diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a60d66..cbf56d5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ a section
 - Add an id (`zola-continue-reading`) to the paragraph generated after a summary
 - Add Dracula syntax highlighting theme
 - Fix using inline styles in headers
+- Fix sections with render=false being shown in sitemap
 
 
 ## 0.5.1 (2018-12-14)
diff --git a/components/site/src/lib.rs b/components/site/src/lib.rs
index 8a8e0b7..9445757 100644
--- a/components/site/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/site/src/lib.rs
@@ -797,6 +797,7 @@ impl Site {
             .read().unwrap()
             .sections_values()
             .iter()
+            .filter(|s| s.meta.render)
             .map(|s| SitemapEntry::new(s.permalink.clone(), None))
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
         for section in
diff --git a/components/site/tests/site.rs b/components/site/tests/site.rs
index 7e025e7..c85033a 100644
--- a/components/site/tests/site.rs
+++ b/components/site/tests/site.rs
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ fn can_build_site_without_live_reload() {
     ));
     // Drafts are not in the sitemap
     assert!(!file_contains!(public, "sitemap.xml", "draft"));
+    // render: false sections are not in the sitemap either
+    assert!(!file_contains!(public, "sitemap.xml", "posts/2018/</loc>"));
 
     // robots.txt has been rendered from the template
     assert!(file_contains!(public, "robots.txt", "User-agent: zola"));