diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 66568ffb19..da3f3abff7 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ openstackdocstheme>=2.2.1 # Apache-2.0
 reno>=3.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 sphinx>=2.0.0,!=2.1.0 # BSD
 sphinxcontrib-svg2pdfconverter>=0.1.0 # BSD
+whereto>=0.3.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/doc/source/_extra/.htaccess b/doc/source/_extra/.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db56ac3ade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/_extra/.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# No redirects in place yet.
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index f10c47e994..9a12a93c7c 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ pygments_style = 'native'
 html_theme = 'openstackdocs'
 # html_static_path = ['static']
 
+# Add any paths that contain "extra" files, such as .htaccess or
+# robots.txt.
+html_extra_path = ['_extra']
+
 html_theme_options = {
     "show_other_versions": True,
 }
diff --git a/doc/test/redirect-tests.txt b/doc/test/redirect-tests.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db56ac3ade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/test/redirect-tests.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# No redirects in place yet.
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c1e5537ad1..364a43e959 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ deps =
 commands =
   rm -rf doc/build
   sphinx-build -W --keep-going -b html doc/source doc/build/html
+  whereto doc/source/_extra/.htaccess doc/test/redirect-tests.txt
 
 [testenv:deploy-guide]
 deps = {[testenv:docs]deps}