--- a/mercurial/hgweb/hgwebdir_mod.py
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/hgwebdir_mod.py
@@ -202,4 +202,5 @@ class hgwebdir(object):
for column in sortable]
req.write(tmpl("index", entries=entries,
sortcolumn=sortcolumn, descending=descending,
+ motd=self.motd,
**dict(sort)))