diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 1779912..06a4ec9 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,19 @@ Configuration
     the defaults be updated.
 
 
+Fine Tuning
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+* By default Metatag will load the global default values for all pages that do
+  not have meta tags assigned via the normal entity display or via Metatag
+  Context. This may be disabled by setting the variable 'metatag_load_all_pages'
+  to FALSE through one of the following methods:
+  * Use Drush to set the value:
+    drush vset metatag_load_all_pages FALSE
+  * Hardcode the value in the site's settings.php file:
+    $conf['metatag_load_all_pages'] = FALSE;
+  To re-enable this option simply set the value to TRUE.
+
+
 Developers
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Full API documentation is available in metatag.api.php.
diff --git a/metatag.module b/metatag.module
index 754da89..b703aef 100644
--- a/metatag.module
+++ b/metatag.module
@@ -1125,6 +1125,38 @@ function metatag_page_build(&$page) {
   else {
     $page['content']['metatags'] += metatag_page_get_metatags();
   }
+
+  // If no meta tags were loaded, and this is not an admin path, at least load
+  // the global defaults. This may be disabled, see README.txt for details.
+  if (empty($page['content']['metatags']) && variable_get('metatag_load_all_pages', TRUE) && !path_is_admin(current_path())) {
+    $instance = 'global';
+
+    // These two parts are sufficient given that the homepage is unique.
+    $cid_parts = array(
+      'langcode' => $GLOBALS['language_content']->language,
+      'url' => $GLOBALS['base_url'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],
+    );
+
+    // Allow each page in a sequence to have different values.
+    if (isset($_GET['page'])) {
+      $cid_parts['page'] = $_GET['page'];
+    }
+
+    // Allow other modules to customize the data using
+    // hook_metatag_page_cache_cid_parts_alter().
+    drupal_alter('metatag_page_cache_cid_parts', $cid_parts);
+
+    $cid = "output:{$instance}:" . hash('sha256', serialize($cid_parts));
+
+    if ($cache = cache_get($cid, 'cache_metatag')) {
+      $metatags = $cache->data;
+    }
+    else {
+      $metatags = metatag_metatags_view($instance, array());
+      cache_set($cid, $metatags, 'cache_metatag');
+    }
+    $page['content']['metatags'][$instance] = $metatags;
+  }
 }
 
 /**