diff --git a/_includes/head-custom-google-analytics.html b/_includes/head-custom-google-analytics.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a3ae5c9ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/head-custom-google-analytics.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{% if site.google_analytics %}
+  <script>
+    (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
+    (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
+            m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
+        })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
+    ga('create', '{{ site.google_analytics }}', 'auto');
+    ga('send', 'pageview');
+  </script>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/_includes/head-custom.html b/_includes/head-custom.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7187e79e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_includes/head-custom.html
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<!-- start custom head snippets, customize with your own _includes/head-custom.html file -->
+
+<!-- Setup Google Analytics -->
+{% include head-custom-google-analytics.html %}
+
+<!-- You can set your favicon here -->
+<!-- link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="{{ '/favicon.ico' | relative_url }}" -->
+
+<!-- end custom head snippets -->
diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
index 9ed409ad7f..0870472281 100644
--- a/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@
     <!--[if lt IE 9]>
     <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/html5shiv/3.7.3/html5shiv.min.js"></script>
     <![endif]-->
+    {% include head-custom.html %}
   </head>
   <body>
     <div class="wrapper">
       <header>
         <h1><a href="{{ "/" | absolute_url }}">{{ site.title | default: site.github.repository_name }}</a></h1>
-        
+
         {% if site.logo %}
           <img src="{{site.logo | relative_url}}" alt="Logo" />
         {% endif %}
@@ -51,15 +52,5 @@ <h1><a href="{{ "/" | absolute_url }}">{{ site.title | default: site.github.repo
       </footer>
     </div>
     <script src="{{ "/assets/js/scale.fix.js" | relative_url }}"></script>
-    {% if site.google_analytics %}
-    <script>
-      (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
-      (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
-      m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
-      })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
-      ga('create', '{{ site.google_analytics }}', 'auto');
-      ga('send', 'pageview');
-    </script>
-    {% endif %}
   </body>
 </html>
