diff --git a/conduwuit-example.toml b/conduwuit-example.toml
index 47d31aa7..8212628a 100644
--- a/conduwuit-example.toml
+++ b/conduwuit-example.toml
@@ -1799,6 +1799,11 @@
 #
 #config_reload_signal = true
 
+# Allow or disallow search engine crawling by adding
+# `<meta name="robots" content="noindex" />` to the index page.
+#
+#index_page_allow_indexing = false
+
 [global.tls]
 
 # Path to a valid TLS certificate file.
diff --git a/src/core/config/mod.rs b/src/core/config/mod.rs
index 975dbb29..d8919291 100644
--- a/src/core/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/core/config/mod.rs
@@ -2093,6 +2093,13 @@ pub struct Config {
 	#[serde(default)]
 	pub force_disable_first_run_mode: bool,
 
+	/// Allow or disallow search engine crawling by adding
+	/// `<meta name="robots" content="noindex" />` to the index page.
+	///
+	/// default: false
+	#[serde(default)]
+	pub index_page_allow_indexing: bool,
+
 	/// display: nested
 	#[serde(default)]
 	pub ldap: LdapConfig,
diff --git a/src/web/mod.rs b/src/web/mod.rs
index 3b910e73..886317bc 100644
--- a/src/web/mod.rs
+++ b/src/web/mod.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ impl IntoResponse for WebError {
 		struct Error {
 			error: WebError,
 			status: StatusCode,
+			allow_indexing: bool,
 		}
 		let status = match &self {
 			| Self::ValidationError(_)
@@ -50,7 +51,13 @@ impl IntoResponse for WebError {
 			| _ => StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
 		};
 
-		let template = Error { error: self, status };
+		let template = Error {
+			error: self,
+			status,
+			// Statically set false to prevent error pages from being indexed and to prevent
+			// further errors if services.config is having issues.
+			allow_indexing: false,
+		};
 
 		if let Ok(body) = template.render() {
 			(status, Html(body)).into_response()
diff --git a/src/web/pages/index.rs b/src/web/pages/index.rs
index 2935aa46..ba7fc4df 100644
--- a/src/web/pages/index.rs
+++ b/src/web/pages/index.rs
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ async fn index_handler(
 	struct Index<'a> {
 		server_name: &'a str,
 		first_run: bool,
+		allow_indexing: bool,
 	}
 
 	let template = Index {
 		server_name: services.globals.server_name().as_str(),
 		first_run: services.firstrun.is_first_run(),
+		allow_indexing: services.config.index_page_allow_indexing,
 	};
 	Ok(Html(template.render()?))
 }
diff --git a/src/web/pages/password_reset.rs b/src/web/pages/password_reset.rs
index cc66d69f..3d95232e 100644
--- a/src/web/pages/password_reset.rs
+++ b/src/web/pages/password_reset.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ struct PasswordResetQuery {
 struct PasswordReset<'a> {
 	user_card: UserCard<'a>,
 	body: PasswordResetBody,
+	allow_indexing: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ async fn password_reset_form(
 	let template = PasswordReset {
 		user_card,
 		body: PasswordResetBody::Form(reset_form),
+		allow_indexing: services.config.index_page_allow_indexing,
 	};
 
 	Ok(Html(template.render()?))
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ async fn post_password_reset(
 			let template = PasswordReset {
 				user_card,
 				body: PasswordResetBody::Success,
+				allow_indexing: services.config.index_page_allow_indexing,
 			};
 
 			Ok(Html(template.render()?).into_response())
diff --git a/src/web/pages/templates/_layout.html.j2 b/src/web/pages/templates/_layout.html.j2
index d8d3e0e9..f2db9c74 100644
--- a/src/web/pages/templates/_layout.html.j2
+++ b/src/web/pages/templates/_layout.html.j2
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
     <meta charset="UTF-8" />
     <title>{% block title %}Continuwuity{% endblock %}</title>
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+    {%- if allow_indexing %}
+    <meta name="robots" content="noindex" />
+    {%- endif %}
 
     <link rel="icon" href="/_continuwuity/resources/logo.svg">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="/_continuwuity/resources/common.css">