diff --git a/ghost/link-redirects/lib/LinkRedirectsService.js b/ghost/link-redirects/lib/LinkRedirectsService.js
index d460208dae..f40ba699dc 100644
--- a/ghost/link-redirects/lib/LinkRedirectsService.js
+++ b/ghost/link-redirects/lib/LinkRedirectsService.js
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ class LinkRedirectsService {
 
         DomainEvents.dispatch(event);
 
+        res.setHeader('X-Robots-Tag', 'noindex, nofollow');
         return res.redirect(link.to.href);
     }
 }
diff --git a/ghost/link-redirects/test/LinkRedirectsService.test.js b/ghost/link-redirects/test/LinkRedirectsService.test.js
index 19b9337235..412583b11d 100644
--- a/ghost/link-redirects/test/LinkRedirectsService.test.js
+++ b/ghost/link-redirects/test/LinkRedirectsService.test.js
@@ -91,11 +91,13 @@ describe('LinkRedirectsService', function () {
                 originalUrl: '/a'
             };
             const res = {
-                redirect: sinon.fake()
+                redirect: sinon.fake(),
+                setHeader: sinon.fake()
             };
             await instance.handleRequest(req, res);
             assert.equal(res.redirect.callCount, 1);
             assert.equal(res.redirect.getCall(0).args[0], 'https://localhost:2368/b');
+            assert(res.setHeader.calledWith('X-Robots-Tag', 'noindex, nofollow'));
         });
 
         it('does not redirect if not found', async function () {