diff --git a/docs/pyproject.toml b/docs/pyproject.toml
index 89a50c71183c4..5dceea95223f6 100644
--- a/docs/pyproject.toml
+++ b/docs/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ dependencies = [
   "maturin>=1.14.1,<2",
   "jinja2>=3.1.6,<4",
   "setuptools>=84.0.0,<85",
+  "sphinx-sitemap>=2.9.0,<3",
 ]
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index c8027fc71bd54..81ffce3ad1c2b 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     "myst_parser",
     "sphinx_reredirects",
     "rustdoc_trim",
+    "sphinx_sitemap",
 ]
 
 source_suffix = {
@@ -89,8 +90,8 @@
 
 html_theme_options = {
      "logo": {
-        "image_light": "_static/images/original.svg", 
-        "image_dark": "_static/images/original_dark.svg", 
+        "image_light": "_static/images/original.svg",
+        "image_dark": "_static/images/original_dark.svg",
     },
     "use_edit_page_button": True,
     "navbar_center": [],
@@ -113,6 +114,18 @@
 # resolve at the conventional URL `https://datafusion.apache.org/llms.txt`.
 html_extra_path = ["llms.txt"]
 
+# Base URL of the published site. Required by sphinx-sitemap to build
+# absolute <loc> entries in the generated sitemap.xml.
+html_baseurl = "https://datafusion.apache.org/"
+
+# The site is published as a single flat, single-language tree (see
+# .github/workflows/docs.yaml, which rsyncs docs/build/html/ straight to the
+# site root) — there is no /en/ or version path segment. Override
+# sphinx-sitemap's default "{lang}{version}{link}" scheme, which assumes a
+# Read the Docs-style multi-language/multi-version layout, so <loc> entries
+# match the real URLs instead of a nonexistent /en/... prefix.
+sitemap_url_scheme = "{link}"
+
 html_logo = "_static/images/2x_bgwhite_original.png"
 
 html_css_files = ["theme_overrides.css"]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 61544a5b66f76..61dba57e516d4 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ dependencies = [
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     { name = "sphinx", version = "9.1.0", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version >= '3.12'" },
     { name = "sphinx-reredirects" },
+    { name = "sphinx-sitemap" },
 ]
 
 [package.metadata]
@@ -352,6 +353,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "setuptools", specifier = ">=84.0.0,<85" },
     { name = "sphinx", specifier = ">=9,<10" },
     { name = "sphinx-reredirects", specifier = ">=1.1,<2" },
+    { name = "sphinx-sitemap", specifier = ">=2.9.0,<3" },
 ]
 
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+name = "sphinx-last-updated-by-git"
+version = "0.3.8"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "sphinx", version = "9.0.4", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.12'" },
+    { name = "sphinx", version = "9.1.0", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version >= '3.12'" },
+]
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+wheels = [
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+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sphinx-reredirects"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -1050,6 +1065,18 @@ wheels = [
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 ]
 
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+name = "sphinx-sitemap"
+version = "2.9.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "sphinx-last-updated-by-git" },
+]
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+wheels = [
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+
 [[package]]
 name = "sphinxcontrib-applehelp"
 version = "2.0.0"