diff --git a/bin/check-site-rot.py b/bin/check-site-rot.py
index 0adcef7..cf53eff 100755
--- a/bin/check-site-rot.py
+++ b/bin/check-site-rot.py
@@ -227,7 +227,14 @@ def resolve(path):
     homelinks = {m for m in re.findall(r'href="/([a-z0-9-]+)/"', texts[""])}
     for p in sorted(homelinks - page_set):
         bad("home: links /%s/ which is not a page" % p)
-    for p in sorted(page_set - homelinks):
+    # The home page links a few guides and /guides/, which lists every guide: a page linked from /guides/ counts as linked from home.
+    reachable = set(homelinks)
+    if "guides" in page_set:
+        if "guides" in homelinks:
+            reachable |= {m for m in re.findall(r'href="/([a-z0-9-]+)/"', texts.get("guides", ""))}
+        else:
+            bad("home: does not link /guides/ (the page that lists every guide)")
+    for p in sorted(page_set - reachable):
         bad("home: does not link /%s/ (the Guides list or another section should)" % p)
 
     for line in problems:
diff --git a/bin/test-check-site-rot.sh b/bin/test-check-site-rot.sh
index 75cb2bb..8c8fbac 100755
--- a/bin/test-check-site-rot.sh
+++ b/bin/test-check-site-rot.sh
@@ -83,9 +83,69 @@ import sys
 p, slug = sys.argv[1:3]
 s = open(p).read().replace('href="/%s/"' % slug, 'href="/"')
 open(p, "w").write(s)
+# a site with a /guides/ page lists every guide there: take the page off that list too
+import os
+g = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(p), "guides", "index.html")
+if os.path.isfile(g):
+    gs = open(g).read()
+    open(g, "w").write(gs.replace('href="/%s/"' % slug, 'href="/"'))
 EOF
 expect_fail "a page the home page no longer links" "home: does not link"
 
+# /guides/ lists the guides. Built in the throwaway copy, so these cases run on every site, with or without a real /guides/.
+# The home page links /guides/ and not $first; /guides/ links $first.
+with_guides() {
+  fresh
+  python3 - "$site" "$first" "$second" <<'EOF'
+import os, re, sys
+site, first, second = sys.argv[1:4]
+real = os.path.join(site, "guides")
+if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(real, "index.html")):
+    # a real /guides/ page: keep it, and make sure it lists $first
+    src = open(os.path.join(real, "index.html")).read()
+else:
+    src = open(os.path.join(site, second, "index.html")).read()
+    src = re.sub(r"<title>.*?</title>", "<title>Guides</title>", src, count=1, flags=re.S)
+    src = src.replace("/%s/" % second, "/guides/")
+    os.makedirs(real, exist_ok=True)
+if 'href="/%s/"' % first not in src:
+    src = src.replace("</main>", '<p><a href="/%s/">listed guide</a></p></main>' % first, 1)
+open(os.path.join(real, "index.html"), "w").write(src)
+home = os.path.join(site, "index.html")
+h = open(home).read().replace('href="/%s/"' % first, 'href="/"')
+if 'href="/guides/"' not in h:
+    h = h.replace("</main>", '<p><a href="/guides/">All guides</a></p></main>', 1)
+open(home, "w").write(h)
+sm = os.path.join(site, "sitemap.xml")
+m = open(sm).read()
+if "/guides/</loc>" not in m:
+    open(sm, "w").write(m.replace("</urlset>", "<url><loc>https://fosterstack.com/guides/</loc></url></urlset>", 1))
+ll = os.path.join(site, "llms.txt")
+l = open(ll).read()
+if "fosterstack.com/guides/)" not in l:
+    open(ll, "w").write(l.rstrip("\n") + "\n- [Guides](https://fosterstack.com/guides/): all guides\n")
+EOF
+}
+
+with_guides; expect_pass "a page linked only from /guides/ counts as linked from home"
+
+with_guides; python3 - "$site/guides/index.html" "$first" <<'EOF'
+import sys
+p, slug = sys.argv[1:3]
+s = open(p).read()
+open(p, "w").write(s.replace('href="/%s/"' % slug, 'href="/"'))
+EOF
+expect_fail "a page on neither the home page nor /guides/" "home: does not link /$first/"
+
+with_guides; python3 - "$site/index.html" <<'EOF'
+import sys
+p = sys.argv[1]
+s = open(p).read()
+open(p, "w").write(s.replace('href="/guides/"', 'href="/"'))
+EOF
+expect_fail "a home page that does not link /guides/" "home: does not link /guides/"
+expect_fail "a /guides/ page the home page does not link lists nothing for home" "home: does not link /$first/"
+
 fresh; edit "$site/$first/index.html" "REGEX:<title>.*?</title>" "<title>This title is deliberately far too long to be a good page title for a search result</title>"
 expect_fail "a title over 60 characters" "characters (max 60)"