inbox) || do {
+		my $d = $ctx->{-inbox}->description . "\n";
+		[ 200, [ 'Content-Length', bytes::length($d),
+			'Content-Type', 'text/plain' ], [ $d ] ];
+	};
 }
 
 1;
diff --git a/t/plack.t b/t/plack.t
index a9a053ed0db420697840707222e2f6f2f4ace779..e23658fd3003d56d06acc887dd6c9effd272096e 100644
--- a/t/plack.t
+++ b/t/plack.t
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ 		'atom feed generated correct URL');
 	like($body, qr/<title>test for public-inbox/,
 		"set title in XML feed");
 	like($body, qr/zzzzzz/, 'body included');
+	$res = $cb->(GET($pfx . '/description'));
+	like($res->content, qr/test for public-inbox/, 'got description');
 });
 
 test_psgi($app, sub {
diff --git a/t/psgi_v2.t b/t/psgi_v2.t
index 2ecd7458e48eee28467194faa01f14161449397e..fdd6969f8034322a4e2fcffde8e5627e6d164c7d 100644
--- a/t/psgi_v2.t
+++ b/t/psgi_v2.t
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ my $www = PublicInbox::WWW->new($config);
 my ($res, $raw, @from_);
 test_psgi(sub { $www->call(@_) }, sub {
 	my ($cb) = @_;
+	$res = $cb->(GET('/v2test/description'));
+	like($res->content, qr!\$INBOX_DIR/description missing!,
+		'got v2 description missing message');
 	$res = $cb->(GET('/v2test/a-mid@b/raw'));
 	$raw = $res->content;
 	like($raw, qr/^hello world$/m, 'got first message');