diff --git a/packages/telescope-core/lib/client/templates/common/layout.js b/packages/telescope-core/lib/client/templates/common/layout.js
index 85366ec2a..a95892248 100644
--- a/packages/telescope-core/lib/client/templates/common/layout.js
+++ b/packages/telescope-core/lib/client/templates/common/layout.js
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ Template.layout.rendered = function(){
   link.href = Settings.get('faviconUrl', '/img/favicon.ico');
   document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(link);
 
+  // canonical
+  var canonicalLink = document.createElement('link');
+  canonicalLink.rel = 'canonical';
+  document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(canonicalLink);
 };
 
 Template.layout.events({
diff --git a/packages/telescope-posts/lib/routes.js b/packages/telescope-posts/lib/routes.js
index e9be986d1..eb0ac73ca 100644
--- a/packages/telescope-posts/lib/routes.js
+++ b/packages/telescope-posts/lib/routes.js
@@ -154,8 +154,11 @@ Posts.controllers.page = RouteController.extend({
 
   onAfterAction: function () {
     var post = this.post();
-    if (post && post.slug !== this.params.slug) {
-      window.history.replaceState({}, "", post.getPageUrl());
+    if (post) {
+      if (post.slug !== this.params.slug) {
+        window.history.replaceState({}, "", post.getPageUrl());
+      }
+      $('link[rel="canonical"]').attr("href", post.getPageUrl(true));
     }
   },