diff --git a/homeassistant/components/rss_feed_template/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/rss_feed_template/__init__.py
index 3b88f9c0288..4dcbf7fe048 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/rss_feed_template/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/rss_feed_template/__init__.py
@@ -81,24 +81,31 @@ class RssView(HomeAssistantView):
         """Generate the RSS view XML."""
         response = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>\n\n'
 
-        response += "<rss>\n"
+        response += '<rss version="2.0">\n'
+        response += "  <channel>\n"
         if self._title is not None:
-            response += "  <title>%s</title>\n" % escape(
+            response += "    <title>%s</title>\n" % escape(
                 self._title.async_render(parse_result=False)
             )
+        else:
+            response += "    <title>Home Assistant</title>\n"
+
+        response += "    <link>https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/rss_feed_template/</link>\n"
+        response += "    <description>Home automation feed</description>\n"
 
         for item in self._items:
-            response += "  <item>\n"
+            response += "    <item>\n"
             if "title" in item:
-                response += "    <title>"
+                response += "      <title>"
                 response += escape(item["title"].async_render(parse_result=False))
                 response += "</title>\n"
             if "description" in item:
-                response += "    <description>"
+                response += "      <description>"
                 response += escape(item["description"].async_render(parse_result=False))
                 response += "</description>\n"
-            response += "  </item>\n"
+            response += "    </item>\n"
 
+        response += "  </channel>\n"
         response += "</rss>\n"
 
         return web.Response(body=response, content_type=CONTENT_TYPE_XML)
diff --git a/tests/components/rss_feed_template/test_init.py b/tests/components/rss_feed_template/test_init.py
index bdc894c3343..ffdb4e5ba9a 100644
--- a/tests/components/rss_feed_template/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/components/rss_feed_template/test_init.py
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ async def test_get_rss_feed(mock_http_client, hass):
     text = await resp.text()
 
     xml = ElementTree.fromstring(text)
-    assert xml[0].text == "feed title is a_state_1"
-    assert xml[1][0].text == "item title is a_state_2"
-    assert xml[1][1].text == "desc a_state_3"
+    feed_title = xml.find("./channel/title").text
+    item_title = xml.find("./channel/item/title").text
+    item_description = xml.find("./channel/item/description").text
+    assert feed_title == "feed title is a_state_1"
+    assert item_title == "item title is a_state_2"
+    assert item_description == "desc a_state_3"