diff --git a/tailbone/static/robots.txt b/tailbone/static/robots.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f53798b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tailbone/static/robots.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+User-agent: *
+Disallow: /
diff --git a/tailbone/views/common.py b/tailbone/views/common.py
index a9e4c479..5547efb3 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/common.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/common.py
@@ -26,12 +26,16 @@ Various common views
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import
 
+import six
+
 import rattail
 from rattail.mail import send_email
 from rattail.util import OrderedDict
+from rattail.files import resource_path
 
 import formencode as fe
 from pyramid import httpexceptions
+from pyramid.response import Response
 from pyramid_simpleform import Form
 
 import tailbone
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@ class CommonView(View):
     """
     project_title = "Tailbone"
     project_version = tailbone.__version__
+    robots_txt_path = resource_path('tailbone.static:robots.txt')
 
     def home(self, mobile=False):
         """
@@ -65,6 +70,14 @@ class CommonView(View):
             default=self.request.static_url('tailbone:static/img/home_logo.png'))
         return {'image_url': image_url}
 
+    def robots_txt(self):
+        """
+        Returns a basic 'robots.txt' response
+        """
+        with open(self.robots_txt_path, 'rt') as f:
+            content = f.read()
+        return Response(content_type=six.binary_type('text/plain'), body=content)
+
     def mobile_home(self):
         """
         Home page view for mobile.
@@ -135,6 +148,10 @@ class CommonView(View):
         config.add_route('mobile.home', '/mobile/')
         config.add_view(cls, attr='mobile_home', route_name='mobile.home', renderer='/mobile/home.mako')
 
+        # robots.txt
+        config.add_route('robots.txt', '/robots.txt')
+        config.add_view(cls, attr='robots_txt', route_name='robots.txt')
+
         # about
         config.add_route('about', '/about')
         config.add_view(cls, attr='about', route_name='about', renderer='/about.mako')