diff --git a/zerver/context_processors.py b/zerver/context_processors.py
index 4613b6f614..abe2b9a4ff 100644
--- a/zerver/context_processors.py
+++ b/zerver/context_processors.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from zerver.decorator import get_client_name
 from zerver.lib.send_email import FromAddress
 from zerver.lib.subdomains import get_subdomain
 from zerver.lib.realm_icon import get_realm_icon_url
-from zerver.lib.realm_description import get_realm_rendered_description
+from zerver.lib.realm_description import get_realm_rendered_description, get_realm_text_description
 
 from version import ZULIP_VERSION, LATEST_RELEASE_VERSION, LATEST_MAJOR_VERSION, \
     LATEST_RELEASE_ANNOUNCEMENT
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ def login_context(request: HttpRequest) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         'two_factor_authentication_enabled': settings.TWO_FACTOR_AUTHENTICATION_ENABLED,
     }  # type: Dict[str, Any]
 
+    if realm is not None and realm.description:
+        context['OPEN_GRAPH_TITLE'] = realm.name
+        context['OPEN_GRAPH_DESCRIPTION'] = get_realm_text_description(realm)
+
     # Add the keys for our standard authentication backends.
     no_auth_enabled = True
     social_backends = []
diff --git a/zerver/lib/cache.py b/zerver/lib/cache.py
index 4b29d0da46..528a9d53b9 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/cache.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/cache.py
@@ -446,6 +446,9 @@ def realm_alert_words_automaton_cache_key(realm: 'Realm') -> str:
 def realm_rendered_description_cache_key(realm: 'Realm') -> str:
     return "realm_rendered_description:%s" % (realm.string_id,)
 
+def realm_text_description_cache_key(realm: 'Realm') -> str:
+    return "realm_text_description:%s" % (realm.string_id,)
+
 # Called by models.py to flush the stream cache whenever we save a stream
 # object.
 def flush_stream(sender: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
diff --git a/zerver/lib/realm_description.py b/zerver/lib/realm_description.py
index 04329be065..5db959add7 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/realm_description.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/realm_description.py
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 from zerver.models import Realm
-from zerver.lib.cache import cache_with_key, realm_rendered_description_cache_key
+from zerver.lib.cache import cache_with_key, realm_rendered_description_cache_key, \
+    realm_text_description_cache_key
 from zerver.lib.bugdown import convert as bugdown_convert
+from zerver.lib.html_to_text import html_to_text
 
 @cache_with_key(realm_rendered_description_cache_key, timeout=3600*24*7)
 def get_realm_rendered_description(realm: Realm) -> str:
     realm_description_raw = realm.description or "The coolest place in the universe."
     return bugdown_convert(realm_description_raw, message_realm=realm,
                            no_previews=True)
+
+@cache_with_key(realm_text_description_cache_key, timeout=3600*24*7)
+def get_realm_text_description(realm: Realm) -> str:
+    html_description = get_realm_rendered_description(realm)
+    return html_to_text(html_description)
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_middleware.py b/zerver/tests/test_middleware.py
index 930c89bff2..18bdf289f5 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_middleware.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_middleware.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from django.test import override_settings
 from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
 from zerver.lib.test_classes import ZulipTestCase
-from zerver.middleware import is_slow_query
-from zerver.middleware import write_log_line
+from zerver.middleware import is_slow_query, write_log_line
 
 class SlowQueryTest(ZulipTestCase):
     SLOW_QUERY_TIME = 10
@@ -139,3 +138,13 @@ class OpenGraphTest(ZulipTestCase):
             [],
             # Test that our open graph logic doesn't throw a 500
             404)
+
+    def test_login_page_simple_description(self) -> None:
+        name = 'Zulip Dev'
+        description = "The Zulip development environment default organization. It's great for testing!"
+
+        self.check_title_and_description(
+            '/login/',
+            name,
+            [description],
+            [])