diff --git a/proposals/forms.py b/proposals/forms.py
index 285238f..7cad150 100644
--- a/proposals/forms.py
+++ b/proposals/forms.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class TopicCreateForm(ModelForm):
 
     class Meta:
         model = Topic
-        fields = ['name', 'reviewers']
+        fields = ['name', 'description', 'reviewers']
         widgets = {'reviewers': Select2TagWidget()}
 
     def clean_name(self):
diff --git a/proposals/migrations/0006_topic_description.py b/proposals/migrations/0006_topic_description.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5542d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proposals/migrations/0006_topic_description.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.10 on 2016-08-07 07:50
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('proposals', '0005_auto_20160723_1216'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='topic',
+            name='description',
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, verbose_name='Description'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/proposals/models.py b/proposals/models.py
index c4fd0b7..ac9da53 100644
--- a/proposals/models.py
+++ b/proposals/models.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class Topic(PonyConfModel):
 
     name = models.CharField(max_length=128, verbose_name=_('Name'))
     slug = AutoSlugField(populate_from='name', unique=True)
+    description = models.TextField(blank=True, verbose_name=_('Description'))
 
     reviewers = models.ManyToManyField(User, blank=True, verbose_name=_('Reviewers'))
 
diff --git a/proposals/tests.py b/proposals/tests.py
index 82c1c4a..5687b8c 100644
--- a/proposals/tests.py
+++ b/proposals/tests.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from .models import Talk, Topic, Vote
 class ProposalsTests(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         a, b, c = (User.objects.create_user(guy, email='%s@example.org' % guy, password=guy) for guy in 'abc')
-        Topic.objects.create(name='topipo', site=Site.objects.first())
+        Topic.objects.create(name='topipo', description='super topic', site=Site.objects.first())
         c.is_superuser = True
         c.save()