diff --git a/doc/source/_extra/.htaccess b/doc/source/_extra/.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b45cdfeb54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/_extra/.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# docs redirects are defined here
+redirectmatch 301 ^/swift/([^/]+)/team.html$ https://github.com/openstack/swift/blob/master/AUTHORS
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 72ab3b9a35..bc260c1bbe 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ html_theme = 'openstackdocs'
 # so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
 # html_static_path = ['_static']
 
+# Add any paths that contain "extra" files, such as .htaccess or
+# robots.txt.
+html_extra_path = ['_extra']
+
 # If not '', a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page bottom,
 # using the given strftime format.
 # html_last_updated_fmt = '%b %d, %Y'