diff --git a/app/assets/images/msapplication-tile.png b/app/assets/images/msapplication-tile.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f8c5c8b28b4
Binary files /dev/null and b/app/assets/images/msapplication-tile.png differ
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_head.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/_head.html.haml
index 64ae33619e6..a43b6d57c9c 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_head.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_head.html.haml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
   = favicon_link_tag 'touch-icon-iphone-retina.png', rel: 'apple-touch-icon', sizes: '120x120'
   = favicon_link_tag 'touch-icon-ipad-retina.png',   rel: 'apple-touch-icon', sizes: '152x152'
 
+  -# Windows 8 pinned site tile
+  %meta{name: 'msapplication-TileImage', content: image_url('msapplication-tile.png')}
+  %meta{name: 'msapplication-TileColor', content: '#554488'}
+
   = yield :meta_tags
 
   = render 'layouts/google_analytics' if extra_config.has_key?('google_analytics_id')