diff --git a/playbooks/roles/mailman-site/templates/mailman_multihost.vhost.j2 b/playbooks/roles/mailman-site/templates/mailman_multihost.vhost.j2
index 2aef336120..759b341d9d 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/mailman-site/templates/mailman_multihost.vhost.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/mailman-site/templates/mailman_multihost.vhost.j2
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
   ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/mailman/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/
   Alias /pipermail/ /srv/mailman/{{ mailman_site.name }}/archives/public/
   Alias /images/mailman/ /usr/share/images/mailman/
+  Alias /archives.yaml /var/www/archives.yaml
+  Alias /robots.txt /var/www/robots.txt
 
   <Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/>
     AllowOverride None
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yaml
index 9ef5a5d224..2ce5117713 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -62,25 +62,6 @@
         owner: root
         group: root
         mode: '0444'
-    - name: Install mailman mk-archives-index
-      copy:
-        src: mk-archives-index
-        dest: /usr/local/sbin/mk-archives-index
-        owner: root
-        group: root
-        mode: '0744'
-    - name: Set cron PATH for mk-archives-index
-      cron:
-        name: PATH
-        env: yes
-        job: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
-    - name: Enable mk-archives-index cron
-      cron:
-        name: "mk-archives-index cron"
-        state: present
-        job: mk-archives-index > /var/www/archives.yaml
-        minute: "0"
-        hour: "0"
     - name: Create mm sites file
       template:
         src: sites.j2
@@ -101,6 +82,30 @@
         src: "domain_aliases.j2"
         dest: "/etc/aliases.domain"
         mode: 0444
+    - name: Install mailman mk-archives-index
+      copy:
+        src: mk-archives-index
+        dest: /usr/local/sbin/mk-archives-index
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: '0744'
+    - name: Set cron PATH for mk-archives-index
+      cron:
+        name: PATH
+        env: yes
+        job: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
+    - name: Pre-run mk-archives-index
+      shell:
+        cmd: /usr/local/sbin/mk-archives-index > /var/www/archives.yaml
+      args:
+        creates: /var/www/archives.yaml
+    - name: Enable mk-archives-index cron
+      cron:
+        name: "mk-archives-index cron"
+        state: present
+        job: mk-archives-index > /var/www/archives.yaml
+        minute: "0"
+        hour: "0"
   when: mailman_multihost
 
 - name: normal mailman configs
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/mailman/templates/mailman.vhost.j2 b/playbooks/roles/mailman/templates/mailman.vhost.j2
index 5de22fa031..9f333b1596 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/mailman/templates/mailman.vhost.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/mailman/templates/mailman.vhost.j2
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
   ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/mailman/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/
   Alias /pipermail/ /var/lib/mailman/archives/public/
   Alias /images/mailman/ /usr/share/images/mailman/
+  Alias /robots.txt /var/www/robots.txt
 
   <Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/>
     AllowOverride None
diff --git a/testinfra/test_lists_k_i.py b/testinfra/test_lists_k_i.py
index 8768c9ea3a..1ef2d220a2 100644
--- a/testinfra/test_lists_k_i.py
+++ b/testinfra/test_lists_k_i.py
@@ -29,3 +29,9 @@ def test_mm_list_site_redirect_http(host):
     assert ('The document has moved <a href="'
             'https://lists.katacontainers.io/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo'
             '">here</a>') in cmd.stdout
+
+def test_mm_list_site_static_files(host):
+    cmd = host.run('curl --insecure '
+                   '--resolve lists.katacontainers.io:443:127.0.0.1 '
+                   'https://lists.katacontainers.io/robots.txt')
+    assert 'Disallow: /' in cmd.stdout
diff --git a/testinfra/test_lists_o_o.py b/testinfra/test_lists_o_o.py
index b7a8ccee42..8a60e2b5d1 100644
--- a/testinfra/test_lists_o_o.py
+++ b/testinfra/test_lists_o_o.py
@@ -121,6 +121,16 @@ def test_mm_list_site_redirect_archives(host):
                    'https://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/staff/')
     assert '<h1>The Staff Archives </h1>' in cmd.stdout
 
+def test_mm_list_site_static_files(host):
+    cmd = host.run('curl --insecure '
+                   '--resolve lists.opendev.org:443:127.0.0.1 '
+                   'https://lists.opendev.org/archives.yaml')
+    assert 'service-discuss' in cmd.stdout
+    cmd = host.run('curl --insecure '
+                   '--resolve lists.opendev.org:443:127.0.0.1 '
+                   'https://lists.opendev.org/robots.txt')
+    assert 'Disallow: /' in cmd.stdout
+
 def test_domain_aliases(host):
     domain_aliases = host.file('/etc/aliases.domain')
     assert domain_aliases.exists