diff --git a/components/com_content/views/featured/tmpl/default.php b/components/com_content/views/featured/tmpl/default.php
index 3f9954f88f385..8dd45db2430d0 100644
--- a/components/com_content/views/featured/tmpl/default.php
+++ b/components/com_content/views/featured/tmpl/default.php
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@
 	</h1>
 </div>
 <?php endif; ?>
-
+<?php if ($this->params->get('page_subheading')) : ?>
+	<h2> 
+		<?php echo $this->escape($this->params->get('page_subheading')); ?>
+	</h2>
+<?php endif; ?>
 <?php $leadingcount = 0; ?>
 <?php if (!empty($this->lead_items)) : ?>
 <div class="items-leading clearfix">
diff --git a/components/com_content/views/featured/tmpl/default.xml b/components/com_content/views/featured/tmpl/default.xml
index ba25f440cc200..4105f5f8fb919 100644
--- a/components/com_content/views/featured/tmpl/default.xml
+++ b/components/com_content/views/featured/tmpl/default.xml
@@ -159,6 +159,15 @@
 				<option value="0">JHIDE</option>
 				<option value="1">JSHOW</option>
 			</field>
+
+			<field
+				name="page_subheading"
+				type="text"
+				label="JGLOBAL_SUBHEADING_LABEL"
+				description="JGLOBAL_SUBHEADING_DESC"
+				size="20"
+			/>
+
 	</fieldset>
 
 	<fieldset name="article" label="COM_CONTENT_ATTRIBS_FIELDSET_LABEL">