diff --git a/public/views/head.ejs b/public/views/head.ejs
index 4d6901b44..fa6901082 100644
--- a/public/views/head.ejs
+++ b/public/views/head.ejs
@@ -32,3 +32,10 @@
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/index.css">
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/extra.css">
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/site.css">
+<!-- HTML5 shim and Respond.js for IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
+<!-- WARNING: Respond.js doesn't work if you view the page via file:// -->
+<!--[if lt IE 9]>
+	<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/html5shiv/3.7.2/html5shiv.min.js"></script>
+	<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/respond/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script>
+	<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/es5-shim/4.2.0/es5-shim.min.js"></script>
+<![endif]-->
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/views/html.hbs b/public/views/html.hbs
index e604ee94c..e3aa1331d 100644
--- a/public/views/html.hbs
+++ b/public/views/html.hbs
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@
     <style>
         {{{css}}}
     </style>
+    <!-- HTML5 shim and Respond.js for IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
+    <!-- WARNING: Respond.js doesn't work if you view the page via file:// -->
+    <!--[if lt IE 9]>
+    	<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/html5shiv/3.7.2/html5shiv.min.js"></script>
+    	<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/respond/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script>
+		<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/es5-shim/4.2.0/es5-shim.min.js"></script>
+    <![endif]-->
 </head>
 
 <body>
diff --git a/public/views/pretty.ejs b/public/views/pretty.ejs
index a81f20c99..a1311b193 100644
--- a/public/views/pretty.ejs
+++ b/public/views/pretty.ejs
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href='<%- url %>/vendor/emojify/css/emojify.min.css'>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href='<%- url %>/css/extra.css'>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href='<%- url %>/css/site.css'>
+    <!-- HTML5 shim and Respond.js for IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
+	<!-- WARNING: Respond.js doesn't work if you view the page via file:// -->
+	<!--[if lt IE 9]>
+		<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/html5shiv/3.7.2/html5shiv.min.js"></script>
+		<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/respond/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script>
+		<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/es5-shim/4.2.0/es5-shim.min.js"></script>
+	<![endif]-->
 </head>
 
 <body style="display:none;">
