diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/custom_layout/tweaks.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/custom_layout/tweaks.css
index 6494b9fc..46b7fb02 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/custom_layout/tweaks.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/custom_layout/tweaks.css
@@ -698,6 +698,25 @@ table.datatable thead th.no-sort {
   border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(235, 255, 241);
 }
 
+.subheader-default {
+    background-color: rgb(235, 255, 200);
+    border-top: 2px solid rgb(235, 255, 241);
+}
+
+.subheader-inner {
+    background-color : rgb(255, 138, 10);
+    border-bottom: 0px;
+    color: black;
+    text-align: center;
+}
+
+.subheader-section-default {
+    background-color : rgb(235, 255, 241);
+    border-bottom: 0px;
+    color: black;
+    text-align: center;
+}
+
 .update-alert--warning {
   background-color : rgb(255, 138, 88);
   border-bottom: 0px;
diff --git a/app/views/_masthead.html.erb b/app/views/_masthead.html.erb
index 43488a35..e5305883 100644
--- a/app/views/_masthead.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/_masthead.html.erb
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@
   </nav>
 
 </header>
+<%= render '/subheader' %>
diff --git a/app/views/_subheader.html.erb b/app/views/_subheader.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c76b1108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/_subheader.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<% ::Deepblue::ThreadedVarService.ensure_i18n_templates_are_fresh %>
+<% if Flipflop.display_subheader? %>
+    <div class="<%= t( "hyrax.subheader.css_outer" ) %>">
+      <div class="<%= t( "hyrax.subheader.css_inner" ) %>">
+        <section class="<%= t( "hyrax.subheader.css_section_default" ) %>">
+          <%= t( "hyrax.subheader.default_html" ) %>
+        </section>
+      </div>
+    </div>  
+<% end %>
diff --git a/config/features.rb b/config/features.rb
index f7531c3d..d57e9803 100644
--- a/config/features.rb
+++ b/config/features.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
             default: false,
             description: "Disable all deposits and edits to the system."
 
+    feature :display_subheader,
+            default: true,
+            description: "Display a subheader below the standard header."
+
   end
 
   group :masthead_banner_announcements do
diff --git a/config/locales/hyrax.en.yml b/config/locales/hyrax.en.yml
index 74235286..5e9dce2c 100644
--- a/config/locales/hyrax.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/hyrax.en.yml
@@ -379,6 +379,13 @@ en:
         label:              "ID of work where file should go to:"
         confirm: >
             Are you sure you want to move the file?
+    subheader:
+      css_outer: row ribbon-content subheader-default
+      css_inner: subheader-inner
+      css_section_default: subheader-section-default container-fluid
+      default_html:
+        Need language around using Deep Blue Data as a repository for your NIH data sharing plan? See
+        <a href="https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/data/services#boilerplate">Data Sharing Boilerplate</a>
     masthead_banner:
       standard_html: >
           We've recently updated Deep Blue Data--for more about our upgrade to Hyrax 2.0, please see