diff --git a/src/docs-assembler/Building/AssemblerBuilder.cs b/src/docs-assembler/Building/AssemblerBuilder.cs
index 89b473d6e..367ea0e83 100644
--- a/src/docs-assembler/Building/AssemblerBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/docs-assembler/Building/AssemblerBuilder.cs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ private async Task BuildAsync(Checkout checkout, PublishEnvironment environment,
 			StaticUrlPathPrefix = environment.PathPrefix,
 			UrlPathPrefix = pathPrefix,
 			Force = true,
-			AllowIndexing = true
+			AllowIndexing = environment.AllowIndexing
 		};
 
 		var set = new DocumentationSet(buildContext, logger, crossLinkResolver);
diff --git a/src/docs-assembler/Configuration/AssemblyConfiguration.cs b/src/docs-assembler/Configuration/AssemblyConfiguration.cs
index 315b79516..73c39734b 100644
--- a/src/docs-assembler/Configuration/AssemblyConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/docs-assembler/Configuration/AssemblyConfiguration.cs
@@ -89,4 +89,7 @@ public record PublishEnvironment
 
 	[YamlMember(Alias = "path_prefix")]
 	public string? PathPrefix { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+	[YamlMember(Alias = "allow_indexing")]
+	public bool AllowIndexing { get; set; }
 }
diff --git a/src/docs-assembler/assembler.yml b/src/docs-assembler/assembler.yml
index 101afd011..f65c5df7e 100644
--- a/src/docs-assembler/assembler.yml
+++ b/src/docs-assembler/assembler.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ environments:
   production:
     uri: https://elastic.co
     path_prefix: docs
+    allow_indexing: false
   staging:
     uri: https://staging-website.elastic.co
     path_prefix: docs