diff -r 9ca59b3cc18b Doc/library/urllib.robotparser.rst
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.robotparser.rst	Thu Oct 15 08:05:31 2015 -0700
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.robotparser.rst	Thu Oct 15 12:49:57 2015 -0700
@@ -72,6 +72,15 @@
 
       .. versionadded:: 3.6
 
+   .. method:: site_maps()
+
+      Returns the contents of the ``Sitemap`` parameter from
+      ``robots.txt`` in the form of a :func:`list`. If there is no such
+      parameter or the ``robots.txt`` entry for this parameter has
+      invalid syntax, return ``None``.
+
+      .. versionadded:: 3.6
+
 
 The following example demonstrates basic use of the :class:`RobotFileParser`
 class::
diff -r 9ca59b3cc18b Lib/urllib/robotparser.py
--- a/Lib/urllib/robotparser.py	Thu Oct 15 08:05:31 2015 -0700
+++ b/Lib/urllib/robotparser.py	Thu Oct 15 12:49:57 2015 -0700
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
     def __init__(self, url=''):
         self.entries = []
+        self.sitemaps = []
         self.default_entry = None
         self.disallow_all = False
         self.allow_all = False
@@ -142,6 +143,12 @@
                             entry.req_rate.requests = int(numbers[0])
                             entry.req_rate.seconds = int(numbers[1])
                         state = 2
+                elif line[0] == "sitemap":
+                    # According to http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.html
+                    # "This directive is independent of the user-agent line,
+                    #  so it doesn't matter where you place it in your file."
+                    # Therefore we do not change the state of the parser.
+                    self.sitemaps.append(line[1])
         if state == 2:
             self._add_entry(entry)
 
@@ -186,6 +193,11 @@
                 return entry.req_rate
         return None
 
+    def site_maps(self):
+        if not self.sitemaps:
+            return None
+        return self.sitemaps
+
     def __str__(self):
         return ''.join([str(entry) + "\n" for entry in self.entries])