diff --git a/django/contrib/sitemaps/tests/test_http.py b/django/contrib/sitemaps/tests/test_http.py
index 1a91d970f3..a99025e6e2 100644
--- a/django/contrib/sitemaps/tests/test_http.py
+++ b/django/contrib/sitemaps/tests/test_http.py
@@ -144,3 +144,10 @@ class HTTPSitemapTests(SitemapTestsBase):
 </sitemapindex>
 """ % self.base_url
         self.assertXMLEqual(response.content.decode('utf-8'), expected_content)
+
+    def test_x_robots_sitemap(self):
+        response = self.client.get('/simple/index.xml')
+        self.assertEqual(response['X-Robots-Tag'], 'noindex, noodp, noarchive')
+
+        response = self.client.get('/simple/sitemap.xml')
+        self.assertEqual(response['X-Robots-Tag'], 'noindex, noodp, noarchive')
diff --git a/django/contrib/sitemaps/views.py b/django/contrib/sitemaps/views.py
index c8d2f4dfa0..a851f8088a 100644
--- a/django/contrib/sitemaps/views.py
+++ b/django/contrib/sitemaps/views.py
@@ -6,7 +6,17 @@ from django.core.paginator import EmptyPage, PageNotAnInteger
 from django.http import Http404
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.utils import six
+from django.utils.functional import wraps
 
+def x_robots_tag(func):
+    @wraps(func)
+    def inner(request, *args, **kwargs):
+        response = func(request, *args, **kwargs)
+        response['X-Robots-Tag'] = 'noindex, noodp, noarchive'
+        return response
+    return inner
+
+@x_robots_tag
 def index(request, sitemaps,
           template_name='sitemap_index.xml', content_type='application/xml',
           sitemap_url_name='django.contrib.sitemaps.views.sitemap',
@@ -35,6 +45,7 @@ def index(request, sitemaps,
     return TemplateResponse(request, template_name, {'sitemaps': sites},
                             content_type=content_type)
 
+@x_robots_tag
 def sitemap(request, sitemaps, section=None,
             template_name='sitemap.xml', content_type='application/xml',
             mimetype=None):