diff --git a/django/contrib/flatpages/sitemaps.py b/django/contrib/flatpages/sitemaps.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a144023178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/contrib/flatpages/sitemaps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from django.apps import apps as django_apps
+from django.contrib.sitemaps import Sitemap
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
+
+
+class FlatPageSitemap(Sitemap):
+    def items(self):
+        if not django_apps.is_installed('django.contrib.sites'):
+            raise ImproperlyConfigured("FlatPageSitemap requires django.contrib.sites, which isn't installed.")
+        Site = django_apps.get_model('sites.Site')
+        current_site = Site.objects.get_current()
+        return current_site.flatpage_set.filter(registration_required=False)
diff --git a/django/contrib/flatpages/tests/test_sitemaps.py b/django/contrib/flatpages/tests/test_sitemaps.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b8e57d174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/contrib/flatpages/tests/test_sitemaps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.apps import apps
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test.utils import modify_settings, override_settings
+
+
+@override_settings(
+    ROOT_URLCONF='django.contrib.flatpages.tests.urls',
+    SITE_ID=1,
+)
+@modify_settings(INSTALLED_APPS={'append': ['django.contrib.sitemaps']},)
+class FlatpagesSitemapTests(TestCase):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpTestData(cls):
+        Site = apps.get_model('sites.Site')
+        current_site = Site.objects.get_current()
+        current_site.flatpage_set.create(url="/foo/", title="foo")
+        current_site.flatpage_set.create(url="/private-foo/", title="private foo", registration_required=True)
+
+    def test_flatpage_sitemap(self):
+        response = self.client.get('/flatpages/sitemap.xml')
+        self.assertIn(b'<url><loc>http://example.com/foo/</loc></url>', response.getvalue())
+        self.assertNotIn(b'<url><loc>http://example.com/private-foo/</loc></url>', response.getvalue())
diff --git a/django/contrib/flatpages/tests/urls.py b/django/contrib/flatpages/tests/urls.py
index 44975c1685..5b2c576b14 100644
--- a/django/contrib/flatpages/tests/urls.py
+++ b/django/contrib/flatpages/tests/urls.py
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 from django.conf.urls import include, url
+from django.contrib.flatpages.sitemaps import FlatPageSitemap
+from django.contrib.sitemaps import views
 
 # special urls for flatpage test cases
 urlpatterns = [
+    url(r'^flatpages/sitemap\.xml$', views.sitemap,
+        {'sitemaps': {'flatpages': FlatPageSitemap}},
+        name='django.contrib.sitemaps.views.sitemap'),
+
     url(r'^flatpage_root', include('django.contrib.flatpages.urls')),
     url(r'^accounts/', include('django.contrib.auth.urls')),
 ]
diff --git a/django/contrib/sitemaps/__init__.py b/django/contrib/sitemaps/__init__.py
index 25877871f0..3db4ef53a4 100644
--- a/django/contrib/sitemaps/__init__.py
+++ b/django/contrib/sitemaps/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+import warnings
+
 from django.apps import apps as django_apps
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core import urlresolvers, paginator
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.utils import translation
+from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango19Warning
 from django.utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
 from django.utils.six.moves.urllib.request import urlopen
 
@@ -133,6 +136,18 @@ class Sitemap(object):
 
 
 class FlatPageSitemap(Sitemap):
+    # This class is not a subclass of
+    # django.contrib.flatpages.sitemaps.FlatPageSitemap to avoid a
+    # circular import problem.
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        warnings.warn(
+            "'django.contrib.sitemaps.FlatPageSitemap' is deprecated. "
+            "Use 'django.contrib.flatpages.sitemaps.FlatPageSitemap' instead.",
+            RemovedInDjango19Warning,
+            stacklevel=2
+        )
+
     def items(self):
         if not django_apps.is_installed('django.contrib.sites'):
             raise ImproperlyConfigured("FlatPageSitemap requires django.contrib.sites, which isn't installed.")
diff --git a/django/contrib/sitemaps/tests/test_flatpages.py b/django/contrib/sitemaps/tests/test_flatpages.py
index c284c66c0d..71949ae4d0 100644
--- a/django/contrib/sitemaps/tests/test_flatpages.py
+++ b/django/contrib/sitemaps/tests/test_flatpages.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from unittest import skipUnless
+import warnings
 
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.sitemaps import FlatPageSitemap
+from django.test import SimpleTestCase
 
 from .base import SitemapTestsBase
 
@@ -40,3 +43,18 @@ class FlatpagesSitemapTests(SitemapTestsBase):
         self.assertContains(response, '<loc>%s%s</loc>' % (self.base_url, public.url))
         # Private flatpage should not be in the sitemap
         self.assertNotContains(response, '<loc>%s%s</loc>' % (self.base_url, private.url))
+
+
+class FlatpagesSitemapDeprecationTests(SimpleTestCase):
+
+    def test_deprecation(self):
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as warns:
+            warnings.simplefilter('always')
+            FlatPageSitemap()
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(warns), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            str(warns[0].message),
+            "'django.contrib.sitemaps.FlatPageSitemap' is deprecated. "
+            "Use 'django.contrib.flatpages.sitemaps.FlatPageSitemap' instead.",
+        )
diff --git a/docs/internals/deprecation.txt b/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
index 15fbed1565..54d86cbf23 100644
--- a/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
+++ b/docs/internals/deprecation.txt
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ details on these changes.
   :attr:`RedirectView.permanent <django.views.generic.base.RedirectView.permanent>`
   attribute will change from ``True`` to ``False``.
 
+* ``django.contrib.sitemaps.FlatPageSitemap`` will be removed in favor of
+  ``django.contrib.flatpages.sitemaps.FlatPageSitemap``.
+
 .. _deprecation-removed-in-1.8:
 
 1.8
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/flatpages.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/flatpages.txt
index b280e0ddc4..a40e912bd8 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/flatpages.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/flatpages.txt
@@ -293,3 +293,43 @@ For example:
     {% get_flatpages '/about/' as about_pages %}
     {% get_flatpages about_prefix as about_pages %}
     {% get_flatpages '/about/' for someuser as about_pages %}
+
+Integrating with :mod:`django.contrib.sitemaps`
+===============================================
+
+.. currentmodule:: django.contrib.flatpages.sitemaps
+
+.. class:: FlatPageSitemap
+
+    The :class:`sitemaps.FlatPageSitemap
+    <django.contrib.flatpages.sitemaps.FlatPageSitemap>` class looks at all
+    publicly visible :mod:`~django.contrib.flatpages` defined for the current
+    :setting:`SITE_ID` (see the :mod:`sites documentation
+    <django.contrib.sites>`) and creates an entry in the sitemap. These entries
+    include only the :attr:`~django.contrib.sitemaps.Sitemap.location`
+    attribute -- not :attr:`~django.contrib.sitemaps.Sitemap.lastmod`,
+    :attr:`~django.contrib.sitemaps.Sitemap.changefreq` or
+    :attr:`~django.contrib.sitemaps.Sitemap.priority`.
+
+    .. versionchanged:: 1.8
+
+        This class is available from ``django.contrib.sitemaps.FlatPageSitemap``
+        in older version of Django.
+
+Example
+-------
+
+Here's an example of a URLconf using :class:`FlatPageSitemap`::
+
+    from django.conf.urls import url
+    from django.contrib.flatpages.sitemaps import FlatPageSitemap
+    from django.contrib.sitemaps.views import sitemap
+
+    urlpatterns = [
+        # ...
+
+        # the sitemap
+        url(r'^sitemap\.xml$', sitemap,
+            {'sitemaps': {'flatpages': FlatPageSitemap}},
+            name='django.contrib.sitemaps.views.sitemap'),
+    ]
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/sitemaps.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/sitemaps.txt
index 5902a131a3..8279d8e93e 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/sitemaps.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/sitemaps.txt
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ The sitemap framework provides a couple convenience classes for common cases:
 
 .. class:: FlatPageSitemap
 
+    .. deprecated:: 1.8
+
+        Use :class:`django.contrib.flatpages.sitemaps.FlatPageSitemap` instead.
+
     The :class:`django.contrib.sitemaps.FlatPageSitemap` class looks at all
     publicly visible :mod:`flatpages <django.contrib.flatpages>`
     defined for the current :setting:`SITE_ID` (see the
@@ -275,10 +279,11 @@ The sitemap framework provides a couple convenience classes for common cases:
 Example
 -------
 
-Here's an example of a :doc:`URLconf </topics/http/urls>` using both::
+Here's an example of a :doc:`URLconf </topics/http/urls>` using
+:class:`GenericSitemap`::
 
     from django.conf.urls import url
-    from django.contrib.sitemaps import FlatPageSitemap, GenericSitemap
+    from django.contrib.sitemaps import GenericSitemap
     from django.contrib.sitemaps.views import sitemap
     from blog.models import Entry
 
@@ -287,17 +292,13 @@ Here's an example of a :doc:`URLconf </topics/http/urls>` using both::
         'date_field': 'pub_date',
     }
 
-    sitemaps = {
-        'flatpages': FlatPageSitemap,
-        'blog': GenericSitemap(info_dict, priority=0.6),
-    }
-
     urlpatterns = [
         # some generic view using info_dict
         # ...
 
         # the sitemap
-        url(r'^sitemap\.xml$', sitemap, {'sitemaps': sitemaps},
+        url(r'^sitemap\.xml$', sitemap,
+            {'sitemaps': {'blog': GenericSitemap(info_dict, priority=0.6)}},
             name='django.contrib.sitemaps.views.sitemap'),
     ]
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8.txt b/docs/releases/1.8.txt
index 0637bdc206..5b4d8d2df3 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.8.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.8.txt
@@ -1204,6 +1204,13 @@ In Django 2.0, session verification will be enabled regardless of whether or not
 to your ``MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES`` sometime before then to opt-in. Please read the
 :ref:`upgrade considerations <session-invalidation-on-password-change>` first.
 
+``django.contrib.sitemaps.FlatPageSitemap``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``django.contrib.sitemaps.FlatPageSitemap`` has moved to
+``django.contrib.flatpages.sitemaps.FlatPageSitemap``. The old import location
+is deprecated and will be removed in Django 1.9.
+
 .. removed-features-1.8:
 
 Features removed in 1.8