diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/host_meta.xml b/bookwyrm/templates/host_meta.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fe8bcec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/host_meta.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<XRD xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/xri/xrd-1.0">
+  <Link rel="lrdd" template="https://{{ DOMAIN }}/.well-known/webfinger?resource={uri}"/>
+</XRD>
+
diff --git a/bookwyrm/urls.py b/bookwyrm/urls.py
index f5c13a4b4..5d8bc5e91 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/urls.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/urls.py
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ urlpatterns = [
     re_path(r"^inbox/?$", views.Inbox.as_view()),
     re_path(r"%s/inbox/?$" % local_user_path, views.Inbox.as_view()),
     re_path(r"%s/outbox/?$" % local_user_path, views.Outbox.as_view()),
-    re_path(r"^.well-known/webfinger/?$", views.webfinger),
-    re_path(r"^.well-known/nodeinfo/?$", views.nodeinfo_pointer),
+    re_path(r"^\.well-known/webfinger/?$", views.webfinger),
+    re_path(r"^\.well-known/nodeinfo/?$", views.nodeinfo_pointer),
+    re_path(r"^\.well-known/host-meta/?$", views.host_meta),
     re_path(r"^nodeinfo/2\.0/?$", views.nodeinfo),
     re_path(r"^api/v1/instance/?$", views.instance_info),
     re_path(r"^api/v1/instance/peers/?$", views.peers),
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py b/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py
index 6ec79c1c7..dc71d3591 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ from .tag import Tag, AddTag, RemoveTag
 from .updates import get_notification_count, get_unread_status_count
 from .user import User, EditUser, Followers, Following
 from .user_admin import UserAdmin
-from .wellknown import webfinger, nodeinfo_pointer, nodeinfo, instance_info, peers
+from .wellknown import *
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/wellknown.py b/bookwyrm/views/wellknown.py
index 127c7491a..178d558e6 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/wellknown.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/wellknown.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
 from django.http import HttpResponseNotFound
 from django.http import JsonResponse
+from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_GET
 
@@ -118,3 +119,9 @@ def peers(_):
     """ list of federated servers this instance connects with """
     names = models.FederatedServer.objects.values_list("server_name", flat=True)
     return JsonResponse(list(names), safe=False)
+
+
+@require_GET
+def host_meta(request):
+    """ meta of the host """
+    return TemplateResponse(request, "host_meta.xml", {"DOMAIN": DOMAIN})