From b51a41f31f3f5786bd3c78ff125379d8557426fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chiedo <chiedo@chie.do>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2017 07:54:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fallback to frontmatter excerpt if available

---
 packages/gatsby-plugin-feed/src/gatsby-node.js | 2 +-
 packages/gatsby-plugin-feed/src/internals.js   | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-feed/src/gatsby-node.js b/packages/gatsby-plugin-feed/src/gatsby-node.js
index 6bc0f497e0240..8f406ca32ca80 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-feed/src/gatsby-node.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-feed/src/gatsby-node.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const serialize = ({ query: { site, allMarkdownRemark } }) =>
   allMarkdownRemark.edges.map(edge => {
     return {
       ...edge.node.frontmatter,
-      description: edge.node.excerpt,
+      description: edge.node.excerpt || edge.node.frontmatter.excerpt,
       url: site.siteMetadata.siteUrl + edge.node.fields.slug,
       guid: site.siteMetadata.siteUrl + edge.node.fields.slug,
       custom_elements: [{ "content:encoded": edge.node.html }],
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-feed/src/internals.js b/packages/gatsby-plugin-feed/src/internals.js
index 3ba843dbe45e7..6dd58a6f6694b 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-feed/src/internals.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-feed/src/internals.js
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export const defaultOptions = {
             node {
               frontmatter {
                 title
+                excerpt
                 date
               }
               fields {