diff --git a/_deploy/nginx/default.conf b/_deploy/nginx/default.conf
index 6725509078..bf3a6290f8 100644
--- a/_deploy/nginx/default.conf
+++ b/_deploy/nginx/default.conf
@@ -9,4 +9,18 @@ server {
 
   # Enable aio for better performance (see https://www.nginx.com/blog/thread-pools-boost-performance-9x/)
   aio threads;
+
+  location ~ ^/v([\d\.]+)/(.*)$ {
+    # Archive URLs: first try if the given file is still hosted, otherwise
+    # redirect to the same URL in the current version of the docs.
+    try_files $uri $uri/ @redirect_current;
+  }
+
+  location @redirect_current {
+    # Do a 301 (moved permanently) redirect of archive pages we didn't find
+    # to the same location in the current docs. Note that the location redirected
+    # to may not (or no longer) exist, and as such could result in another 301
+    # redirect, or a 404.
+    rewrite ^/v([\d\.]+)/(.*)$ /$2 permanent;
+  }
 }