diff --git a/_includes/head.html b/_includes/head.html
index 24e24e2fb0..2b20999c5c 100644
--- a/_includes/head.html
+++ b/_includes/head.html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
{%- endif -%}
- {%- if page.sitemap == false or site.GH_ENV == "gh_pages" %}
+ {%- if page.sitemap == false or jekyll.environment != 'production' %}
{%- endif %}
{%- if jekyll.environment == 'production' and site.google_analytics != '' -%}{%- include analytics/google_analytics.html GOOGLE_ID=site.google_analytics -%}{%- endif -%}
diff --git a/robots.txt b/robots.txt
index 0029ff5a26..9decfe1b83 100644
--- a/robots.txt
+++ b/robots.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+---
+layout: null
+---
+{%- if jekyll.environment == 'production' -%}
User-agent: *
# Docker Engine archives
@@ -26,3 +30,9 @@ Disallow: /ee/
Disallow: /apidocs/v*
Sitemap: https://docs.docker.com/sitemap.xml
+{%- else -%}
+# Disable all indexing on staging websites and Netlify previews to prevent
+# them showing up in search results.
+User-agent: *
+Disallow: /
+{%- endif %}