diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index b398288e..99c52abb 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
 
 linkcheck_ignore = [
     r"https://www\.gnu\.org/.*",  # Broken in GitHub actions
+    r"https://www\.freedesktop\.org/.*", # Uses Anubis so get "418 Client Error: I'm a teapot for url: ..."
 ]
 
 # -- Options for manual page output ---------------------------------------