diff --git a/application/bookmark/LinkUtils.php b/application/bookmark/LinkUtils.php
index 35a5b29..77eb2d9 100644
--- a/application/bookmark/LinkUtils.php
+++ b/application/bookmark/LinkUtils.php
@@ -7,13 +7,25 @@ use Shaarli\Bookmark\LinkDB;
  *
  * @param string $charset     to extract from the downloaded page (reference)
  * @param string $title       to extract from the downloaded page (reference)
+ * @param string $description to extract from the downloaded page (reference)
+ * @param string $keywords    to extract from the downloaded page (reference)
+ * @param bool   $retrieveDescription Automatically tries to retrieve description and keywords from HTML content
  * @param string $curlGetInfo Optionally overrides curl_getinfo function
  *
  * @return Closure
  */
-function get_curl_download_callback(&$charset, &$title, $curlGetInfo = 'curl_getinfo')
-{
+function get_curl_download_callback(
+    &$charset,
+    &$title,
+    &$description,
+    &$keywords,
+    $retrieveDescription,
+    $curlGetInfo = 'curl_getinfo'
+) {
     $isRedirected = false;
+    $currentChunk = 0;
+    $foundChunk = null;
+
     /**
      * cURL callback function for CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION (called during the download).
      *
@@ -25,7 +37,18 @@ function get_curl_download_callback(&$charset, &$title, $curlGetInfo = 'curl_get
      *
      * @return int|bool length of $data or false if we need to stop the download
      */
-    return function (&$ch, $data) use ($curlGetInfo, &$charset, &$title, &$isRedirected) {
+    return function (&$ch, $data) use (
+        $retrieveDescription,
+        $curlGetInfo,
+        &$charset,
+        &$title,
+        &$description,
+        &$keywords,
+        &$isRedirected,
+        &$currentChunk,
+        &$foundChunk
+    ) {
+        $currentChunk++;
         $responseCode = $curlGetInfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE);
         if (!empty($responseCode) && in_array($responseCode, [301, 302])) {
             $isRedirected = true;
@@ -50,9 +73,34 @@ function get_curl_download_callback(&$charset, &$title, $curlGetInfo = 'curl_get
         }
         if (empty($title)) {
             $title = html_extract_title($data);
+            $foundChunk = ! empty($title) ? $currentChunk : $foundChunk;
         }
+        if ($retrieveDescription && empty($description)) {
+            $description = html_extract_tag('description', $data);
+            $foundChunk = ! empty($description) ? $currentChunk : $foundChunk;
+        }
+        if ($retrieveDescription && empty($keywords)) {
+            $keywords = html_extract_tag('keywords', $data);
+            if (! empty($keywords)) {
+                $foundChunk = $currentChunk;
+                // Keywords use the format tag1, tag2 multiple words, tag
+                // So we format them to match Shaarli's separator and glue multiple words with '-'
+                $keywords = implode(' ', array_map(function($keyword) {
+                    return implode('-', preg_split('/\s+/', trim($keyword)));
+                }, explode(',', $keywords)));
+            }
+        }
+
         // We got everything we want, stop the download.
-        if (!empty($responseCode) && !empty($contentType) && !empty($charset) && !empty($title)) {
+        // If we already found either the title, description or keywords,
+        // it's highly unlikely that we'll found the other metas further than
+        // in the same chunk of data or the next one. So we also stop the download after that.
+        if ((!empty($responseCode) && !empty($contentType) && !empty($charset)) && $foundChunk !== null
+            && (! $retrieveDescription
+                || $foundChunk < $currentChunk
+                || (!empty($title) && !empty($description) && !empty($keywords))
+            )
+        ) {
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -110,6 +158,35 @@ function html_extract_charset($html)
     return false;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Extract meta tag from HTML content in either:
+ *   - OpenGraph: <meta property="og:[tag]" ...>
+ *   - Meta tag: <meta name="[tag]" ...>
+ *
+ * @param string $tag  Name of the tag to retrieve.
+ * @param string $html HTML content where to look for charset.
+ *
+ * @return bool|string Charset string if found, false otherwise.
+ */
+function html_extract_tag($tag, $html)
+{
+    $propertiesKey = ['property', 'name', 'itemprop'];
+    $properties = implode('|', $propertiesKey);
+    // Try to retrieve OpenGraph image.
+    $ogRegex = '#<meta[^>]+(?:'. $properties .')=["\']?(?:og:)?'. $tag .'["\'\s][^>]*content=["\']?(.*?)["\'/>]#';
+    // If the attributes are not in the order property => content (e.g. Github)
+    // New regex to keep this readable... more or less.
+    $ogRegexReverse = '#<meta[^>]+content=["\']([^"\']+)[^>]+(?:'. $properties .')=["\']?(?:og)?:'. $tag .'["\'\s/>]#';
+
+    if (preg_match($ogRegex, $html, $matches) > 0
+        || preg_match($ogRegexReverse, $html, $matches) > 0
+    ) {
+        return $matches[1];
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * Count private links in given linklist.
  *
diff --git a/application/config/ConfigManager.php b/application/config/ConfigManager.php
index 3099392..c95e680 100644
--- a/application/config/ConfigManager.php
+++ b/application/config/ConfigManager.php
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ class ConfigManager
         $this->setEmpty('general.links_per_page', 20);
         $this->setEmpty('general.enabled_plugins', self::$DEFAULT_PLUGINS);
         $this->setEmpty('general.default_note_title', 'Note: ');
+        $this->setEmpty('general.retrieve_description', false);
 
         $this->setEmpty('updates.check_updates', false);
         $this->setEmpty('updates.check_updates_branch', 'stable');
diff --git a/doc/md/Shaarli-configuration.md b/doc/md/Shaarli-configuration.md
index a931ab1..664e36d 100644
--- a/doc/md/Shaarli-configuration.md
+++ b/doc/md/Shaarli-configuration.md
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ _These settings should not be edited_
 - **timezone**: See [the list of supported timezones](http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php).  
 - **enabled_plugins**: List of enabled plugins.
 - **default_note_title**: Default title of a new note.
+- **retrieve_description** (boolean): If set to true, for every new links Shaarli will try
+to retrieve the description and keywords from the HTML meta tags.
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/inc/languages/fr/LC_MESSAGES/shaarli.po b/inc/languages/fr/LC_MESSAGES/shaarli.po
index c2c73b2..611296f 100644
--- a/inc/languages/fr/LC_MESSAGES/shaarli.po
+++ b/inc/languages/fr/LC_MESSAGES/shaarli.po
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: Shaarli\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-05-25 16:37+0200\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2019-05-25 16:37+0200\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2019-07-06 12:14+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2019-07-06 12:17+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: \n"
 "Language-Team: Shaarli\n"
 "Language: fr_FR\n"
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ msgstr "404 Introuvable"
 msgid "Couldn't retrieve updater class methods."
 msgstr "Impossible de récupérer les méthodes de la classe Updater."
 
-#: application/updater/Updater.php:526 index.php:1033
+#: application/updater/Updater.php:526 index.php:1034
 msgid ""
 "You have enabled or changed thumbnails mode. <a href=\"?do=thumbs_update"
 "\">Please synchronize them</a>."
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ msgid "You are not supposed to change a password on an Open Shaarli."
 msgstr ""
 "Vous n'êtes pas censé modifier le mot de passe d'un Shaarli en mode ouvert."
 
-#: index.php:957 index.php:1007 index.php:1092 index.php:1122 index.php:1232
-#: index.php:1279
+#: index.php:957 index.php:1007 index.php:1094 index.php:1124 index.php:1234
+#: index.php:1281
 msgid "Wrong token."
 msgstr "Jeton invalide."
 
@@ -356,64 +356,64 @@ msgstr "Votre mot de passe a été modifié"
 msgid "Change password"
 msgstr "Modifier le mot de passe"
 
-#: index.php:1053
+#: index.php:1054
 msgid "Configuration was saved."
 msgstr "La configuration a été sauvegardée."
 
-#: index.php:1076 tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:24
+#: index.php:1078 tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:24
 msgid "Configure"
 msgstr "Configurer"
 
-#: index.php:1086 tmp/changetag.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:13
+#: index.php:1088 tmp/changetag.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:13
 #: tmp/tools.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:36
 msgid "Manage tags"
 msgstr "Gérer les tags"
 
-#: index.php:1105
+#: index.php:1107
 #, php-format
 msgid "The tag was removed from %d link."
 msgid_plural "The tag was removed from %d links."
 msgstr[0] "Le tag a été supprimé de %d lien."
 msgstr[1] "Le tag a été supprimé de %d liens."
 
-#: index.php:1106
+#: index.php:1108
 #, php-format
 msgid "The tag was renamed in %d link."
 msgid_plural "The tag was renamed in %d links."
 msgstr[0] "Le tag a été renommé dans %d lien."
 msgstr[1] "Le tag a été renommé dans %d liens."
 
-#: index.php:1113 tmp/addlink.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:13
+#: index.php:1115 tmp/addlink.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:13
 msgid "Shaare a new link"
 msgstr "Partager un nouveau lien"
 
-#: index.php:1342 tmp/linklist.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:169
+#: index.php:1344 tmp/linklist.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:169
 msgid "Edit"
 msgstr "Modifier"
 
-#: index.php:1342 index.php:1413
+#: index.php:1344 index.php:1416
 #: tmp/page.header.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:26
 #: tmp/page.header.cedf684561d925457130839629000a81.rtpl.php:26
 msgid "Shaare"
 msgstr "Shaare"
 
-#: index.php:1382
+#: index.php:1385
 msgid "Note: "
 msgstr "Note : "
 
-#: index.php:1421
+#: index.php:1424
 msgid "Invalid link ID provided"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: index.php:1441 tmp/export.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:65
+#: index.php:1444 tmp/export.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:65
 msgid "Export"
 msgstr "Exporter"
 
-#: index.php:1503 tmp/import.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:83
+#: index.php:1506 tmp/import.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:83
 msgid "Import"
 msgstr "Importer"
 
-#: index.php:1513
+#: index.php:1516
 #, php-format
 msgid ""
 "The file you are trying to upload is probably bigger than what this "
@@ -423,20 +423,20 @@ msgstr ""
 "le serveur web peut accepter (%s). Merci de l'envoyer en parties plus "
 "légères."
 
-#: index.php:1558 tmp/pluginsadmin.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:26
+#: index.php:1561 tmp/pluginsadmin.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:26
 #: tmp/tools.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:22
 msgid "Plugin administration"
 msgstr "Administration des plugins"
 
-#: index.php:1612 tmp/thumbnails.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:14
+#: index.php:1615 tmp/thumbnails.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:14
 msgid "Thumbnails update"
 msgstr "Mise à jour des miniatures"
 
-#: index.php:1778
+#: index.php:1781
 msgid "Search: "
 msgstr "Recherche : "
 
-#: index.php:1821
+#: index.php:1824
 #, php-format
 msgid ""
 "<pre>Sessions do not seem to work correctly on your server.<br>Make sure the "
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "des cookies. Nous vous recommandons d'accéder à votre serveur depuis son "
 "adresse IP ou un <em>Fully Qualified Domain Name</em>.<br>"
 
-#: index.php:1831
+#: index.php:1834
 msgid "Click to try again."
 msgstr "Cliquer ici pour réessayer."
 
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ msgstr "Mauvaise réponse du hub %s"
 msgid "Enable PubSubHubbub feed publishing."
 msgstr "Active la publication de flux vers PubSubHubbub."
 
-#: plugins/qrcode/qrcode.php:73 plugins/wallabag/wallabag.php:68
+#: plugins/qrcode/qrcode.php:72 plugins/wallabag/wallabag.php:68
 msgid "For each link, add a QRCode icon."
 msgstr "Pour chaque lien, ajouter une icône de QRCode."
 
@@ -679,6 +679,34 @@ msgstr "Vous pouvez aussi modifier les tags dans la"
 msgid "tag list"
 msgstr "liste des tags"
 
+#: tmp/configure.90100d2eaf5d3705e14b9b4f78ecddc9.rtpl.php:143
+#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:312
+#: tmp/export.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:31
+msgid "All"
+msgstr "Tous"
+
+#: tmp/configure.90100d2eaf5d3705e14b9b4f78ecddc9.rtpl.php:147
+#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:316
+msgid "Only common media hosts"
+msgstr "Seulement les hébergeurs de média connus"
+
+#: tmp/configure.90100d2eaf5d3705e14b9b4f78ecddc9.rtpl.php:151
+#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:320
+msgid "None"
+msgstr "Aucune"
+
+#: tmp/configure.90100d2eaf5d3705e14b9b4f78ecddc9.rtpl.php:158
+#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:297
+msgid "You need to enable the extension <code>php-gd</code> to use thumbnails."
+msgstr ""
+"Vous devez activer l'extension <code>php-gd</code> pour utiliser les "
+"miniatures."
+
+#: tmp/configure.90100d2eaf5d3705e14b9b4f78ecddc9.rtpl.php:162
+#| msgid "Enable thumbnails"
+msgid "Synchonize thumbnails"
+msgstr ""
+
 #: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:29
 msgid "title"
 msgstr "titre"
@@ -762,50 +790,41 @@ msgid "Notify me when a new release is ready"
 msgstr "Me notifier lorsqu'une nouvelle version est disponible"
 
 #: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:247
+msgid "Automatically retrieve description for new bookmarks"
+msgstr "Récupérer automatiquement la description"
+
+#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:248
+msgid "Shaarli will try to retrieve the description from meta HTML headers"
+msgstr ""
+"Shaarli essaiera de récupérer la description depuis les balises HTML meta "
+"dans les entêtes"
+
+#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:263
 #: tmp/install.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:169
 msgid "Enable REST API"
 msgstr "Activer l'API REST"
 
-#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:248
+#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:264
 #: tmp/install.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:170
 msgid "Allow third party software to use Shaarli such as mobile application"
 msgstr ""
 "Permet aux applications tierces d'utiliser Shaarli, par exemple les "
 "applications mobiles"
 
-#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:263
+#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:279
 msgid "API secret"
 msgstr "Clé d'API secrète"
 
-#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:277
+#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:293
 msgid "Enable thumbnails"
 msgstr "Activer les miniatures"
 
-#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:281
-msgid "You need to enable the extension <code>php-gd</code> to use thumbnails."
-msgstr ""
-"Vous devez activer l'extension <code>php-gd</code> pour utiliser les "
-"miniatures."
-
-#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:285
+#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:301
 #: tmp/tools.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:56
 msgid "Synchronize thumbnails"
 msgstr "Synchroniser les miniatures"
 
-#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:296
-#: tmp/export.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:31
-msgid "All"
-msgstr "Tous"
-
-#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:300
-msgid "Only common media hosts"
-msgstr "Seulement les hébergeurs de média connus"
-
-#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:304
-msgid "None"
-msgstr "Aucune"
-
-#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:312
+#: tmp/configure.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:328
 #: tmp/editlink.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:72
 #: tmp/pluginsadmin.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:139
 #: tmp/pluginsadmin.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:199
@@ -1149,17 +1168,13 @@ msgstr "Déconnexion"
 
 #: tmp/page.header.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:150
 #: tmp/page.header.cedf684561d925457130839629000a81.rtpl.php:150
-#, fuzzy
-#| msgid "Public"
 msgid "Set public"
-msgstr "Publics"
+msgstr "Rendre public"
 
 #: tmp/page.header.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:155
 #: tmp/page.header.cedf684561d925457130839629000a81.rtpl.php:155
-#, fuzzy
-#| msgid "Private"
 msgid "Set private"
-msgstr "Privé"
+msgstr "Rendre privé"
 
 #: tmp/page.header.b91ef64efc3688266305ea9b42e5017e.rtpl.php:187
 #: tmp/page.header.cedf684561d925457130839629000a81.rtpl.php:187
@@ -1409,11 +1424,6 @@ msgstr ""
 "Glisser ce lien dans votre barre de favoris ou cliquer droit dessus et « "
 "Ajouter aux favoris »"
 
-#, fuzzy
-#~| msgid "Enable thumbnails"
-#~ msgid "Synchonize thumbnails"
-#~ msgstr "Activer les miniatures"
-
 #~ msgid ""
 #~ "You need to browse your Shaarli over <strong>HTTPS</strong> to use this "
 #~ "functionality."
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index a14616e..957d8d9 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -1015,6 +1015,7 @@ function renderPage($conf, $pluginManager, $LINKSDB, $history, $sessionManager,
             $conf->set('general.timezone', $tz);
             $conf->set('general.title', escape($_POST['title']));
             $conf->set('general.header_link', escape($_POST['titleLink']));
+            $conf->set('general.retrieve_description', !empty($_POST['retrieveDescription']));
             $conf->set('resource.theme', escape($_POST['theme']));
             $conf->set('security.session_protection_disabled', !empty($_POST['disablesessionprotection']));
             $conf->set('privacy.default_private_links', !empty($_POST['privateLinkByDefault']));
@@ -1063,6 +1064,7 @@ function renderPage($conf, $pluginManager, $LINKSDB, $history, $sessionManager,
             );
             $PAGE->assign('continents', $continents);
             $PAGE->assign('cities', $cities);
+            $PAGE->assign('retrieve_description', $conf->get('general.retrieve_description'));
             $PAGE->assign('private_links_default', $conf->get('privacy.default_private_links', false));
             $PAGE->assign('session_protection_disabled', $conf->get('security.session_protection_disabled', false));
             $PAGE->assign('enable_rss_permalinks', $conf->get('feed.rss_permalinks', false));
@@ -1364,13 +1366,14 @@ function renderPage($conf, $pluginManager, $LINKSDB, $history, $sessionManager,
             // If this is an HTTP(S) link, we try go get the page to extract
             // the title (otherwise we will to straight to the edit form.)
             if (empty($title) && strpos(get_url_scheme($url), 'http') !== false) {
+                $retrieveDescription = $conf->get('general.retrieve_description');
                 // Short timeout to keep the application responsive
                 // The callback will fill $charset and $title with data from the downloaded page.
                 get_http_response(
                     $url,
                     $conf->get('general.download_timeout', 30),
                     $conf->get('general.download_max_size', 4194304),
-                    get_curl_download_callback($charset, $title)
+                    get_curl_download_callback($charset, $title, $description, $tags, $retrieveDescription)
                 );
                 if (! empty($title) && strtolower($charset) != 'utf-8') {
                     $title = mb_convert_encoding($title, 'utf-8', $charset);
diff --git a/tests/bookmark/LinkUtilsTest.php b/tests/bookmark/LinkUtilsTest.php
index 25fb304..78cb8f2 100644
--- a/tests/bookmark/LinkUtilsTest.php
+++ b/tests/bookmark/LinkUtilsTest.php
@@ -2,14 +2,16 @@
 
 namespace Shaarli\Bookmark;
 
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use ReferenceLinkDB;
+use Shaarli\Config\ConfigManager;
 
 require_once 'tests/utils/CurlUtils.php';
 
 /**
  * Class LinkUtilsTest.
  */
-class LinkUtilsTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
+class LinkUtilsTest extends TestCase
 {
     /**
      * Test html_extract_title() when the title is found.
@@ -75,12 +77,57 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
         $this->assertFalse(html_extract_charset($html));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test html_extract_tag() when the tag <meta name= is found.
+     */
+    public function testHtmlExtractExistentNameTag()
+    {
+        $description = 'Bob and Alice share cookies.';
+        $html = '<html><meta>stuff2</meta><meta name="description" content="' . $description . '"/></html>';
+        $this->assertEquals($description, html_extract_tag('description', $html));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test html_extract_tag() when the tag <meta name= is not found.
+     */
+    public function testHtmlExtractNonExistentNameTag()
+    {
+        $html = '<html><meta>stuff2</meta><meta name="image" content="img"/></html>';
+        $this->assertFalse(html_extract_tag('description', $html));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test html_extract_tag() when the tag <meta property="og: is found.
+     */
+    public function testHtmlExtractExistentOgTag()
+    {
+        $description = 'Bob and Alice share cookies.';
+        $html = '<html><meta>stuff2</meta><meta property="og:description" content="' . $description . '"/></html>';
+        $this->assertEquals($description, html_extract_tag('description', $html));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test html_extract_tag() when the tag <meta property="og: is not found.
+     */
+    public function testHtmlExtractNonExistentOgTag()
+    {
+        $html = '<html><meta>stuff2</meta><meta name="image" content="img"/></html>';
+        $this->assertFalse(html_extract_tag('description', $html));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test the download callback with valid value
      */
     public function testCurlDownloadCallbackOk()
     {
-        $callback = get_curl_download_callback($charset, $title, 'ut_curl_getinfo_ok');
+        $callback = get_curl_download_callback(
+            $charset,
+            $title,
+            $desc,
+            $keywords,
+            false,
+            'ut_curl_getinfo_ok'
+        );
         $data = [
             'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
             'Server: GitHub.com',
@@ -90,7 +137,9 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
             'end' => 'th=device-width">'
                 . '<title>Refactoring · GitHub</title>'
                 . '<link rel="search" type="application/opensea',
-            '<title>ignored</title>',
+            '<title>ignored</title>'
+                . '<meta name="description" content="desc" />'
+                . '<meta name="keywords" content="key1,key2" />',
         ];
         foreach ($data as $key => $line) {
             $ignore = null;
@@ -102,6 +151,8 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
         }
         $this->assertEquals('utf-8', $charset);
         $this->assertEquals('Refactoring · GitHub', $title);
+        $this->assertEmpty($desc);
+        $this->assertEmpty($keywords);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -109,13 +160,22 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
      */
     public function testCurlDownloadCallbackOkNoCharset()
     {
-        $callback = get_curl_download_callback($charset, $title, 'ut_curl_getinfo_no_charset');
+        $callback = get_curl_download_callback(
+            $charset,
+            $title,
+            $desc,
+            $keywords,
+            false,
+            'ut_curl_getinfo_no_charset'
+        );
         $data = [
             'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
             'end' => 'th=device-width">'
                 . '<title>Refactoring · GitHub</title>'
                 . '<link rel="search" type="application/opensea',
-            '<title>ignored</title>',
+            '<title>ignored</title>'
+            . '<meta name="description" content="desc" />'
+            . '<meta name="keywords" content="key1,key2" />',
         ];
         foreach ($data as $key => $line) {
             $ignore = null;
@@ -123,6 +183,8 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
         }
         $this->assertEmpty($charset);
         $this->assertEquals('Refactoring · GitHub', $title);
+        $this->assertEmpty($desc);
+        $this->assertEmpty($keywords);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -130,14 +192,23 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
      */
     public function testCurlDownloadCallbackOkHtmlCharset()
     {
-        $callback = get_curl_download_callback($charset, $title, 'ut_curl_getinfo_no_charset');
+        $callback = get_curl_download_callback(
+            $charset,
+            $title,
+            $desc,
+            $keywords,
+            false,
+            'ut_curl_getinfo_no_charset'
+        );
         $data = [
             'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
             '<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />',
             'end' => 'th=device-width">'
                 . '<title>Refactoring · GitHub</title>'
                 . '<link rel="search" type="application/opensea',
-            '<title>ignored</title>',
+            '<title>ignored</title>'
+            . '<meta name="description" content="desc" />'
+            . '<meta name="keywords" content="key1,key2" />',
         ];
         foreach ($data as $key => $line) {
             $ignore = null;
@@ -149,6 +220,8 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
         }
         $this->assertEquals('utf-8', $charset);
         $this->assertEquals('Refactoring · GitHub', $title);
+        $this->assertEmpty($desc);
+        $this->assertEmpty($keywords);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -156,7 +229,14 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
      */
     public function testCurlDownloadCallbackOkNoTitle()
     {
-        $callback = get_curl_download_callback($charset, $title, 'ut_curl_getinfo_ok');
+        $callback = get_curl_download_callback(
+            $charset,
+            $title,
+            $desc,
+            $keywords,
+            false,
+            'ut_curl_getinfo_ok'
+        );
         $data = [
             'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
             'end' => 'th=device-width">Refactoring · GitHub<link rel="search" type="application/opensea',
@@ -168,6 +248,8 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
         }
         $this->assertEquals('utf-8', $charset);
         $this->assertEmpty($title);
+        $this->assertEmpty($desc);
+        $this->assertEmpty($keywords);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -175,7 +257,14 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
      */
     public function testCurlDownloadCallbackInvalidContentType()
     {
-        $callback = get_curl_download_callback($charset, $title, 'ut_curl_getinfo_ct_ko');
+        $callback = get_curl_download_callback(
+            $charset,
+            $title,
+            $desc,
+            $keywords,
+            false,
+            'ut_curl_getinfo_ct_ko'
+        );
         $ignore = null;
         $this->assertFalse($callback($ignore, ''));
         $this->assertEmpty($charset);
@@ -187,7 +276,14 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
      */
     public function testCurlDownloadCallbackInvalidResponseCode()
     {
-        $callback = get_curl_download_callback($charset, $title, 'ut_curl_getinfo_rc_ko');
+        $callback = $callback = get_curl_download_callback(
+            $charset,
+            $title,
+            $desc,
+            $keywords,
+            false,
+            'ut_curl_getinfo_rc_ko'
+        );
         $ignore = null;
         $this->assertFalse($callback($ignore, ''));
         $this->assertEmpty($charset);
@@ -199,13 +295,99 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
      */
     public function testCurlDownloadCallbackInvalidContentTypeAndResponseCode()
     {
-        $callback = get_curl_download_callback($charset, $title, 'ut_curl_getinfo_rs_ct_ko');
+        $callback = $callback = get_curl_download_callback(
+            $charset,
+            $title,
+            $desc,
+            $keywords,
+            false,
+            'ut_curl_getinfo_rs_ct_ko'
+        );
         $ignore = null;
         $this->assertFalse($callback($ignore, ''));
         $this->assertEmpty($charset);
         $this->assertEmpty($title);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test the download callback with valid value, and retrieve_description option enabled.
+     */
+    public function testCurlDownloadCallbackOkWithDesc()
+    {
+        $callback = get_curl_download_callback(
+            $charset,
+            $title,
+            $desc,
+            $keywords,
+            true,
+            'ut_curl_getinfo_ok'
+        );
+        $data = [
+            'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
+            'Server: GitHub.com',
+            'Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 12:01:33 GMT',
+            'Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8',
+            'Status: 200 OK',
+            'th=device-width">'
+                . '<title>Refactoring · GitHub</title>'
+                . '<link rel="search" type="application/opensea',
+            'end' => '<title>ignored</title>'
+            . '<meta name="description" content="link desc" />'
+            . '<meta name="keywords" content="key1,key2" />',
+        ];
+        foreach ($data as $key => $line) {
+            $ignore = null;
+            $expected = $key !== 'end' ? strlen($line) : false;
+            $this->assertEquals($expected, $callback($ignore, $line));
+            if ($expected === false) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        $this->assertEquals('utf-8', $charset);
+        $this->assertEquals('Refactoring · GitHub', $title);
+        $this->assertEquals('link desc', $desc);
+        $this->assertEquals('key1 key2', $keywords);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test the download callback with valid value, and retrieve_description option enabled,
+     * but no desc or keyword defined in the page.
+     */
+    public function testCurlDownloadCallbackOkWithDescNotFound()
+    {
+        $callback = get_curl_download_callback(
+            $charset,
+            $title,
+            $desc,
+            $keywords,
+            true,
+            'ut_curl_getinfo_ok'
+        );
+        $data = [
+            'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
+            'Server: GitHub.com',
+            'Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 12:01:33 GMT',
+            'Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8',
+            'Status: 200 OK',
+            'th=device-width">'
+                . '<title>Refactoring · GitHub</title>'
+                . '<link rel="search" type="application/opensea',
+            'end' => '<title>ignored</title>',
+        ];
+        foreach ($data as $key => $line) {
+            $ignore = null;
+            $expected = $key !== 'end' ? strlen($line) : false;
+            $this->assertEquals($expected, $callback($ignore, $line));
+            if ($expected === false) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        $this->assertEquals('utf-8', $charset);
+        $this->assertEquals('Refactoring · GitHub', $title);
+        $this->assertEmpty($desc);
+        $this->assertEmpty($keywords);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test count_private.
      */
diff --git a/tpl/default/configure.html b/tpl/default/configure.html
index 7a87c05..8303362 100644
--- a/tpl/default/configure.html
+++ b/tpl/default/configure.html
@@ -212,6 +212,22 @@
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
+      <div class="pure-g">
+        <div class="pure-u-lg-{$ratioLabel} pure-u-{$ratioLabelMobile}">
+          <div class="form-label">
+            <label for="retrieveDescription">
+              <span class="label-name">{'Automatically retrieve description for new bookmarks'|t}</span><br>
+              <span class="label-desc">{'Shaarli will try to retrieve the description from meta HTML headers'|t}</span>
+            </label>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="pure-u-lg-{$ratioInput} pure-u-{$ratioInputMobile}">
+          <div class="form-input">
+            <input type="checkbox" name="retrieveDescription" id="retrieveDescription"
+                 {if="$retrieve_description"}checked{/if}/>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
       <div class="pure-g">
         <div class="pure-u-lg-{$ratioLabel} pure-u-{$ratioLabelMobile}">
           <div class="form-label">
diff --git a/tpl/vintage/configure.html b/tpl/vintage/configure.html
index f1892fa..160286a 100644
--- a/tpl/vintage/configure.html
+++ b/tpl/vintage/configure.html
@@ -106,6 +106,14 @@
           <label for="updateCheck">&nbsp;Notify me when a new release is ready</label>
         </td>
       </tr>
+      <tr>
+        <td valign="top"><b>Automatically retrieve description for new bookmarks:</b></td>
+        <td>
+          <input type="checkbox" name="retrieveDescription" id="retrieveDescription"
+                 {if="$retrieve_description"}checked{/if}/>
+          <label for="retrieveDescription">&nbsp;Shaarli will try to retrieve the description from meta HTML headers</label>
+        </td>
+      </tr>
       <tr>
         <td valign="top"><b>Enable REST API</b></td>
         <td>