diff --git a/commerce/sections/Seo/SeoPDPV2.tsx b/commerce/sections/Seo/SeoPDPV2.tsx
index 573f359c7..238824195 100644
--- a/commerce/sections/Seo/SeoPDPV2.tsx
+++ b/commerce/sections/Seo/SeoPDPV2.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ export interface Props {
   title?: string;
   /** @title Description Override */
   description?: string;
+  /**
+   * @title Description Source
+   * @description Choose which field to use as the meta description when no Description Override is set.
+   * "seo" uses the SEO description from the search index (default).
+   * "product" uses the product's own description field, stripping HTML tags — useful when the SEO description is empty or you prefer the richer product copy.
+   */
+  descriptionSource?: "seo" | "product";
   /**
    * @title Disable indexing
    * @description In testing, you can use this to prevent search engines from indexing your site
@@ -38,18 +45,30 @@ export function loader(_props: Props, _req: Request, ctx: AppContext) {
   const {
     title: titleProp,
     description: descriptionProp,
+    descriptionSource = "seo",
     jsonLD,
     omitVariants,
     ignoreStructuredData,
   } = props;
 
+  const productDescription = jsonLD?.product.description
+    ?.replace(/<[^>]+>/g, " ")
+    .replace(/\s+/g, " ")
+    .trim();
+
+  const resolvedDescription = descriptionProp ||
+    (descriptionSource === "product"
+      ? productDescription || jsonLD?.seo?.description
+      : jsonLD?.seo?.description || productDescription) ||
+    ctx.seo?.description || "";
+
   const title = renderTemplateString(
     titleTemplate,
     titleProp || jsonLD?.seo?.title || ctx.seo?.title || "",
   );
   const description = renderTemplateString(
     descriptionTemplate,
-    descriptionProp || jsonLD?.seo?.description || ctx.seo?.description || "",
+    resolvedDescription,
   );
   const image = jsonLD?.product.image?.[0]?.url;
   const canonical = jsonLD?.seo?.canonical
@@ -75,6 +94,7 @@ export function loader(_props: Props, _req: Request, ctx: AppContext) {
     canonical,
     noIndexing,
     jsonLDs,
+    type: "product" as const,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/website/components/Seo.tsx b/website/components/Seo.tsx
index 08c17a04e..3133c9a4d 100644
--- a/website/components/Seo.tsx
+++ b/website/components/Seo.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export const renderTemplateString = (template: string, value: string) =>
   template.replace("%s", value);
 
 export type SEOSection = JSX.Element;
-export type OGType = "website" | "article";
+export type OGType = "website" | "article" | "product";
 
 export interface Props {
   title?: string;