diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/templates/base.html b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/templates/base.html
index 14127071f..4ed49964e 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/templates/base.html
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/templates/base.html
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
     <meta name="description" content="">
     <meta name="author" content="">
+    
+    <!-- HTML5 shim, for IE6-8 support of HTML5 elements -->
+    <!--[if lt IE 9]>
+      <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/html5shiv/3.7.3/html5shiv.min.js"></script>
+    <![endif]-->
 
     {% block css %}
     <!-- Latest compiled and minified Bootstrap 4 Alpha 4 CSS -->