diff --git a/dev/docs/google2ed1af765c529f57.html b/dev/docs/google2ed1af765c529f57.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3e0710246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/docs/google2ed1af765c529f57.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+google-site-verification: google2ed1af765c529f57.html
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/infra/docs.sh b/infra/docs.sh
index ee0a82eda4..2706690b8c 100755
--- a/infra/docs.sh
+++ b/infra/docs.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ pub global activate dartdoc
 (cd dev/tools; pub get)
 dart dev/tools/dartdoc.dart
 
+cp dev/docs/google2ed1af765c529f57.html dev/docs/doc/api
+
 # Upload the docs.
 if [ "$1" = "--upload" ]; then
+  # TODO: delete this line when we publish our API docs into the
+  # root of the bucket
+  gsutil cp dev/docs/google2ed1af765c529f57.html gs://docs.flutter.io
   gsutil -m rsync -d -r dev/docs/doc/api gs://docs.flutter.io/flutter
 fi