diff --git a/fdroidserver/deploy.py b/fdroidserver/deploy.py
index 1ce9e141..a19bdeda 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/deploy.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/deploy.py
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ def update_awsbucket_s3cmd(repo_section):
     indexxml = os.path.join(repo_section, 'index.xml')
     indexjar = os.path.join(repo_section, 'index.jar')
     indexv1jar = os.path.join(repo_section, 'index-v1.jar')
+    indexv1json = os.path.join(repo_section, 'index-v1.json')
+    indexv1jsonasc = os.path.join(repo_section, 'index-v1.json.asc')
 
     s3url = s3bucketurl + '/fdroid/'
     logging.debug('s3cmd sync new files in ' + repo_section + ' to ' + s3url)
@@ -116,6 +118,8 @@ def update_awsbucket_s3cmd(repo_section):
                           '--exclude', indexxml,
                           '--exclude', indexjar,
                           '--exclude', indexv1jar,
+                          '--exclude', indexv1json,
+                          '--exclude', indexv1jsonasc,
                           repo_section, s3url]) != 0:
         raise FDroidException()
     logging.debug('s3cmd sync all files in ' + repo_section + ' to ' + s3url)
@@ -124,6 +128,8 @@ def update_awsbucket_s3cmd(repo_section):
                           '--exclude', indexxml,
                           '--exclude', indexjar,
                           '--exclude', indexv1jar,
+                          '--exclude', indexv1json,
+                          '--exclude', indexv1jsonasc,
                           repo_section, s3url]) != 0:
         raise FDroidException()
 
@@ -251,6 +257,8 @@ def update_serverwebroot(serverwebroot, repo_section):
     indexxml = os.path.join(repo_section, 'index.xml')
     indexjar = os.path.join(repo_section, 'index.jar')
     indexv1jar = os.path.join(repo_section, 'index-v1.jar')
+    indexv1json = os.path.join(repo_section, 'index-v1.json')
+    indexv1jsonasc = os.path.join(repo_section, 'index-v1.json.asc')
     # Upload the first time without the index files and delay the deletion as
     # much as possible, that keeps the repo functional while this update is
     # running.  Then once it is complete, rerun the command again to upload
@@ -263,6 +271,8 @@ def update_serverwebroot(serverwebroot, repo_section):
                        + ['--exclude', indexxml,
                           '--exclude', indexjar,
                           '--exclude', indexv1jar,
+                          '--exclude', indexv1json,
+                          '--exclude', indexv1jsonasc,
                           repo_section, serverwebroot]) != 0:
         raise FDroidException()
     if subprocess.call(rsyncargs + [repo_section, serverwebroot]) != 0:
diff --git a/fdroidserver/gpgsign.py b/fdroidserver/gpgsign.py
index 447c3906..726805b6 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/gpgsign.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/gpgsign.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def main():
         for f in sorted(glob.glob(os.path.join(output_dir, '*.*'))):
             if common.get_file_extension(f) == 'asc':
                 continue
-            if not common.is_repo_file(f):
+            if not common.is_repo_file(f) and not f.endswith('/index-v1.json'):
                 continue
             filename = os.path.basename(f)
             sigfilename = filename + ".asc"
diff --git a/tests/deploy.TestCase b/tests/deploy.TestCase
index 54137949..f493d7ea 100755
--- a/tests/deploy.TestCase
+++ b/tests/deploy.TestCase
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ class DeployTest(unittest.TestCase):
                         'repo/index.jar',
                         '--exclude',
                         'repo/index-v1.jar',
+                        '--exclude',
+                        'repo/index-v1.json',
+                        '--exclude',
+                        'repo/index-v1.json.asc',
                         'repo',
                         'example.com:/var/www/fdroid',
                     ],
@@ -143,6 +147,10 @@ class DeployTest(unittest.TestCase):
                         'archive/index.jar',
                         '--exclude',
                         'archive/index-v1.jar',
+                        '--exclude',
+                        'archive/index-v1.json',
+                        '--exclude',
+                        'archive/index-v1.json.asc',
                         'archive',
                         serverwebroot,
                     ],