diff --git a/src/web/routes.rs b/src/web/routes.rs
index 2f0e77aa5..a9615f5db 100644
--- a/src/web/routes.rs
+++ b/src/web/routes.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ pub(super) fn build_routes() -> Routes {
     //   https://developers.google.com/search/reference/robots_txt#handling-http-result-codes
     //   https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/183668?hl=en
     routes.static_resource("/robots.txt", PermanentRedirect("/-/static/robots.txt"));
+    routes.static_resource(
+        "/googleb54494ba4d52c200.html",
+        super::sitemap::google_search_console_handler,
+    );
     routes.static_resource("/favicon.ico", PermanentRedirect("/-/static/favicon.ico"));
     routes.internal_page("/sitemap.xml", super::sitemap::sitemapindex_handler);
     routes.internal_page(
diff --git a/src/web/sitemap.rs b/src/web/sitemap.rs
index 8bcc93467..6f051d3b9 100644
--- a/src/web/sitemap.rs
+++ b/src/web/sitemap.rs
@@ -148,6 +148,16 @@ pub fn about_handler(req: &mut Request) -> IronResult<Response> {
     .into_response(req)
 }
 
+// This authenticates @jsha (https://github.com/jsha) to use the Google Search Console
+// https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9128668?visit_id=637926083810327397-791277710&rd=2
+// for docs.rs. Removing this handler will de-authenticate. Additional handlers can be
+// added for additional users.
+pub fn google_search_console_handler(_req: &mut Request) -> IronResult<Response> {
+    Ok(Response::with(
+        "google-site-verification: googleb54494ba4d52c200.html".to_string(),
+    ))
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate::test::{assert_success, wrapper};