diff --git a/aio/scripts/deploy-to-firebase.sh b/aio/scripts/deploy-to-firebase.sh
index b9e3d22449..0e95fc74c7 100755
--- a/aio/scripts/deploy-to-firebase.sh
+++ b/aio/scripts/deploy-to-firebase.sh
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ echo "Deployment URL    : $deployedUrl"
   # Build the app
   yarn build -- --env=$deployEnv
 
+  # Include any mode-specific files
+  cp -rf src/extra-files/$deployEnv/. dist/
+
   # Check payload size
   yarn payload-size
 
diff --git a/aio/src/extra-files/README.md b/aio/src/extra-files/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2aad208a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aio/src/extra-files/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Extra files folder
+
+This folder is used for extra files that should be included in deployments to firebase.
+
+After the AIO application had been built and before it is deployed all files and folders
+inside the folder with the same name as the current deployment mode (next, stable, archive)
+will be copied to the `dist` folder.
+
+See the `scripts/deploy-to-firebase.sh` script for more detail.
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diff --git a/aio/src/extra-files/archive/robots.txt b/aio/src/extra-files/archive/robots.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77470cb39f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aio/src/extra-files/archive/robots.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+User-agent: *
+Disallow: /
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diff --git a/aio/src/extra-files/next/robots.txt b/aio/src/extra-files/next/robots.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77470cb39f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aio/src/extra-files/next/robots.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+User-agent: *
+Disallow: /
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