diff --git a/routers/org/home.go b/routers/org/home.go
index 9ca025878..ff3e1e3e7 100644
--- a/routers/org/home.go
+++ b/routers/org/home.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/base"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/context"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/markup/markdown"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
 )
 
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ func Home(ctx *context.Context) {
 
 	ctx.Data["PageIsUserProfile"] = true
 	ctx.Data["Title"] = org.DisplayName()
+	if len(org.Description) != 0 {
+		ctx.Data["RenderedDescription"] = string(markdown.Render([]byte(org.Description), ctx.Repo.RepoLink, map[string]string{"mode": "document"}))
+	}
 
 	var orderBy models.SearchOrderBy
 	ctx.Data["SortType"] = ctx.Query("sort")
diff --git a/templates/org/home.tmpl b/templates/org/home.tmpl
index fba7de3f1..7f72c61e9 100644
--- a/templates/org/home.tmpl
+++ b/templates/org/home.tmpl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 				</span>
 				{{if .IsOrganizationOwner}}<a class="middle text grey" href="{{.OrgLink}}/settings">{{svg "octicon-gear"}}</a>{{end}}
 			</div>
-			{{if .Org.Description}}<p class="desc">{{.Org.Description}}</p>{{end}}
+			{{if $.RenderedDescription}}<p class="render-content markdown">{{$.RenderedDescription|Str2html}}</p>{{end}}
 			<div class="text grey meta">
 				{{if .Org.Location}}<div class="item">{{svg "octicon-location"}} <span>{{.Org.Location}}</span></div>{{end}}
 				{{if .Org.Website}}<div class="item">{{svg "octicon-link"}} <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="{{.Org.Website}}">{{.Org.Website}}</a></div>{{end}}