diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 8519f43de..30b79afd7 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ Optional Integrations
 .. _docker-compose: https://www.github.com/docker/compose
 .. _Opbeat: https://opbeat.com/
 .. _PythonAnywhere: https://www.pythonanywhere.com/
+.. _django-robots: https://github.com/jazzband/django-robots/
 
 
 Constraints
diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index 9b21f3cdc..ca7dd583c 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "use_celery": "n",
     "use_mailhog": "n",
     "use_sentry_for_error_reporting": "y",
+    "use_robots": "y",
     "use_opbeat": "n",
     "use_pycharm": "n",
     "windows": "n",
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/common.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/common.py
index 3e11ee433..c2a2ce4a5 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/common.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/common.py
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ THIRD_PARTY_APPS = (
     'allauth',  # registration
     'allauth.account',  # registration
     'allauth.socialaccount',  # registration
+    {% if cookiecutter.use_robots == "y" -%}
+    'robots',  # robots.txt
+    {%- endif %}
 )
 
 # Apps specific for this project go here.
@@ -235,5 +238,8 @@ BROKER_URL = env('CELERY_BROKER_URL', default='django://')
 
 # Location of root django.contrib.admin URL, use {% raw %}{% url 'admin:index' %}{% endraw %}
 ADMIN_URL = r'^admin/'
-
+{% if cookiecutter.use_robots == "y" -%}
+# django-robots
+ROBOTS_CACHE_TIMEOUT = 60 * 60  # 1 hour
+{% endif %}
 # Your common stuff: Below this line define 3rd party library settings
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/urls.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/urls.py
index f3a621127..917f0e994 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/urls.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/urls.py
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^users/', include('{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.users.urls', namespace='users')),
     url(r'^accounts/', include('allauth.urls')),
 
+    {% if cookiecutter.use_robots == "y" -%}
+    url(r'^robots\.txt$', include('robots.urls')),
+    {%- endif %}
+
     # Your stuff: custom urls includes go here
 
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 5450a0988..ba7c6a656 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -54,4 +54,9 @@ redis>=2.10.0
 celery==3.1.23
 {% endif %}
 
+{% if cookiecutter.use_robots == "y" -%}
+# django-robots
+django-robots==2.0
+{%- endif %}
+
 # Your custom requirements go here