diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
index e43bbc49e..888c9fd9c 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
@@ -558,6 +558,8 @@ sub pagetemplate (@) { #{{{
 				reverse => 'yes',
 				page => $page,
 				destpage => $params{destpage},
+				feedfile => 'comments',
+				emptyfeeds => 'no',
 			);
 			$comments = IkiWiki::preprocess_inline(@args);
 		}