diff --git a/homepage/content/pages/404.md b/homepage/content/pages/404.md
index db7f3d3..42dfbc5 100644
--- a/homepage/content/pages/404.md
+++ b/homepage/content/pages/404.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ description: offen is a free and open source analytics software for websites and
 save_as: 404.html
 href: /404.html
 no_stats: true
+exclude_from_sitemap: true
 
 
 ![Page not Found](/theme/images/content-404.webp){:class="image-text-560-315"}
diff --git a/homepage/content/pages/opt-out.md b/homepage/content/pages/opt-out.md
index 80af01c..5bdf07e 100644
--- a/homepage/content/pages/opt-out.md
+++ b/homepage/content/pages/opt-out.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Title: Opt-out | offen
 description: offen is a free and open source analytics software for websites and web applications that allows respectful handling of data.
 save_as: opt-out/index.html
+exclude_from_sitemap: true
 
 ## You are opted out
 
diff --git a/homepage/pelicanconf.py b/homepage/pelicanconf.py
index 9cc5867..5fd4540 100644
--- a/homepage/pelicanconf.py
+++ b/homepage/pelicanconf.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ TRANSLATION_FEED_ATOM = None
 AUTHOR_FEED_ATOM = None
 AUTHOR_FEED_RSS = None
 
+SITEURL = 'http://localhost:8000'
+
 # pagination
 DEFAULT_PAGINATION = False
 
@@ -33,7 +35,8 @@ CATEGORIES_SAVE_AS = None
 TAGS_SAVE_AS = None
 
 # keep this for access to page variable
-DIRECT_TEMPLATES = []
+DIRECT_TEMPLATES = ['sitemap']
+SITEMAP_SAVE_AS = 'sitemap.xml'
 
 PLUGIN_PATHS = ['./plugins']
 PLUGINS = ['assets']
diff --git a/homepage/theme/templates/sitemap.html b/homepage/theme/templates/sitemap.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a6716a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homepage/theme/templates/sitemap.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
+{% for page in pages %}
+  {% if not page.exclude_from_sitemap %}
+    <url>
+      <loc>{{ SITEURL }}{{ page.href }}</loc>
+      <priority>{{ page.sitemap_priority or 1.0 }}</priority>
+    </url>
+  {% endif %}
+{% endfor %}
+</urlset>