diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 20f4043..330c260 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,19 @@ An RSS icon will also appear on the nav if `FEED_ATOM` or `FEED_RSS` is set.
 | GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_DOMAIN   | TEXT       | Google analytics          |
 | GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID       | TEXT       | Google analytics          |
 
+To include social buttons on articles add the following.
+
+| Config					| Type		 | Description				 |
+| ------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------- |
+| TWITTER_USERNAME          | TEXT       | Twitter username          |
+| CUSTOM_ARTICLE_FOOTERS    | DICT       | Add sharing.html          |
+| CUSTOM_SCRIPTS_ARTICLE    | TEXT       | Add sharing_scripts.html  |
+
+An example of pelicanconf.py file for adding social buttons.
+
+TWITTER_USERNAME = "your twitter username"
+CUSTOM_ARTICLE_FOOTERS = ('sharing.html',)
+CUSTOM_SCRIPTS_ARTICLE = "sharing_scripts.html"
 
 ## Live Demo
 
diff --git a/alchemy/templates/article.html b/alchemy/templates/article.html
index ab5d9ec..a6f86b1 100644
--- a/alchemy/templates/article.html
+++ b/alchemy/templates/article.html
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@
       {{ article.content }}
     </div>
   </div>
+  {% for file in CUSTOM_ARTICLE_FOOTERS %}
+  {% include "include/" + file %}
+  {% endfor %}
+  {% block scripts %}
+  {% if CUSTOM_SCRIPTS_ARTICLE %}
+  {% include "include/" + CUSTOM_SCRIPTS_ARTICLE %}
+  {% endif %}
+  {% endblock %}
   <hr class="separator">
   <div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-2">
     {% include 'include/disqus_comments.html' %}
diff --git a/alchemy/templates/include/sharing.html b/alchemy/templates/include/sharing.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f9f9fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alchemy/templates/include/sharing.html
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+  <hr />
+  <div class="well well-sm">  <!-- Social media sharing buttons -->
+    {% if TWITTER_USERNAME %}
+    <!-- Twitter -->
+    <a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" 
+       data-via="{{ TWITTER_USERNAME }}" >Tweet</a>&nbsp;
+    {% endif %}
+
+    <!-- Google+ -->
+    <div class="g-plus" data-action="share" data-annotation="bubble"></div>
+    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+    <div class="g-plusone" data-size="medium"></div>&nbsp;
+
+    <!-- Facebook -->
+    <div class="fb-like" 
+      {% if page %}
+        data-href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ page.url }}" 
+      {% else %}
+        data-href="{{ SITEURL }}/{{ article.url }}" 
+      {% endif %}
+        data-layout="button_count" 
+        data-action="like" data-show-faces="true" 
+        data-share="true">
+    </div>
+    &nbsp;
+  </div> <!-- /Social media sharing buttons -->
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diff --git a/alchemy/templates/include/sharing_scripts.html b/alchemy/templates/include/sharing_scripts.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..390d4fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alchemy/templates/include/sharing_scripts.html
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<!-- Facebook -->
+<div id="fb-root"></div>
+<script>(function(d, s, id) {
+  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
+  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
+  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
+  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1";
+  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
+}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));
+</script>
+
+<!-- Twitter -->
+<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');</script>
+
+<!-- Google+ -->
+<!-- Synchronous 
+<script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>
+-->
+<!-- Asynchronous -->
+<script type="text/javascript">
+  (function() {
+    var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true;
+    po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js';
+    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s);
+  })();
+</script>
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