diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
index 57d7097..e7c0172 100644
--- a/cgit.c
+++ b/cgit.c
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ static void repo_config(struct cgit_repo *repo, const char *name, const char *va
 		repo->homepage = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "defbranch"))
 		repo->defbranch = xstrdup(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "default-page"))
+		repo->default_page = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "extra-head-content"))
 		repo->extra_head_content = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "snapshots"))
@@ -141,6 +143,8 @@ static void config_cb(const char *name, const char *value)
 		ctx.cfg.root_desc = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "root-readme"))
 		ctx.cfg.root_readme = xstrdup(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "root-default-page"))
+		ctx.cfg.root_default_page = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "css"))
 		string_list_append(&ctx.cfg.css, xstrdup(value));
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "js"))
@@ -157,6 +161,8 @@ static void config_cb(const char *name, const char *value)
 		ctx.cfg.logo = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "logo-link"))
 		ctx.cfg.logo_link = xstrdup(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "default-page"))
+		ctx.cfg.default_page = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "module-link"))
 		ctx.cfg.module_link = xstrdup(value);
 	else if (!strcmp(name, "strict-export"))
@@ -380,6 +386,7 @@ static void prepare_context(void)
 	ctx.cfg.case_sensitive_sort = 1;
 	ctx.cfg.branch_sort = 0;
 	ctx.cfg.commit_sort = 0;
+	ctx.cfg.default_page= "summary";
 	ctx.cfg.logo = "/cgit.png";
 	ctx.cfg.favicon = "/favicon.ico";
 	ctx.cfg.local_time = 0;
@@ -400,6 +407,7 @@ static void prepare_context(void)
 	ctx.cfg.robots = "index, nofollow";
 	ctx.cfg.root_title = "Git repository browser";
 	ctx.cfg.root_desc = "a fast webinterface for the git dscm";
+	ctx.cfg.root_default_page = "repolist";
 	ctx.cfg.scan_hidden_path = 0;
 	ctx.cfg.script_name = CGIT_SCRIPT_NAME;
 	ctx.cfg.section = "";
@@ -811,6 +819,8 @@ static void print_repo(FILE *f, struct cgit_repo *repo)
 	}
 	if (repo->defbranch)
 		fprintf(f, "repo.defbranch=%s\n", repo->defbranch);
+	if (repo->default_page)
+		fprintf(f, "repo.default-page=%s\n", repo->default_page);
 	if (repo->extra_head_content)
 		fprintf(f, "repo.extra-head-content=%s\n", repo->extra_head_content);
 	if (repo->module_link)
diff --git a/cgit.h b/cgit.h
index ddd2ccb..9f9daac 100644
--- a/cgit.h
+++ b/cgit.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ struct cgit_repo {
 	char *owner;
 	char *homepage;
 	char *defbranch;
+	char *default_page;
 	char *module_link;
 	struct string_list readme;
 	char *section;
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ struct cgit_config {
 	char *cache_root;
 	char *clone_prefix;
 	char *clone_url;
+	char *default_page;
 	char *favicon;
 	char *footer;
 	char *head_include;
@@ -211,6 +213,7 @@ struct cgit_config {
 	char *root_title;
 	char *root_desc;
 	char *root_readme;
+	char *root_default_page;
 	char *script_name;
 	char *section;
 	char *repository_sort;
diff --git a/cgitrc.5.txt b/cgitrc.5.txt
index 6f3e952..ac86864 100644
--- a/cgitrc.5.txt
+++ b/cgitrc.5.txt
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ css::
 	Default value: "/cgit.css".  May be given multiple times, each
 	css URL path is added in the head section of the document in turn.
 
+default-page::
+	Specifies the default page for repositories. This setting is only used
+	if `repo.default-page` is unspecified. Possible values: "about",
+	"summary", "refs", "log", "tree", "commit", "diff", "stats".  Default
+	value: "summary".
+
 email-filter::
 	Specifies a command which will be invoked to format names and email
 	address of committers, authors, and taggers, as represented in various
@@ -359,6 +365,10 @@ robots::
 	Text used as content for the "robots" meta-tag. Default value:
 	"index, nofollow".
 
+root-default-page::
+	Specifies the default root page. Possible values are "repolist" and
+	"about". Default value: "repolist".
+
 root-desc::
 	Text printed below the heading on the repository index page. Default
 	value: "a fast webinterface for the git dscm".
@@ -482,6 +492,10 @@ repo.commit-sort::
 	ordering. If unset, the default ordering of "git log" is used. Default
 	value: unset.
 
+repo.default-page::
+	Specifies the default page for the repository. Default value: global
+	default-page.
+
 repo.defbranch::
 	The name of the default branch for this repository. If no such branch
 	exists in the repository, the first branch name (when sorted) is used
diff --git a/cmd.c b/cmd.c
index 0eb75b1..669c345 100644
--- a/cmd.c
+++ b/cmd.c
@@ -51,13 +51,10 @@ static void about_fn(void)
 			free(redirect);
 		} else if (ctx.repo->readme.nr)
 			cgit_print_repo_readme(ctx.qry.path);
-		else if (ctx.repo->homepage)
-			cgit_redirect(ctx.repo->homepage, false);
 		else {
-			char *currenturl = cgit_currenturl();
-			char *redirect = fmtalloc("%s../", currenturl);
+			char *redirect = fmtalloc("%s%s/summary/",
+				ctx.cfg.virtual_root, ctx.repo->url);
 			cgit_redirect(redirect, false);
-			free(currenturl);
 			free(redirect);
 		}
 	} else
@@ -195,10 +192,13 @@ struct cgit_cmd *cgit_get_cmd(void)
 	int i;
 
 	if (ctx.qry.page == NULL) {
-		if (ctx.repo)
-			ctx.qry.page = "summary";
-		else
-			ctx.qry.page = "repolist";
+		if (ctx.repo) {
+			if (ctx.repo->default_page && *ctx.repo->default_page)
+				ctx.qry.page = ctx.repo->default_page;
+			else
+				ctx.qry.page = ctx.cfg.default_page;
+		} else
+			ctx.qry.page = ctx.cfg.root_default_page;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(cmds)/sizeof(*cmds); i++)
diff --git a/ui-repolist.c b/ui-repolist.c
index d12e3dd..2390eae 100644
--- a/ui-repolist.c
+++ b/ui-repolist.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ void cgit_print_repolist(void)
 		}
 		htmlf("<tr><td class='%s'>",
 		      !sorted && section ? "sublevel-repo" : "toplevel-repo");
-		cgit_summary_link(ctx.repo->name, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		cgit_repo_link(ctx.repo->name, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 		html("</td><td>");
 		repourl = cgit_repourl(ctx.repo->url);
 		html_link_open(repourl, NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/ui-shared.c b/ui-shared.c
index baea6f2..81e1f46 100644
--- a/ui-shared.c
+++ b/ui-shared.c
@@ -328,10 +328,16 @@ static void reporevlink(const char *page, const char *name, const char *title,
 	html("</a>");
 }
 
+void cgit_repo_link(const char *name, const char *title, const char *class,
+			const char *head)
+{
+	reporevlink(NULL, name, title, class, head, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
 void cgit_summary_link(const char *name, const char *title, const char *class,
 		       const char *head)
 {
-	reporevlink(NULL, name, title, class, head, NULL, NULL);
+	reporevlink("summary", name, title, class, head, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 void cgit_tag_link(const char *name, const char *title, const char *class,
@@ -1035,7 +1041,7 @@ static void print_header(void)
 	if (ctx.repo) {
 		cgit_index_link("index", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, 1);
 		html(" : ");
-		cgit_summary_link(ctx.repo->name, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		cgit_repo_link(ctx.repo->name, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 		if (ctx.env.authenticated) {
 			html("</td><td class='form'>");
 			html("<form method='get'>\n");
@@ -1130,7 +1136,7 @@ void cgit_print_pageheader(void)
 		html("</form>\n");
 	} else if (ctx.env.authenticated) {
 		char *currenturl = cgit_currenturl();
-		site_link(NULL, "index", NULL, hc("repolist"), NULL, NULL, 0, 1);
+		site_link("repolist", "index", NULL, hc("repolist"), NULL, NULL, 0, 1);
 		if (ctx.cfg.root_readme)
 			site_link("about", "about", NULL, hc("about"),
 				  NULL, NULL, 0, 1);
diff --git a/ui-shared.h b/ui-shared.h
index 6964873..4d14858 100644
--- a/ui-shared.h
+++ b/ui-shared.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ extern void cgit_add_clone_urls(void (*fn)(const char *));
 
 extern void cgit_index_link(const char *name, const char *title,
 			    const char *class, const char *pattern, const char *sort, int ofs, int always_root);
+extern void cgit_repo_link(const char *name, const char *title,
+				  const char *class, const char *head);
 extern void cgit_summary_link(const char *name, const char *title,
 			      const char *class, const char *head);
 extern void cgit_tag_link(const char *name, const char *title,