diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml b/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
index 86418ff1f1f..9deab60f8be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ jobs:
             (cd doc && mv .git ../git && mv .gitattributes ../gitattributes)
             mv CHANGES.html doc
           fi
+          # Create the robots.txt file to discourage web crawlers from indexing doc preview webpages
+          echo "User-agent: *" > doc/robots.txt
+          echo "Disallow: /" >> doc/robots.txt
           # Zip everything for increased performance
           zip -r doc.zip doc