diff --git a/cmd/godoc/dl.go b/cmd/godoc/dl.go
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+// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import "net/http"
+
+// Register a redirect handler for /dl/ to the golang.org download page.
+// This file will not be included when deploying godoc to golang.org.
+
+func init() {
+	http.Handle("/dl/", http.RedirectHandler("http://golang.org/dl/", http.StatusFound))
+}