diff --git a/pydotorg/tests/test_views.py b/pydotorg/tests/test_views.py
index 1fc1bed50..2661a0fc5 100644
--- a/pydotorg/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/pydotorg/tests/test_views.py
@@ -60,3 +60,13 @@ def test_security_txt(self):
 
         response = self.client.get("/security.txt")
         self.assertRedirects(response, "/.well-known/security.txt", status_code=301, fetch_redirect_response=False)
+
+    def test_api_v1_root_ignores_browser_accept_header(self):
+        url = reverse("api_v1_top_level", kwargs={"api_name": "v1"})
+        browser_accept = "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8"
+
+        response = self.client.get(url, headers={"accept": browser_accept})
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(response["Content-Type"], "application/json")
+        self.assertIn("pages/page", response.json())
diff --git a/pydotorg/urls_api.py b/pydotorg/urls_api.py
index 06ffc11ad..54527719e 100644
--- a/pydotorg/urls_api.py
+++ b/pydotorg/urls_api.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from django.urls import re_path
 from rest_framework import routers
 from tastypie.api import Api
+from tastypie.serializers import Serializer
 
 from apps.downloads.api import (
     OSResource,
@@ -15,7 +16,14 @@
 from apps.pages.api import PageResource, PageViewSet
 from apps.sponsors.api import LogoPlacementeAPIList, SponsorshipAssetsAPIList
 
-v1_api = Api(api_name="v1")
+
+class JSONOnlySerializer(Serializer):
+    """JSON-only serializer for the v1 API index."""
+
+    formats = ("json",)
+
+
+v1_api = Api(api_name="v1", serializer_class=JSONOnlySerializer)
 v1_api.register(PageResource())
 v1_api.register(OSResource())
 v1_api.register(ReleaseResource())