diff --git a/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml b/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
index f5abe258..5bec19a7 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
   xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
   {{ range .Data.Pages }}
-    {{- if .Permalink -}}
+    {{- if and .Permalink (ne .Params.offTheRecord true) -}}
   <url>
     <loc>{{ .Permalink }}</loc>{{ if not .Lastmod.IsZero }}
     <lastmod>{{ safeHTML ( .Lastmod.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05-07:00" ) }}</lastmod>{{ end }}{{ with .Sitemap.ChangeFreq }}